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    No Wlan0 interface detected

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    • Seannyboy08S
      Seannyboy08
      last edited by

      Hi All,

      I've started my own PI arcade and i'm getting this, any ideas ?

      Sean

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      • Seannyboy08S
        Seannyboy08
        last edited by

        Hi All,

        Heres the PI specs

        Parts list on my home built arcade -

        Emulation Station Front end
        Retroarch
        Rasberry PI 3 Model B v1.2
        Old monitor screen approx 19-20
        ipac keyboard encoder
        HDMI to VGA Converter

        Basically ive inputted the buttons on the switches on winipac v2 to everything needed like this-

        p1 up - up p1 down - down p1 left - left p1 right - right
        p1 A - Y p1 B - W p1 RIGHT SHOULDER - U
        p1 LEFT SHOULDER - I p1 - X - R p1 Y - Q
        p1 - Coin / Select - E p1 Start - T

        Middle Button / Hotkey Button - G

        p2 up - C p1 down - Z p1 left - S p1 right - X
        p1 A - F p1 B - H p1 RIGHT SHOULDER - D
        p1 LEFT SHOULDER - L p1 - X - J p1 Y - K
        p1 - Coin / Select - O p1 Start - P

        Setting Enable Hotkeys - G
        Menu - R
        Quit Retroarch - T

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        • Seannyboy08S
          Seannyboy08 @Seannyboy08
          last edited by Seannyboy08

          @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

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator @Seannyboy08
            last edited by

            @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.

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            • Seannyboy08S
              Seannyboy08 @mitu
              last edited by

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

              Sean

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              • Seannyboy08S
                Seannyboy08 @mitu
                last edited by

                @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

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                • mituM
                  mitu Global Moderator
                  last edited by

                  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.

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                    sleve_mcdichael @Seannyboy08
                    last edited by 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.

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                    • Seannyboy08S
                      Seannyboy08 @mitu
                      last edited by

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

                      Sean

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                      • Seannyboy08S
                        Seannyboy08 @sleve_mcdichael
                        last edited by

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

                        Sean

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                        • Seannyboy08S
                          Seannyboy08 @mitu
                          last edited by

                          @mitu
                          Ignore this its f4 to access the command shell

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                          • Seannyboy08S
                            Seannyboy08 @mitu
                            last edited by

                            @mitu

                            It says wlan0 interface doesn't support scanning ?

                            Sean

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                            • mituM
                              mitu Global Moderator @Seannyboy08
                              last edited by

                              @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
                              
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                              • Seannyboy08S
                                Seannyboy08 @mitu
                                last edited by

                                @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

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                                • Seannyboy08S
                                  Seannyboy08 @mitu
                                  last edited by

                                  @mitu

                                  And if I type iwconfig wlan0 this is the outcome -

                                  wlan0 no such device

                                  Sean

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                                  • mituM
                                    mitu Global Moderator @Seannyboy08
                                    last edited by

                                    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.

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                                    • Seannyboy08S
                                      Seannyboy08 @mitu
                                      last edited by

                                      @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

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                                      • Seannyboy08S
                                        Seannyboy08 @sleve_mcdichael
                                        last edited by

                                        @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

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                                        • mituM
                                          mitu Global Moderator @Seannyboy08
                                          last edited by

                                          @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 ?

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                                          • Seannyboy08S
                                            Seannyboy08 @mitu
                                            last edited by

                                            @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

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