2 Aug 2018, 17:40
  • I'm using a Pi 2 (Model B) with latest Recalbox installed (18.07.13). Ethernet network is working, but not Wi-Fi

  • Wi-Fi network settings:

    • SSID visible ? Yes
    • Chanel: 3
    • WPA2-PSK/AES
  • recalbox network Interfaces without the Wi-Fi dongle

$ ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue qlen 1
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP8000> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000
    link/ether b8:27:eb:a0:d9:77 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.0.11/24 brd 192.168.0.255 scope global eth0
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 fe80::ba27:ebff:fea0:d977/64 scope link 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
$ 
  • I configure Wi-Fi directly in recalbox.conf.
$ grep wifi recalbox.conf
##Activate wifi (0,1)
wifi.enabled=1
##Set wifi region
wifi.region=FR
wifi.ssid=le-wifi-de-morgoth
wifi.key=enc:U2FsdGVkX1/fU30c3mVxGS0ngl1HclFBOFv9Y1qPFFU=
#secondary wifi (not configurable via the user interface)
;wifi2.ssid=new ssid
;wifi2.key=new key
#third wifi (not configurable via the user interface)
;wifi3.ssid=new ssid
;wifi3.key=new key
$ 
  • Here's the output of dmesg after connecting Wi-Fi dongle
[  350.254751] usb 1-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 4 using dwc_otg
[  350.356247] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=8176
[  350.356262] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[  350.356272] usb 1-1.2: Product: 802.11n WLAN Adapter
[  350.356281] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: Realtek
[  350.356290] usb 1-1.2: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001
[  350.525195] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8192cu
  • A new network interfaces (wlan0) is added but no IP assigned
$ ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue qlen 1
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP8000> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000
    link/ether b8:27:eb:a0:d9:77 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.0.11/24 brd 192.168.0.255 scope global eth0
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 fe80::ba27:ebff:fea0:d977/64 scope link 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop qlen 1000
    link/ether 40:a5:ef:0e:dc:e5 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
$ 
  • I reconfigured the wifi.key with clear text value before rebooting. Still no Wi-Fi after reboot. No problem with this hardware configuration when running raspbian.

  • Let me know if you need the complete dmesg output after rebooting the recalbox with the Wi-Fi dongle pluged-in.

  • Any idea ?