Bug#905827: Buster on Dell XPS 15 9570, thunderbolt
On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 12:21:03PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote:
> Package: installation-report
>
> Summary: Customer did what hardware vendor should have done
>
> The original plan was to order a XPS 15 pre-install with Linux.
>
......
>
> The Dell XPS 15 9570 now runs Debian Buster. What works:
> * the nice graphical screen
> * keyboard
> * touchpad
> * the NVMe sdd
> * WIFI
> * and probably more (untested yet)
>
Thunderbolt docking station does work, initialy only in display port mode
To use wired ethernet interface and USB from the TB dock
Install the package `bolt`, plus this
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root@trancilo:~# boltctl
● Dell Thunderbolt Cable
├─ type: peripheral
├─ name: Thunderbolt Cable
├─ vendor: Dell
├─ uuid: 00ed4274-2f5f-d400-ffff-ffffffffffff
├─ status: connected
│ ├─ authflags: none
│ └─ connected: vr 10 aug 2018 16:43:13 UTC
└─ stored: no
● Dell Thunderbolt Dock
├─ type: peripheral
├─ name: Thunderbolt Dock
├─ vendor: Dell
├─ uuid: 10b56968-2f5f-8680-ffff-ffffffffffff
├─ status: connected
│ ├─ authflags: none
│ └─ connected: vr 10 aug 2018 16:43:14 UTC
└─ stored: no
root@trancilo:~# boltctl enroll 00ed4274-2f5f-d400-ffff-ffffffffffff
● Dell Thunderbolt Cable
├─ type: peripheral
├─ name: Thunderbolt Cable
├─ vendor: Dell
├─ uuid: 00ed4274-2f5f-d400-ffff-ffffffffffff
├─ dbus path: /org/freedesktop/bolt/devices/00ed4274_2f5f_d400_ffff_ffffffffffff
├─ status: authorized
│ ├─ authflags: none
│ ├─ parent: c4010000-0080-7f18-2350-5310cc402021
│ ├─ syspath: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:00.0/0000:04:00.0/domain0/0-0/0-1
│ ├─ authorized: vr 10 aug 2018 17:07:44 UTC
│ └─ connected: vr 10 aug 2018 16:43:13 UTC
└─ stored: yes
├─ when: vr 10 aug 2018 17:07:44 UTC
├─ policy: auto
└─ key: no
root@trancilo:~#
root@trancilo:~# boltctl enroll 10b56968-2f5f-8680-ffff-ffffffffffff
● Dell Thunderbolt Dock
├─ type: peripheral
├─ name: Thunderbolt Dock
├─ vendor: Dell
├─ uuid: 10b56968-2f5f-8680-ffff-ffffffffffff
├─ dbus path: /org/freedesktop/bolt/devices/10b56968_2f5f_8680_ffff_ffffffffffff
├─ status: authorized
│ ├─ authflags: none
│ ├─ parent: 00ed4274-2f5f-d400-ffff-ffffffffffff
│ ├─ syspath: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:00.0/0000:04:00.0/domain0/0-0/0-1/0-301
│ ├─ authorized: vr 10 aug 2018 17:09:51 UTC
│ └─ connected: vr 10 aug 2018 16:43:14 UTC
└─ stored: yes
├─ when: vr 10 aug 2018 17:09:51 UTC
├─ policy: auto
└─ key: no
root@trancilo:~#
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Cheers
Geert Stappers
DevOps Engineer
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