Public bug reported: When I start the Ubuntu Xenial Installer, the network adapter was not able to obtain an IP address. The installer was started from UEFI Shell using the command:
FS1:\EFI\BOOT\BOOTAA64.EFI The xgene_enet ethernet driver does not seem to work properly when compiled as module. See more detail in another Bug Report I filed on the Debian EFI mailing list https://lists.debian.org/debian- efi/2016/03/msg00020.html Expected to happen ----------------- DHCP server is able to assign an IP address to the network after which I am able to ping another system. What actually happened ---------------------- Network adapter failed to obtain an IP address. No network connection is possible with other systems. Hardware -------- Gigabyte MP30-AR0 motherboard with APM X-Gene 1 processor flashed with TianoCore UEFI Kingston KVR16LE11S8/4HB 16 GB ECC DDR3 DRAM HGST Deskstar NAS 6 TB drive Logitech USB keyboard Software ---- Ubuntu Xenial Mini ISO downloaded from http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/xenial/main/installer-arm64/current/images/netboot/mini.iso (dated 29-Mar-2016) UBoot has been replaced by TianoCore UEFI using the steps described in: https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2016/03/08/gigabyte-mp30-ar0-flashing-uefi/ Notes ----- Both Centos 7.2 and Debian Testing were successfully installed on the system and running stable with full network connectivity (Centos out-of-the-box and Debian after recompiling the kernel) ** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1564218 Title: Network is not working in Ubuntu Xenial installer for Gigabyte MP30-AR0 (APM X-Gene 1) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1564218/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
