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I used to run a WD15 docking station with kernel 4.9.8 _quite_ stable (except for LAN).
After updating to kernel 4.10 (which came with Ubuntu 17.04), the WD15 behaves not so nice anymore.
In particular, USB connections are gone. Reverting to 4.9.8 helped, though.
Has anybody had similar experiences with WD15 and kernel 4.10 ?
Regards, Peter
alucardlevash
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Posted April 28th, 2017 02:00
Hello,
Can you describe the process to upgrade BIOS and dock firmware ?
I'm unable to find the dock firmware.
I only have a ubuntu.
David Dufresne
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Posted May 15th, 2017 21:00
Same here!
Can you describe the process to upgrade BIOS and dock firmware ?
I'm unable to find the dock firmware.
I only have a Fedora
Thx !
Hi,
You cant upgrade the WD15 dock firmware + BIOS from LInux (Although, the BIOS you can but that requires specific knowledge).
Grab a portable USB drive / disk, install Windows on it through this howto: lifehacker.com/how-to-run-a-portable-version-of-windows-from-a-usb-dri-1565509124
and boot windows on the system with the WD15 dock connected and upgrade the firmware like you normally would
ToonWeyens
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Posted June 13th, 2018 08:00
I have been struggling with, what I think, is the same issue as you guys.
Updating the docking station drivers was impossible for me, and updating the linux kernels didn't do the trick.
What did work, however, was disabling the Realtek r8152 LAN driver's auto-suspend feature.https://askubuntu.com/questions/1044127/usb-ethernet-adapter-keeps-disconnecting is a reference, though I used powertop for this.
w00pw00p
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Posted April 20th, 2017 02:00
Im currently running the WD15 dock quite stable with kernel 4.10.9. Be sure to upgrade your laptop bios and dock firmware to the latest version. (1.0.0.8 in my case and 1.2.21 for my Dell XPS 15 BIOS)