Ropieee XL Update WIFI dongle issue

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Harry - Unique identifier: a1aefb42c127fcf6
I attempted an upgraded to 2.596, during the upgrade it seemed to hang. I had the previous version 2.4?? working with a Edimax USB dongle EW-7811UTC. I was able to reboot with a wired connection, seemed to upgrade ok but I could not get get the WIFI dongle to work.

I downloaded a new image and got the current version working but have been unable to get the WIFI dongle working (see screen shot). I get an Error 0 and cannot select any WIFI network. I was able to to get the internal WIFI working (RaspPi 3 Model B).

Not sure the exact process for adding the dongle. Any insights or help would be appreciated.
John

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Hmmm… there’s some initialisation issue with the external dongle.

Can you do the following (with cable connected):

  • disable WiFi
  • save settings and reboot
  • enable WiFi
  • save settings
  • DON’T REBOOT
  • send feedback
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Thanks Harry.

I followed the steps, here is the identifier
104868a299f3b31f

John

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Thanks.

And now reboot and another feedback?

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Here after reboot -
9d09f3874d7ab6c5

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This is so weird. The wifi card is failing to come up properly. Which in itself is not weird, but that it worked in the past is.

I’m going to update the driver this weekend. I’ll poke you when that’s done, so we can see if things improve.

Thanks

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hi @John_Dutt,

I’ve updated the wifi driver in the beta channel.
You can switch to the beta channel on the ‘advanced’ tab of the web interface.

Let me know how it goes.

Thanks

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Hi Harry
Thanks for your work on this.

I did the update 2.601 beta. When the upgrade completed, I selected enable WIFI, re-booted with the same result.

Here is the feedback: 33cc4aea2eb203bd
John

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Can you confirm it’s this one?

https://www.amazon.de/Edimax-WL-USB-EW-7811UTC-AC600-retail/dp/B00GMY40T0
If so I’ll order one to test with it, because I’ve got no clue why it doesn’t do what it should do.

Thanks

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Harry - yes, that is the USB Dongle.

Would it make sense to attempt a reflash with your beta image? Second, I have a RPi3 B (no internal WIFI) that I could also try and if unsuccessful provide you the output?

John

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No reflashing won’t work I think. Somehow it has picked the right driver, but configuring it goes wrong.

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I’ve already ordered it, will arrive in 2 days. I’ll keep you posted.

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@John_Dutt Can you try one more thing?

I’ve pushed an update to the beta channel and I’m curious if this fixes things for you.

Thanks

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Sure, I’ll give it a whirl!

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No change. Here is the output: 790e96e1e34f7f2a.

Below I put the output of >dmesg -T. I assume your file provides you this information, nonetheless…
I noticed several usb device numbers, thought it worth noting…John

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[Mon Sep 14 15:11:03 2020] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using dwc_otg
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:03 2020] Indeed it is in host mode hprt0 = 00001101
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:03 2020] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0424, idProduct=2514, bcdDevice= b.b3
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:03 2020] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:03 2020] hub 1-1:1.0: USB hub found
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:03 2020] hub 1-1:1.0: 4 ports detected
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:03 2020] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p2): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:03 2020] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using dwc_otg
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:04 2020] usb 1-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=0424, idProduct=2514, bcdDevice= b.b3
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:04 2020] usb 1-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:04 2020] hub 1-1.1:1.0: USB hub found
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:04 2020] hub 1-1.1:1.0: 3 ports detected
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:04 2020] usb 1-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 4 using dwc_otg
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:04 2020] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=7392, idProduct=a812, bcdDevice= 2.00
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:04 2020] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:04 2020] usb 1-1.2: Product: Edimax AC600 USB
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:04 2020] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: Realtek
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:04 2020] usb 1-1.2: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:04 2020] systemd[1]: System time before build time, advancing clock.
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:04 2020] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:04 2020] Segment Routing with IPv6
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:04 2020] systemd[1]: systemd 242.84-2-arch running in system mode. (+PAM +AUDIT -SELINUX -IMA -APPARMOR +SMACK -SYSVINIT +UTMP +LIBCRYPTSETUP +GCRYPT +GNUTLS +ACL +XZ +LZ4 +SECCOMP +BLKID +ELFUTILS +KMOD +IDN2 -IDN +PCRE2 default-hierarchy=hybrid)
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:04 2020] systemd[1]: Detected architecture arm.
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:04 2020] systemd[1]: Set hostname to .
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:04 2020] usb 1-1.1.1: new high-speed USB device number 5 using dwc_otg
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:04 2020] usb 1-1.1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=0424, idProduct=7800, bcdDevice= 3.00
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:04 2020] usb 1-1.1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:05 2020] lan78xx 1-1.1.1:1.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): No External EEPROM. Setting MAC Speed
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:05 2020] libphy: lan78xx-mdiobus: probed
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:05 2020] lan78xx 1-1.1.1:1.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): int urb period 64
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:05 2020] random: systemd: uninitialized urandom read (16 bytes read)
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:05 2020] systemd[1]: Listening on Journal Socket.
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:05 2020] random: systemd: uninitialized urandom read (16 bytes read)
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:05 2020] systemd[1]: Mounting Kernel Debug File System…
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:05 2020] random: systemd: uninitialized urandom read (16 bytes read)
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:05 2020] systemd[1]: Listening on udev Kernel Socket.
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:05 2020] systemd[1]: Listening on Network Service Netlink Socket.
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:05 2020] systemd[1]: Listening on initctl Compatibility Named Pipe.
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:05 2020] systemd[1]: Starting Load Kernel Modules…
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:05 2020] systemd[1]: Reached target Remote File Systems.
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:05 2020] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p2): re-mounted. Opts: (null)
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:05 2020] systemd-journald[145]: Received request to flush runtime journal from PID 1
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:06 2020] snd-rpi-wm8804 soc:sound: ASoC: failed to init link Allo DigiOne: -517
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:06 2020] wm8804 1-003b: revision E
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:06 2020] snd-rpi-wm8804 soc:sound: wm8804-spdif <-> 3f203000.i2s mapping ok
[Mon Sep 14 15:11:06 2020] cfg80211: Loading compiled-in X.509 certificates for regulatory database
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Hi @John_Dutt,

Adapter arrived. I was able to reproduce and fix your issue, so there’s an update on the beta channel right now.

Thanks

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Thanks Harry, works without a hitch! Great stuff! Really appreciate it!
John

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