Re: Ethernet down on DreamPlug installer
* Philippe Clérié <philippe@gcal.net> [2016-06-15 18:40]:
> I have been unable to bring up Debian on my DreamPlug with recent Jessie and
> Stretch installers. That DreamPlug has been in use for several years now
> with no problems.
Does this problem still exist?
(IIRC, there was a problem with DreaPlug some time ago but I think it
got fixed before you reported this issue.)
> Anyway, here is the sequence of events, as it were:
>
> - eth0 is plugged into a switch
> - Plug in to power
> - uboot starts but eth0 remains down
> - Linux loads and the interface is brought up (lights on)
> - Installer starts with language choice. Select English
> - Installer then starts detecting hardware: eth0 goes down
> - Installer attempts to get DHCP address: eth0 stays down
>
> And it stays down no matter how often I try or whether I ignore it or
> whether I configure manually.
>
> I've confirmed that u-boot env does contain mac addresses for both
> interfaces.
>
> u-boot version:
>
> U-Boot 2013.01.01 (May 10 2013 - 06:32:54)
> Marvell-DreamPlug
> gcc (Debian 4.6.3-12) 4.6.3
> GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.22
>
> I tried this with current installers (downloaded today) on ftp.us.debian.org
> for Jessie and Stretch.
>
> Thanks for any clues.
>
>
> --
> Philippe
>
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> The trouble with common sense it that it is so uncommon.
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