Rasplex Wireless Issue

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Hi Guys, I'm hoping this is the right place to ask for help.

 

I'm trying to configure a wireless usb card for my rasplex. It is a TL-WN822N. It uses the Atheros Chipset and it listed in the openelec supported hardware list.

 

The device doesn't show up in rasplex at all, only the ethernet is listed. I can see the device when I do a lsusb but there is no wlan0 when I do a ifconfig.

 

I've tried Rasplex 1.3.5 and 1.3.4 both have the same issue. I've also tired the openelec xbmc which works fine so I'm assuming it's not an openelec issue

 

this is the output of a dmesg http://sprunge.us/iEUb

this is ifconfig http://sprunge.us/ijff

and the lsusb http://sprunge.us/ISOc

 

is anyone able to offer some advice as to what I can do to get it working? I'm a bit of a rasplex and linux noob

 

thanks

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Same problem here with a D-Link DWL-G122.

And there is another thread for the same problem with a Belkin adapter http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/65984-belkin-wireless-dongle-not-working/

dmesg shows the adapter is detected and fails to load firmware:

[    7.309915] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
[    7.311301] Registered led device: rt73usb-phy0::radio
[    7.311434] Registered led device: rt73usb-phy0::assoc
[    7.311543] Registered led device: rt73usb-phy0::quality
[    7.314793] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt73usb
...
[   73.124184] phy0 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed to request Firmware.
[  134.244181] phy0 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed to request Firmware.

It is a regression: adapter was working fine in 0.1.28 through 0.1.32; I have not checked 0.1.33 or 0.1.34.

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Thanks for the response Pedroche. I just had a read through the main support thread and it's got several other people with the same issu. It appears that wireless is broken from FW 1.32 - 1.35. Hopefully they'll fix this soon.

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Same issue here with Asus Nano N10 wireless dongle.

Works perfectly in 1.3.0. 1.3.1 I had issues with the crashing 15 minutes into any video, but as of 1.3.4 and still in 1.3.5 (With the new setup interface), it's just like my WiFi adapter isn't there at all.

Currently a show stopper for me upgrading above 1.3.0  (which is actually pretty stable)

Edit: I never tried 1.3.2

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Same here: My WIFI worked perfectly up to 1.34 but now that I updated to 1.35 it stopped working!

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Mine stopped working at 1.34

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Yes it seems that the openelec merge to 3.0.0 broke partly the Wifi support. We are investigating this to see what happenned.

Thanks for reporting this and keep posted :)

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Thanks for the feedback LongChair.

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Here is my Asus-N10 and Bluetooth doesn't work both

[    2.185510] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using dwc_otg
[    2.285189] usb 1-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=0424, idProduct=ec00
[    2.285225] usb 1-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[    2.289011] smsc95xx v1.0.4
[    2.365235] smsc95xx 1-1.1:1.0: eth0: register 'smsc95xx' at usb-bcm2708_usb-1.1, smsc95xx USB 2.0 Ethernet, b8:27:eb:53:b3:eb
[    2.444338] usb 1-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 4 using dwc_otg
[    2.547511] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0b05, idProduct=1786
[    2.547548] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[    2.547569] usb 1-1.2: Product: ASUS EZ N Network Adapter
[    2.547586] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: Manufacturer Realtek 
[    2.547602] usb 1-1.2: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001
[    2.654374] usb 1-1.3: new full-speed USB device number 5 using dwc_otg
[    2.757769] usb 1-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=0a5c, idProduct=21e8
[    2.757805] usb 1-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[    2.757824] usb 1-1.3: Product: BCM20702A0
[    2.757840] usb 1-1.3: Manufacturer: Broadcom Corp
[    2.757857] usb 1-1.3: SerialNumber: 00027232974B
[    3.107495] bcm2835-cpufreq: switching to governor performance
[    3.107526] bcm2835-cpufreq: switching to governor performance
[    3.715044] systemd-udevd[723]: starting version 199
[    4.505639] r8712u: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
[    4.569454] r8712u: Staging version
[    4.569581] r8712u: register rtl8712_netdev_ops to netdev_ops
[    4.569603] r8712u: USB_SPEED_HIGH with 4 endpoints
[    4.579773] r8712u: Boot from EFUSE: Autoload OK
[    4.584571] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.16
[    4.584922] NET: Registered protocol family 31
[    4.584942] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[    4.584955] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[    4.584964] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[    4.585006] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[    4.677939] usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
[    4.796716] mmc0: missed completion of cmd 18 DMA (512/512 [1]/[1]) - ignoring it
[    4.796803] mmc0: DMA IRQ 6 ignored - results were reset
[    5.406957] lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 249 
[    5.535352] lirc_rpi: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
[    5.599212] lirc_rpi lirc_rpi.0: lirc_dev: driver lirc_rpi registered at minor = 0
[    5.599290] lirc_rpi: driver registered!
[    6.325528] r8712u: CustomerID = 0x0010
[    6.325558] r8712u: MAC Address from efuse = 00:26:18:a1:3d:9d
[    6.325571] r8712u: Loading firmware from "rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin"
[    6.326737] usbcore: registered new interface driver r8712u
[    6.554084] lirc_rpi: auto-detected active high receiver on GPIO pin 18
[    6.812725] i2c /dev entries driver
[    7.479307] Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x30
[    7.782385] ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
[    7.843437] input: lircd as /devices/virtual/input/input0
[    8.334969] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[   10.116106] smsc95xx 1-1.1:1.0: eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0xC5E1
[   10.119701] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[   22.667649] bcm2835-cpufreq: switching to governor ondemand
[   22.667677] bcm2835-cpufreq: switching to governor ondemand
[   48.088378] bcm2835-cpufreq: switching to governor ondemand
[   48.088408] bcm2835-cpufreq: switching to governor ondemand
[   67.204269] r8712u: Firmware request failed
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Just reporting Wireless still isn't working on 1.36. Tested with TL-WN822N and a WiPi adapter

thanks

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From what i have read in OE forums, this is an issue with openelec 3.0, with which we merged after 0.1.32.

This is the main issue : https://github.com/OpenELEC/OpenELEC.tv/issues/2162

and many others.

https://github.com/OpenELEC/OpenELEC.tv/issues/2201

https://github.com/OpenELEC/OpenELEC.tv/issues/2190

https://github.com/OpenELEC/OpenELEC.tv/issues/2162

etc .. 

I guess we'll have to wait for them to fix this ... 

But thanks for reporting :)

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I've just tested Openelec on both 3.0.0 and 3.0.1 and it does work with both the WiPi and TL-WN822N. But Wireless did stop working for me after Rasplex 1.32 like you say.

Is there anything I can do to help identify what's going on?

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I am pretty sure the problem is what you can see in this post

https://github.com/archlinuxarm/PKGBUILDs/issues/254

Firmware is not located where the kernel looks for it. The problem is that / is loop in read only mode so I can not apply the proposed solution.

Could any one test it?

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Hi - just wanting to confirm that Wireless is back working on 1.37

really appreciate the efforts you guys are going to, thanks for the help

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Great to hear !

We appreciate the feedback thanks :)

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I confirm 1.37 solves the problem for me too.

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Also confirmed. Bleeding 1.37 gets it working for my Buffalo USB dongle WiFi.
Excellent work! I’m loving my Rasplex media player! :slight_smile:

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WiFi support has returned for me too with 1.37 :)

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wi-fi with wipi adapter running fine with 1.37

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I still got wi-fi problems on 1.37.

i am using a micronext MN-WD552B adapter, wich is working with no problems under xbian.

dmesg: http://pastebin.com/SmDTvjhF

lsusb: http://pastebin.com/ZB9UuAJ8

ifconfig: http://pastebin.com/JSjhyLDP

rasplex can see my wifi adapter and i can see the networks but when i try to connect to them it says NoReply.

i have tried with different network names and passes, still the same?

Any ideas any one?

And thank you SO much for rasplex love it, but would be paradise if i could get wifi working.

EDIT: i can see in the bottom of this link;

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/80256631/install-rtl8188cus.txt

that the  rtl8188cus driver is included in the xbian distro, so maybe that is why it is working there? can we have the  rtl8188cus driver included in a new build?