Ethernet Adapter not detected with UP Core Plus with UP Vision Plus X attached

klichko

Hi,

I've been trying to set up UP Core Plus extended with UP Vision Plus X with Ubuntu 18.04 by following the instructions from https://wiki.up-community.org/Ubuntu#Ubuntu_18.04_installation_and_configuration

After completing all the steps from the guide Ethernet adapter from Vision Plus X is not detected, the output from ifconfig gives the following

upcore@upcore-UPC-PLUS:~$ ifconfig
lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        loop  txqueuelen 1000  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 597  bytes 61040 (61.0 KB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 597  bytes 61040 (61.0 KB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

wlan0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.0.104  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.0.255
        inet6 fe80::579b:3cdc:817a:409e  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 10:d0:7a:15:3c:68  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 4281  bytes 2679864 (2.6 MB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 4391  bytes 775471 (775.4 KB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

lshw:
upcore@upcore-UPC-PLUS:~$ sudo lshw |grep -A 6 network
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 1
logical name: wlan0
serial: 10:d0:7a:15:3c:68
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=brcmfmac driverversion=7.45.18 firmware=01-6a2c8ad4 ip=192.168.0.104 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11

lspci:
upcore@upcore-UPC-PLUS:~$ sudo lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series Host Bridge (rev 0b)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 5a85 (rev 0b)
00:0e.0 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series Audio Cluster (rev 0b)
00:0f.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series Trusted Execution Engine (rev 0b)
00:11.0 Unclassified device [0050]: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series Integrated Sensor Hub (rev 0b)
00:12.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series SATA AHCI Controller (rev 0b)
00:13.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series PCI Express Port A #1 (rev fb)
00:13.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series PCI Express Port A #2 (rev fb)
00:13.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series PCI Express Port A #3 (rev fb)
00:13.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series PCI Express Port A #4 (rev fb)
00:14.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series PCI Express Port B #1 (rev fb)
00:14.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series PCI Express Port B #2 (rev fb)
00:15.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series USB xHCI (rev 0b)
00:15.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation Device 5aaa (rev 0b)
00:16.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series I2C Controller #1 (rev 0b)
00:16.1 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series I2C Controller #2 (rev 0b)
00:17.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series I2C Controller #5 (rev 0b)
00:17.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series I2C Controller #7 (rev 0b)
00:17.3 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series I2C Controller #8 (rev 0b)
00:18.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series HSUART Controller #1 (rev 0b)
00:18.1 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series HSUART Controller #2 (rev 0b)
00:18.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series HSUART Controller #3 (rev 0b)
00:19.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series SPI Controller #1 (rev 0b)
00:1a.0 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series PWM Pin Controller (rev 0b)
00:1b.0 SD Host controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series SDXC/MMC Host Controller (rev 0b)
00:1c.0 SD Host controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series eMMC Controller (rev 0b)
00:1e.0 SD Host controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series SDIO Controller (rev 0b)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series Low Pin Count Interface (rev 0b)
00:1f.1 SMBus: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series SMBus Controller (rev 0b)

However, dmidecode seems to be able to detect ethernet adapter
upcore@upcore-UPC-PLUS:~$ sudo dmidecode -t baseboard
# dmidecode 3.1
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 3.0.0 present.

Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 15 bytes
Base Board Information
    Manufacturer: AAEON
    Product Name: UPC-PLUS
    Version: V0.1
    Serial Number: Default string
    Asset Tag: Default string
    Features:
        Board is a hosting board
        Board is replaceable
    Location In Chassis: Default string
    Chassis Handle: 0x0003
    Type: Motherboard
    Contained Object Handles: 0

Handle 0x0025, DMI type 10, 6 bytes
On Board Device Information
    Type: Video
    Status: Enabled
    Description:    To Be Filled By O.E.M.

Handle 0x002D, DMI type 41, 11 bytes
Onboard Device
    Reference Designation:  Onboard IGD
    Type: Video
    Status: Enabled
    Type Instance: 1
    Bus Address: 0000:00:02.0

Handle 0x002E, DMI type 41, 11 bytes
Onboard Device
    Reference Designation:  Onboard LAN
    Type: Ethernet
    Status: Enabled
    Type Instance: 1
    Bus Address: 0000:00:19.0

Handle 0x002F, DMI type 41, 11 bytes
Onboard Device
    Reference Designation:  Onboard 1394
    Type: Other
    Status: Enabled
    Type Instance: 1
    Bus Address: 0000:03:1c.2

I've tried to manually install driver for Realtek 8111G driver (since that is the one it seems to be the right one according to https://up-board.org/ai-edge/vision-plus-x) with:
sudo apt-get install r8168-dkms
...but still nothing

Also, when plugging live LAN cable LED diodes on the ethernet port on the Vision Plus X light up, so it seems that it is alive to some extent, but still I'm not sure if this is hardware issue or not. The USB ports on Vision Plus X are working without any issue, and Myriad chips can be detected and used, although not without issues, but that is the topic for another discussion

Has anybody encountered this issue with the UP Core Plus and Vision Plus X, any idea what can be done to make it work?

Thanks,
Damir

EDIT: Sorry for the formatting, I've put all the console commands/output under code, not sure why it didn't work for all the sections