First Time Raspberry Pi Zero setup by OTG and SSH problem

Question

There seems to be a lot of people using the instructions from http://blog.gbaman.info/?p=791 to setup their pi zero. I have tried this myself, but it doesn't seem to work and no one has any recent posts on this. So in an effort to help out everyone with problems similar to mine, I decided to make this post.

If this is in fact a duplicate question, please let me know; however, I haven't seen any yet.

My setup:

Macbook Pro, running 10.12.2 Sierra.
- I have release 8 of the HoRNDIS driver from http://www.joshuawise.com/horndis
I have a monitor and can see that everything loads on the pi, after flashing the SD card and editing the files as specified in the first external link.

My problem: When I try,

ssh pi@raspberrypi.local

I get the following back:

ssh: Could not resolve hostname raspberrypi.local: nodename nor servname provided, or not known

Have you verified that you are writing the os to the Pi correctly? — Mohammad Ali, Jan 09 '17 at 20:42
I have a monitor and mini-hdmi cable that shows that the Pi boots to the desktop. I've been taking that as a sign that the os is written properly. — Andy, Jan 10 '17 at 04:44
have you preformed step 4 from the link in your question correctly? — Mohammad Ali, Jan 10 '17 at 06:10
I believe so. I'm using TextEdit to make these changes, is it possible it's adding white spaces somewhere in that file without my knowledge? — Andy, Jan 10 '17 at 17:56
It is possible but unlikely and I do recommend that you try a different text editor but if your file looks like the one that the blogs pastebin post does then it is unlikely to be the problem — Mohammad Ali, Jan 10 '17 at 17:58
I tried again with nano in the command line and made no further progress. — Andy, Jan 16 '17 at 05:12
Have you checked logs on the Pi and do you get any errors on boot? — Mohammad Ali, Jan 16 '17 at 06:13

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 09 '17 at 19:42

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What worked for me under 10.11 was:

following this: https://gist.github.com/gbaman/975e2db164b3ca2b51ae11e45e8fd40a — which may be the core of the updated link you gave. Step 3 (creating /boot/ssh) is critical!
No need for HoRNDIS; you just need to set Internet Sharing to share to your RNDIS/Ethernet gadget, as described in the answer here: networking - "RNDIS/Ethernet Gadget" Share Internet - Raspberry Pi Stack Exchange

answered Jan 09 '17 at 19:42

scruss

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When I try to boot the pi with the instructions in both of our links, I don't see the Pi recognized in System Preferences > Network. Do you think this is the issue? – Andy Jan 09 '17 at 19:46
So after exploring the RNDIS link you posted @scruss, I noticed my network panel shows "USB Ethernet" instead of "RNDIS/Ethernet" is this the same thing? – Andy Jan 10 '17 at 04:47
Yes, it should be. Give it a try. – scruss Jan 10 '17 at 13:22
Then yes, i have that set up – Andy Jan 10 '17 at 17:54

First Time Raspberry Pi Zero setup by OTG and SSH problem

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