Trying to setup wifi 4.6 on a rasp zero , wpa_supplicant

dunken

HI

Used to run 4.5 before without any issues with wifi at all , but instead of running all the update i did run a fresh image of 4.6 instead.
But when trying to setup the wifi on it im running into WiFi country not set’:

Im at raspi-config , choosing 4 and then Changing Wifi Country , then it ends up with wpa_supplicant error ??

mitu

This usually happens when the Wi-Fi interface is not detected/started by the Wi-Fi service (wpa_supplicant). Do you have a Pi ZeroW or use Wi-Fi dongle for wireless ?

dunken

running a zero with a wifi dongle to it

mitu

The you should check if the Wi-Fi dongle is detected - if you type iwconfig at the command prompt, is the Wi-Fi connection displayed ?

dunken

Hi

wlan0 unassociated ESSID:"" Nickname:"WIFI@REALTEK"
Mode:Auto Frequency=2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Sensitivity:0/0
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

mitu

Looks like your Wi-Fi interface is detected, but for some reason raspi-config cannot communicate with the service ?

Try using the 2nd automatic configuration method - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Wifi/#connecting-to-wifi-without-a-keyboard-raspbian-stretch. It worked for me every time and you don't need to use raspi-config at all.

dunken

Thnks

But ends up with an error aswell :)
It cant connect to the wifi network , givng me Unable to connect to network
Is there any image of the retropie 4.4 so i can do a clean install of that ?
That version did work 100% without any problems at all

And yes ive double checked the wlan settings , only thing is the ssid has a space in the name , but ..

mitu

@dunken said in Trying to setup wifi 4.6 on a rasp zero , wpa_supplicant:

Is there any image of the retropie 4.4 so i can do a clean install of that ?

4.4 is based on an older Raspbian version, which is no longer supported by Rasbian and will be un-supported in the future by RetroPie too. You should try installing on Raspbian Buster.
What model of dongle do you have ?

Can you you try to use the Raspbian Lite .img (no RetroPie) and see if Wi-Fi works ? You may be able to do a manual install afterwards, if Wi-Fi works.

dunken

Hi

Its a realtek chip in it , dont know the correct model atm :(

Ive tried to connect to 3 diffrent wifi ssids , all fails .
If i connect a usb - lan adapter it works just fine but wifi fails
If there still some archive of the 4.4 retropie for download ?
Ill got some other dlink usb wireless adapter , ill try that this weekend aswell and get back.

mitu

@dunken said in Trying to setup wifi 4.6 on a rasp zero , wpa_supplicant:

If there still some archive of the 4.4 retropie for download ?

Yes - look in the releases section of the project's repository: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/releases.

dunken

@mitu did a clean install on buster lite , it ends up with the exact same error
could not communicate with wpa_supplicant when running sudo raspi-config

even tried to copy wifikey to boot and wpa_supplicant.conf to boot aswell

Quite wierd , any other hints ?

mitu

@dunken said in Trying to setup wifi 4.6 on a rasp zero , wpa_supplicant:

Quite wierd , any other hints ?

Try downgrading the Wi-Fi firmware maybe ? See https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=269390

grant2258

I get this as well all the time i have to edit my wpa supplicant it defaults to wep for me for some odd reason.

sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

below should get your working just put your pass and ssid in

ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
country=GB
# RETROPIE CONFIG START
network={
        ssid="yourssid"
        psk="yourpass"
}
# RETROPIE CONFIG END

dunken

Hi all

It did end up that i did flash the card with retropie 4.4 , and voila
no error at all while setting up the wifi ,

could not communicate with wpa_supplicant error is gone when setting up . it 4.4 works , lets go for the 4.5 :=) and perhaps do a update from 4.5 to 4.6 ?

Edit: Did flash the card to 4.5.1 and working just fine with wifi and the setup during the wifi setup aswell

Sure is strange :)