Surface Pro 4 registration issues

[Sebastian Roth]

@jwalt Though this shouldn’t have an impact on your issue we don’t provide those ipxe7156 binaries anymore because the problem is now fixed in the official iPXE code and we got rid of the old binaries. So please configure your DHCP to point to the very latest ipxe.efi again.

So do you actually see the boot message telling you to un- and re-plug the USB NIC? This should come up when using the has_usb_nic=1 kernel parameter. Make sure it’s phrased correctly or it wouldn’t work.

[jwalt]

Thank you for the quick response!
I put the ipxe back and tested again with the results below.

[Tom Elliott]

@jwalt Are you working from the working branch of git, or the dev-branch?

I ask because the 7156 was removed in working. Which might help you if you install it instead.

[Tom Elliott]

Also, to my knowledge, you should not need the has_usb_nic=1 anymore.

[jwalt]

I am still getting the same issues.

my current config is…

Running Version 1.5.0-RC-9
SVN Revision: 6080
ipxe.efi
KERNEL ARGS removed

[Sebastian Roth]

@jwalt Try connecting an unmanaged mini switch to connect between client and network. Does that change anything?

[jwalt]

That is currently how i have it setup. I attempted with out the mini switch and had the same results.

Looking at the light on the dongle it stops flashing as soon as this line…

ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed _SB.PCI0.UA02, AE_NOT_FOUND (20170531/psparse-550)

[Tom Elliott]

Did you install using git?

Meaning, can you please do:

As root of course:
cd /path/to/fog/repo
git pull
git checkout working
git pull
cd bin
./installfog.sh

[jwalt]

Those were the exact steps I did about 2 hours ago to get to the version I am currently on.

[jwalt]

This post is deleted!

[Tom Elliott]

The working is the important part. Right now, from what I can tell, you’re on dev-branch.

[jwalt]

@tom-elliott I am out of the office now I will try and get on the working tomorrow. What would be the best way to do that?

[Tom Elliott]

@jwalt Exactly the steps I just gave below.

[jwalt]

@tom-elliott

[Tom Elliott]

@jwalt Understood, does this mean the version you’re seeing is:

Running Version 64
SVN Revision: 6079

[jwalt]

@tom-elliott I appear to be on SVN Revision: 6080

[Avaryan]

Surface dongle model 1663 works, but I’ve also had this issue with the model 1821?-ish and the official docking station.

It’ll boot to FOG, but cannot deploy image or do inventory registration. Normal unplug/plugin trick didn’t work.

The 1663 model will work with latest ipxe without having to unplug.

[Sebastian Roth]

@Avaryan thanks for that. I somehow had the feeling that it could be adapter related.

Maybe this is too far off but possibly we can help make it work with this adapter too. We got as far as linux kernel trying to bring up the interface. So the first couple of hurdles were left behind already.

Can you please boot up a linux live CD or USB key, maybe ubuntu. Boot up and open a terminal window. There you run the following commands:

dmesg | grep eth
lsusb
ip addr show

Take a picture of all the outputs you see on screen and post here.

[Avaryan]

Had a Raspberry Pi next to me, so that’s what I used.

[Sebastian Roth]

@avaryan said in Surface Pro 4 registration issues:

Had a Raspberry Pi next to me, so that’s what I used.

You mean you connected the USB NIC to the raspberry?! Though this is a good idea to get the information it’s not the same as booting a linux live system on the surface to see if it works properly. My fault I didn’t explicitely say that I wanted to test this as well - see if a linux live system booting on that surface device can bring up the NIC properly.

So back to the pictures you posted. Thanks for that! To me it looks as if you’ve connected two differnet USB NICs at the same time. Both are detected but getting no link. Where they hooked up to the network? Do both USB NICs fail with FOG at the very same step? I’d guess it’s better to focus on one of the NICs to not mix things up too much.