Raspberry Pi4B USB Ethernet not detected at boot

Sid Boyce · February 26, 2024

Searches suggest a USB reset script will fix but that says nothing found. It comes up after unplugging and replugging the dongle.

Already configured with "nmcli c add type ethernet ifname enx00e04c68080d con-name HiQSDR autoconnect yes save yes ip4 192.168.2.196/24"

After boot, nothing in lsusb for it and dmesg -T does not show it.

Bus 001 Device 014: ID 0bda:8152 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8152 Fast Ethernet Adapter

Things tried:-

root@rpi4b:~# cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Armbian 24.2.1 jammy"
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION_ID="22.04"
VERSION="22.04.3 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)"
VERSION_CODENAME=jammy
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.armbian.com"
SUPPORT_URL="https://forum.armbian.com"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://www.armbian.com/bugs"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.armbian.com"
UBUNTU_CODENAME=jammy
ARMBIAN_PRETTY_NAME="Armbian 24.2.1 jammy"

root@rpi4b:~# cat /etc/udev/rules.d/40-modeswitch.rules
# Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)

ACTION!="add|change", GOTO="end_modeswitch"
KERNEL!="sr[0-9]*", GOTO="end_modeswitch"
SUBSYSTEM!="block", GOTO="end_modeswitch"

root@rpi4b:~# vcgencmd bootloader_config
[all]
BOOT_UART=0
WAKE_ON_GPIO=1
POWER_OFF_ON_HALT=0

# Realtek RTL8152 chipset USB lan NIC
# initial cdrom mode 0bda:8152, lan mode 0bda:8153
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0bda", ATTRS{idProduct}=="8152", RUN+="/tmp/setupusblanadapter.sh"

LABEL="end_modeswitch"

https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=336517 doesn't help --- didn't try installing the suggested firmware

root@rpi4b:~# raspi-config nonint do_boot_rom E1
/usr/bin/raspi-config: 1506: [: Illegal number:
BOOTLOADER: up to date
  CURRENT: Thu May 11 06:26:03 AM UTC 2023 (1683786363)
   LATEST: Thu May 11 06:26:03 AM UTC 2023 (1683786363)
  RELEASE: stable (/lib/firmware/raspberrypi/bootloader-2711/stable)
           Use raspi-config to change the release.

VL805_FW: Dedicated VL805 EEPROM
    VL805: up to date
  CURRENT: 000138c0
   LATEST: 000138c0