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    GPI case / raspberry pi Zero (no W) - can't establish SSH connection

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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator @cyperghost
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      @cyperghost said in GPI case / raspberry pi Zero (no W) - can't establish SSH connection:

      About the SSH thing.... SSH into Pi0 over USB never tried but it could work. Ever heard about that?

      No, but it might work :).

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        dyspho @mitu
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        @mitu
        Thanks a lot for your answer.

        I think the pi Zero just need a USB mini to USB cable to be recognized as a USB/Ethernet gadget by windows.
        Not sure a 100% as it's not working on my side but I think it's what the documentation says.

        Although, if using a USB network adaptor will fix my connectivity issue I will buy it right away !

        Before I buy it any other opinion / reaction on this solution ?

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator @dyspho
          last edited by mitu

          @dyspho said in GPI case / raspberry pi Zero (no W) - can't establish SSH connection:

          I think the pi Zero just need a USB mini to USB cable to be recognized as a USB/Ethernet gadget by windows.

          Not out-of-the-box - see @cyperghost's reply with what you need to modify so that it works like you expected. Check the page he linked and make sure those configurations are in-place and then try again.

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            dyspho @cyperghost
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            @cyperghost
            Thanks for your answer as well.

            In my description I wasn't too much into the details but yes I've already tried the blank ssh file + cmdline.txt + config.txt solution.
            It's the regular way to do it seems, but it doesn't give any result on my side except not booting retropie until the menu as I've explained (no error then but it's like retropie doesn't recognize the hardware if I boot with those modifications).

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              mitu Global Moderator @dyspho
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              @dyspho Post the configurations you've done on the files.
              Make sure you use something like Notepad++ to edit those files, regular Windows Notepad is not - yet - formatting them properly.

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                dyspho @mitu
                last edited by dyspho

                @mitu
                I did as described on this link (previously posted by @cyperghost ), of course, using notepad++

                https://desertbot.io/blog/ssh-into-pi-zero-over-usb

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                  mitu Global Moderator @dyspho
                  last edited by mitu

                  @dyspho Did you use the RetroPie image ? Because the hostname should be retropie.local, not raspberrypi.local, in this case.

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                    dyspho @mitu
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                    @mitu just to be sure, in case I missed it, I just tried but unfortunately it doesn't work either.

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                      gtoal
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                      Another thing that can go wrong in this process... saving the wpa_supplicant.conf file to the boot partition - if you use Notepad, it is likely to add a hidden ".txt" extension and save the file as wpa_supplicant.conf.txt which you don't notice because windows hides the .txt extension.

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                      • mituM
                        mitu Global Moderator @gtoal
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                        @gtoal I don't see how this applies to the topic at hand - the poster specifically said it's a non-W(ifi) model and they don't try to use wireless at all.

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