Blackview Mini PC - Upon New Install, No Ethernet, No IP address

pcmedic1968 · 21. Oktober 2023

Blackview Mini PC, 8GB RAM, 512 GB SSD

Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)

OMV seems to install just fine, no IP info is given when rebooted.

With a monitor connected, I can type 'IP address' and see the loopback is UP, and (ethernet) enp1s0 + (wireless) wlp2s0 are DOWN.

When I attempt to configure the network via omv-firstaid I can successfully set up wireless, but ethernet fails with the following message:

Generic FE-GE Realtek PHY r8169-0-100:00: r8169_apply_firmware failed: -110

Generic FE-GE Realtek PHY r8169-0-100:00: phy_poll_reset failed: -110

at this point I have no IP address, and omv-firstaid no longer sees the wireless adapter as an option to reconfigure

I can install/start again and get to a point where I have wireless access again, but ethernet never works except during installation.

I think the driver being put in place (driver=r8169) may not be the optimal one.

Googling has brought me to this page of updated drivers more than once, but I don't know the method to install it.
https://www.realtek.com/en/component/zoo/category/network-interface-controllers-10-100-1000m-gigabit-ethernet-pci-express-software

Any help getting this ethernet to work would be appreciated, amigos.

IP address

enp1s0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state DOWN group default qlen 1000

lshw -C network

*-network

description: Ethernet interface

product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller

vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.

physical id: 0

bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0

logical name: enp1s0

version: 15

serial: 68:1d:ef:32:d7:64

capacity: 1Gbit/s

width: 64 bits

clock: 33MHz

capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation

configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=5.19.0-32-generic firmware=rtl8168h-2_0.0.2 02/26/15 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair

resources: irq:18 ioport:4000(size=256) memory:80504000-80504fff memory:80500000-80503fff

01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)

Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller

mischka · 21. Oktober 2023

Blackview there are quite a few mini PCs. What kind of Blackview is it? What kind of CPU is installed?

I would first activate the backports via OMV's web interface. OMV->System->omv-extras->enable Backports

or via ssh

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Insert the line

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports main contrib non-free

then save with ctrl+o and exit with ctrl+x nano. The firmware package is from 2023. Then I would install the firmware-realtek (20230210-5~bpo11+1) [non-free] from the backports via ssh.

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install firmware-realtek

sudo reboot

Per Download:

Debian -- Paket-Download-Auswahl -- firmware-realtek_20230210-5~bpo11+1_all.deb

pcmedic1968 · 21. Oktober 2023

Thx for the helpful reply mischka.

I installed OMV-EXTRAS, enabled backports, and added the non-free backports to the sources.list via SSH as you suggested.

It reports same version is already installed?

Code

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install firmware-realtek
firmware-realtek is already the newest version (20230210-5~bpo11+1).

There was one additional update available after adding the backports.

firmware-ath9k-htc 1.4.0-108-gd856466+dfsg1-1.3~bpo11+1

firmware for AR7010 and AR9271 USB wireless adapters

After installing the update the ethernet controller still fails using OMV-FIRSTAID to config, and I have to reinstall to get wifi/ssh working again.

pcmedic1968 · 21. Oktober 2023

Blackview MP60 Mini PC 12th Gen

CPU: Intel Alder Lake N95

RAM: 16GB

ROM: 512GB

Code

root@omv3:~# uname -a
Linux omv3 6.1.0-0.deb11.7-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.20-2~bpo11+1 (2023-04-23) x86_64 GNU/Linux

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root@omv3:~# lscpu
Architecture:                    x86_64
CPU op-mode(s):                  32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order:                      Little Endian
Address sizes:                   39 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
CPU(s):                          4
On-line CPU(s) list:             0-3
Thread(s) per core:              1
Core(s) per socket:              4
Socket(s):                       1
NUMA node(s):                    1
Vendor ID:                       GenuineIntel
CPU family:                      6
Model:                           190
Model name:                      Intel(R) N95
Stepping:                        0
CPU MHz:                         3399.911
CPU max MHz:                     3400.0000
CPU min MHz:                     800.0000
BogoMIPS:                        3379.20
Virtualization:                  VT-x
L1d cache:                       128 KiB
L1i cache:                       256 KiB
L2 cache:                        2 MiB
L3 cache:                        6 MiB
NUMA node0 CPU(s):               0-3
Vulnerability Itlb multihit:     Not affected
Vulnerability L1tf:              Not affected
Vulnerability Mds:               Not affected
Vulnerability Meltdown:          Not affected
Vulnerability Mmio stale data:   Not affected
Vulnerability Retbleed:          Not affected
Vulnerability Spec store bypass: Mitigation; Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Vulnerability Spectre v1:        Mitigation; usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitizatio
                                 n
Vulnerability Spectre v2:        Mitigation; Enhanced IBRS, IBPB conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIB
                                 RS SW sequence
Vulnerability Srbds:             Not affected
Vulnerability Tsx async abort:   Not affected
Flags:                           fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat p
                                 se36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdp
                                 e1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc art arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl
                                  xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf tsc_known_freq pni pclmulqd
                                 q dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg fma cx16 xtpr pdcm p
                                 cid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave 
                                 avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch cpuid_fault epb cat_l2 in
                                 vpcid_single cdp_l2 ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp ibrs_enhanced tpr_shadow v
                                 nmi flexpriority ept vpid ept_ad fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep
                                  bmi2 erms invpcid rdt_a rdseed adx smap clflushopt clwb intel_pt s
                                 ha_ni xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves avx_vnni dtherm ida arat pln p
                                 ts hwp hwp_notify hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_pkg_req umip pku ospke
                                  waitpkg gfni vaes vpclmulqdq rdpid movdiri movdir64b fsrm md_clear
                                  serialize arch_lbr ibt flush_l1d arch_capabilities

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root@omv3:~# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 4618
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 46d2
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Device 54ed
00:14.2 RAM memory: Intel Corporation Device 54ef
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Device 54e0
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Device 54d3
00:19.0 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Device 54c5
00:19.1 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Device 54c6
00:1a.0 SD Host controller: Intel Corporation Device 54c4
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 54be
00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 54b0
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device 5482
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Device 54c8
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Device 54a3
00:1f.5 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Device 54a4
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev ff)
02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter

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mischka · 22. Oktober 2023

Maybe it helps to install the RTL8168 driver and blacklist the RTL8169 driver, see:

sudo apt-get install r8168-dkms

echo "blacklist r8169" > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-r8169.conf

sudo reboot

Step-by-step - Debian Bullseye Realtek RTL8168 Driver Installation • Page 2 of 3 • tutorialforlinux.com

InstallingGNU/Linux Debian Bullseye Realtek RTL8168 Driver Setup Guide Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Realtek RTL8168 Wireless Driver…

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pcmedic1968 · 22. Oktober 2023

that suggestion made the ethernet controller disappear.

Code

root@omv3:~# ip address
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: wlp2s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 78:8a:86:1a:29:3f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.11.132/24 brd 192.168.11.255 scope global dynamic wlp2s0
       valid_lft 86330sec preferred_lft 86330sec

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mischka · 22. Oktober 2023

This can be reversed. The line Remove "Blacklist R8169" in

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-r8169.conf

sudo apt purge r8168-dkms

sudo reboot

The last thing I would try would be to install the pve kernel. Install OMV > plugin >Openmediavault kernel and then Proxmox kernel 6.2.x install, restart and run omv-firstaid in the terminal, edit the Network.

pcmedic1968 · 22. Oktober 2023

Nothing but trouble.

I enabled/disabled the 'smart boot' in BIOS and it fell into a boot loop, only booting into BIOS.

thank you again @mischka, I had to return the computer.

I learned a lot in the process of not solving this problem!

Buyer beware, the Blackview MP60 is not a good match for OMV at this point, no ethernet support and buggy BIOS.

chente · 22. Oktober 2023

Zitat von pcmedic1968

I had to return the computer.

A right decision. It only has a connection for one hard drive, if you want storage capacity you would end up with several external USB drives, it doesn't make sense. I don't think it's the right hardware for a NAS unless you're happy with a single hard drive, there are better options.

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