No Wlan0 interface detected

Seannyboy08

Hi everyone i do appreciate my last card image had a third party image but that's because of my ignorance not reading the first documentation, but however i'm now starting from scratch and using my own roms and this arcade has been 3 years in the making for my kids.

I'm i correct in thinking that anyone on this forum that makes even one mistake gets "BLACK LISTED", and your silence will speak for all of you - would that be a correct assumption ?

Kind Regards

Sean

mitu

@seannyboy08 said in No Wlan0 interface detected:

I'm i correct in thinking that anyone on this forum that makes even one mistake gets "BLACK LISTED", and your silence will speak for all of you - would that be a correct assumption ?

No, there's no such 'tag' to silence or blacklist users - it's just that no users responded to your topic.

The issue you're reporting - no WiFi interface detected - should be solvable by configuring your country first from raspi-config and then the WiFi will be un-blocked by the system and you can configure it.

Seannyboy08

@mitu I have set the configuring locales to en_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8
Being from manchester is this the right locales ?

Sean

Seannyboy08

@mitu After this it asks this -

Choose one of these options also -

None
C.UTF-8
en_GB_utf-8 - I've been ticking this

Sean

mitu

You don't need to set the locale (which is en_GB.utf-8 by default anyway), but the country. See https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/wireless/wireless-cli.md.

sleve_mcdichael

@seannyboy08 said in No Wlan0 interface detected:

I have set the configuring locales to en_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8
Being from manchester is this the right locales ?

No. Do raspi-config -> Localization Settings -> WLAN Country.

Seannyboy08

@mitu am following this run through but forgot how to get onto the linux command line, is there a shortcut ?

Sean

Seannyboy08

@sleve_mcdichael
It comes up with - no wireless interface found ?

Sean

Seannyboy08

@mitu
Ignore this its f4 to access the command shell

Seannyboy08

@mitu

It says wlan0 interface doesn't support scanning ?

Sean

mitu

@seannyboy08 Are you sure that your WiFi is now working (i.e. you've set the WiFi country) ? What's the output of the following command:

iwconfig wlan0

Seannyboy08

@mitu

When I type in iwconfig this is the outcome -

lo no wireless extensions.

enxb827ebf18d83 no wireless extensions.

Do I need to get a new raspberry pi and replace the microprocessor ?

Sean

Seannyboy08

@mitu

And if I type iwconfig wlan0 this is the outcome -

wlan0 no such device

Sean

mitu

When I type in iwconfig this is the outcome - [..]

iwconfig doesn't list your WiFi interface - it may not be enabled. Did you use raspi-config to set the WiFi country, as advised ?

The interface name for the wired interface is also not something that's present on a RetroPie or Raspberry Pi OS image - what image did you use to install the system ?

Do I need to get a new raspberry pi and replace the microprocessor ?

I don't think so.

Seannyboy08

@mitu

When I run raspi-config and go to localization settings then WLAN Country it says this -

no wireless interface found
and then on the next page after I press ok it says this -

There was an error running option L4 WLAN Country
and then the only option again is to press OK ?

Sean

Seannyboy08

@sleve_mcdichael

When I run raspi-config and go to localization settings then WLAN Country it says this -

no wireless interface found
and then on the next page after I press ok it says this -

There was an error running option L4 WLAN Country
and then the only option again is to press OK ?

Sean

mitu

@seannyboy08 said in No Wlan0 interface detected:

When I run raspi-config and go to localization settings then WLAN Country it says this -
no wireless interface found
and then on the next page after I press ok it says this -

What image did you use to install the system ?

Seannyboy08

@mitu

Literally the image file you asked me to download from scratch but if you think its the image file got currupted during the writing process i'll try again or is there another image file you recommend ?

This was your words -

We don't support 3rd party images - use the image from retropie.org.uk/download and we can help

Sean

Thorr69

@seannyboy08 I think he's more interested in making sure you grabbed the right image for your hardware. You should have downloaded the rpi2/3 image (assuming this is still the Pi 3b in your post above).

mitu

@seannyboy08 said in No Wlan0 interface detected:

Literally the image file you asked me to download from scratch but if you think its the image file got currupted during the writing process i'll try again or is there another image file you recommend ?

In this case I don't understand why the WiFi is completely disabled or not present. Can you post the contents of the config.txt configuration file from the sdcard, should be accessible if you insert the sdcard into your PC from the boot partition that shows up.