[yocto] wpa_supplicant on Raspberry Pi 2B

Daniel. danielhilst at gmail.com
Fri Oct 2 11:18:09 PDT 2015


It seems that your wpa_supplicant isn't being started at boot. Can you see
it with `ps | grep wpa_supplicant'? You may start it by hand with something
like `wpa_supplicant -B -iwlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' and try
`wpa_cli stat' stat again...

Regards,

2015-10-02 12:34 GMT-03:00 Edward Vidal <develone at sbcglobal.net>:

> Hi Philip & Daniel,
> I modified interface
> diff -u interfaces.orig interfaces
> --- interfaces.orig    2015-09-15 04:53:28.759998719 +0000
> +++ interfaces    2015-09-15 04:54:16.999998700 +0000
> @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
>  iface wlan0 inet dhcp
>      wireless_mode managed
>      wireless_essid any
> -    wpa-driver wext
> -    wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
> +    wpa-driver nl80211
> +        wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
>
>  iface atml0 inet dhcp
>  Also ran the wpa_cli stat
> root at raspberrypi2:/etc/network# wpa_cli stat
> Failed to connect to non-global ctrl_ifname: (nil)  error: Success
>  and
> wpa_cli -i wlan0
> wpa_cli v2.4
> Copyright (c) 2004-2015, Jouni Malinen <j at w1.fi> and contributors
>
> This software may be distributed under the terms of the BSD license.
> See README for more details.
>
>
>
> Interactive mode
>
> Could not connect to wpa_supplicant: wlan0 - re-trying
> Still no success.
> Thanks
> Edward Vidal Jr. e-mail develone at sbcglobal.net 915-595-1613
>
>
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> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 14:43:37 +0300
> From: Laurentiu Palcu <laurentiu.palcu at intel.com>
> To: Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc.com>
> Cc: Yocto Project <yocto at yoctoproject.org>
> Subject: Re: [yocto] Safely cleaning 'downloads'
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> Hi Garry,
>
> It's probably a little late (I'm not reading the Yocto mailing lists
> very often now) but sometime ago I ran out of space myself and I wrote
> this script that I sent out on oe-core mailing list. It did the job for
> me. For some reason it didn't make it in master but maybe you find it
> useful.
>
> I didn't test it since then though. Maybe things changed, I don't know.
> Give it a try if you wish. If you want to play safe, I recommend making
> a copy of your downloads directory (if you have space left). :)
>
>
> http://lists.openembedded.org/pipermail/openembedded-core/2015-June/106026.html
>
> laurentiu
>
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 06:13:39AM -0600, Gary Thomas wrote:
> > Over time, I tend to build in the same build tree many, many
> > times.  This leads to some really big trees as many things are
> > duplicated, especially in the 'downloads' directory.
> >
> > I use local mirrors and hence my 'downloads' directory is
> > _mostly_ populated with symbolic links.  However, there are
> > also expanded SCM packages, e.g. git2/xxx
> >
> > How can I safely clean up the 'downloads' directory?  I already
> > copy any created tarballs (I use BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS="1"
> > to preclude unneeded downloads) to my mirror, but I'd like to
> > periodically clean out the whole directory (without disturbing
> > my builds of course).  I've found out the hard way that just
> > emptying seems to be unsafe, at least for some recipes like
> > the [RaspberryPi] Linux kernel recipe which once built seems
> > to expect the expanded git2/xxx tree to remain.
> >
> > Just trying to find ways to recover my lost GB...
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> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 08:02:49 -0400
> From: Trevor Woerner <twoerner at gmail.com>
> To: Karim ATIKI <karim_atiki at hotmail.com>
> Cc: "yocto at yoctoproject.org" <yocto at yoctoproject.org>
> Subject: Re: [yocto] [linux-yocto] [raspberryp2] Error during the
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> On 10/02/15 07:58, Karim ATIKI wrote:
> > Hello Trevor,
> >
> > Thanks for your feedback.
> > You really think that "Fido" is an older release ?
>
> Sorry, I didn't mean to imply it was "old" and therefore should be
> avoided, I meant to point out that it was something that was released
> before the switch to gcc5 by default :-)
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> > Is the 1.9 release of Yocto stable enough yet ? And will this pb be
> > fixed as well ?
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> I think the next release will be 2.0. Whether or not it is stable enough
> is something you will have to evaluate for yourself :-) I'm rather
> certain this issue is already fixed in master, therefore it should be
> available for the next release.
>
> >
> > Karim
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> Did you really mean to reply personally? I've re-CC'ed the list, hope
> you don't mind.
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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 14:27:58 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Edward Vidal <develone at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "yocto at yoctoproject.org" <yocto at yoctoproject.org>
> Subject: [yocto] wpa_supplicant on Raspberry Pi 2B
> Message-ID:
>     <1006153332.270433.1443796078701.JavaMail.yahoo at mail.yahoo.com>
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> Hello all,I am using a Wi-Pi wireless adapter.?
> My image has the following packages installed.
> wpa-supplicant-2.4-r0.cortexa7hf_vfp_vfpv4_neon
> wpa-supplicant-cli-2.4-r0.cortexa7hf_vfp_vfpv4_neon
> wpa-supplicant-dev-2.4-r0.cortexa7hf_vfp_vfpv4_neon
> wpa-supplicant-doc-2.4-r0.cortexa7hf_vfp_vfpv4_neon
> wpa-supplicant-passphrase-2.4-r0.cortexa7hf_vfp_vfpv4_neon
> Do I need any additional packages?
> My wired eth0 works okay.
> Which document has the most current information on setting up wireless
> networking?From the information at
> http://trac.gateworks.com/wiki/Yocto/Wireless
>
> I modified my /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf as below without success.
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> ctrl_interface_group=0
> update_config=1
>
> network={
> ??????? scan_ssid=1
> ??????? ssid="myssid"
> ??????? psk="mypsk"
> ??????? proto=WPA
> ??????? key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> }Below is the results I get when I run iwconfig.
> iwconfig
> wlan0???? IEEE 802.11bgn? ESSID:off/any?
> ????????? Mode:Managed? Access Point: Not-Associated?? Tx-Power=0 dBm??
> ????????? Retry short limit:7?? RTS thr:off?? Fragment thr:off
> ????????? Encryption key:off
> ????????? Power Management:off
> ?????????
> lo??????? no wireless extensions.
>
> eth0????? no wireless extensions.
> Thanks in advance.? Any help is appreciated.
>
> Edward Vidal Jr. e-mail develone at sbcglobal.net 915-595-1613
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> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 10:56:37 -0400
> From: Philip Balister <philip at balister.org>
> To: Edward Vidal <develone at sbcglobal.net>,    "yocto at yoctoproject.org"
>     <yocto at yoctoproject.org>
> Subject: Re: [yocto] wpa_supplicant on Raspberry Pi 2B
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> On 10/02/2015 10:27 AM, Edward Vidal wrote:
> > Hello all,I am using a Wi-Pi wireless adapter.
> > My image has the following packages installed.
> > wpa-supplicant-2.4-r0.cortexa7hf_vfp_vfpv4_neon
> > wpa-supplicant-cli-2.4-r0.cortexa7hf_vfp_vfpv4_neon
> > wpa-supplicant-dev-2.4-r0.cortexa7hf_vfp_vfpv4_neon
> > wpa-supplicant-doc-2.4-r0.cortexa7hf_vfp_vfpv4_neon
> > wpa-supplicant-passphrase-2.4-r0.cortexa7hf_vfp_vfpv4_neon
> > Do I need any additional packages?
> > My wired eth0 works okay.
> > Which document has the most current information on setting up wireless
> networking?From the information at
> >  http://trac.gateworks.com/wiki/Yocto/Wireless
> >
> > I modified my /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf as below without success.
> > ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> > ctrl_interface_group=0
> > update_config=1
> >
>
> Try modifying /etc/network/interfaces like this:
>
>
> https://github.com/EttusResearch/meta-ettus/commit/da86e76d116798e386d073a18453aabb6179a09a#diff-063964fa6e41065c7868b13b1b1644eaR11
>
> it seems wireless extensions are deprecated and you should use the
> nl80211 driver now.
>
> Philip
>
>
> > network={
> >        scan_ssid=1
> >        ssid="myssid"
> >        psk="mypsk"
> >        proto=WPA
> >        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> > }Below is the results I get when I run iwconfig.
> > iwconfig
> > wlan0    IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any
> >          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated  Tx-Power=0 dBm
> >          Retry short limit:7  RTS thr:off  Fragment thr:off
> >          Encryption key:off
> >          Power Management:off
> >
> > lo        no wireless extensions.
> >
> > eth0      no wireless extensions.
> > Thanks in advance.  Any help is appreciated.
> >
> >  Edward Vidal Jr. e-mail develone at sbcglobal.net 915-595-1613
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 12:08:28 -0300
> From: "Daniel." <danielhilst at gmail.com>
> Cc: "yocto at yoctoproject.org" <yocto at yoctoproject.org>
> Subject: Re: [yocto] wpa_supplicant on Raspberry Pi 2B
> Message-ID:
>     <CAF3SDA7kvgNsTB7RM_wZgDUkz5b8msv7r7=3B1kCHVqR35aEbA at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
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>
> What `wpa_cli stat' returns?
>
> Regards,
>
>
> 2015-10-02 11:56 GMT-03:00 Philip Balister <philip at balister.org>:
> > On 10/02/2015 10:27 AM, Edward Vidal wrote:
> >> Hello all,I am using a Wi-Pi wireless adapter.
> >> My image has the following packages installed.
> >> wpa-supplicant-2.4-r0.cortexa7hf_vfp_vfpv4_neon
> >> wpa-supplicant-cli-2.4-r0.cortexa7hf_vfp_vfpv4_neon
> >> wpa-supplicant-dev-2.4-r0.cortexa7hf_vfp_vfpv4_neon
> >> wpa-supplicant-doc-2.4-r0.cortexa7hf_vfp_vfpv4_neon
> >> wpa-supplicant-passphrase-2.4-r0.cortexa7hf_vfp_vfpv4_neon
> >> Do I need any additional packages?
> >> My wired eth0 works okay.
> >> Which document has the most current information on setting up wireless
> networking?From the information at
> >>  http://trac.gateworks.com/wiki/Yocto/Wireless
> >>
> >> I modified my /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf as below without success.
> >> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> >> ctrl_interface_group=0
> >> update_config=1
> >>
> >
> > Try modifying /etc/network/interfaces like this:
> >
> >
> https://github.com/EttusResearch/meta-ettus/commit/da86e76d116798e386d073a18453aabb6179a09a#diff-063964fa6e41065c7868b13b1b1644eaR11
> >
> > it seems wireless extensions are deprecated and you should use the
> > nl80211 driver now.
> >
> > Philip
> >
> >
> >> network={
> >>        scan_ssid=1
> >>        ssid="myssid"
> >>        psk="mypsk"
> >>        proto=WPA
> >>        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> >> }Below is the results I get when I run iwconfig.
> >> iwconfig
> >> wlan0    IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any
> >>          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated  Tx-Power=0 dBm
> >>          Retry short limit:7  RTS thr:off  Fragment thr:off
> >>          Encryption key:off
> >>          Power Management:off
> >>
> >> lo        no wireless extensions.
> >>
> >> eth0      no wireless extensions.
> >> Thanks in advance.  Any help is appreciated.
> >>
> >>  Edward Vidal Jr. e-mail develone at sbcglobal.net 915-595-1613
> >>
> >>
> >>
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