86 replies to this topic

[WanWizard]

It is now added, but with an invalid hardware address. So I presume that is for a reason and it still doesn't work?

[scriptmelvin †]

Can you try this:

ifup -v wlan0

[kelsinni]

 

Can you try this:

ifup -v wlan0

openpli 8.1-release vuzero

vuzero login: root
Last login: Thu Oct 28 09:22:42 WEST 2021 on pts/0
root@vuzero:~# ifup -v wlan0
run-parts /etc/network/if-pre-up.d
wpa_supplicant: /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant daemon failed to start
run-parts: /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wpa-supplicant: exit status 1

root@vuzero:~#

Here it is...

[kelsinni]

It is now added, but with an invalid hardware address. So I presume that is for a reason and it still doesn't work?

 

Should I try once more to perform a 'Scan wireless networks'?

 

Probably I will have another green screen...

[WanWizard]

You can always try.

[kelsinni]

You can always try.

 

Green screen once more

 

Here's the crash.log... Now I think it's the correct one

Attached Files

•  enigma2_crash.log   26.36KB   3 downloads

[WanWizard]

Yes, still the same problem, loop in the code due to parsing invalid data.

[kelsinni]

So I guess my best chance is to buy another to replace this wifi pen right? 

 

Any tip about a model/chip that wouldn't bring me problems again?

 

Thanks

[scriptmelvin †]

Try one more thing: give it a MAC manually:

ifconfig hw ether '06:3C:D5:C5:74:F5' wlan0

then

ifup wlan0

[kelsinni]

 

Try one more thing: give it a MAC manually:

ifconfig hw ether '06:3C:D5:C5:74:F5' wlan0

Returned this error:

openpli 8.1-release vuzero

vuzero login: root
root@vuzero:~# ifconfig hw ether '06:3C:D5:C5:74:F5' wlan0
ifconfig: bad address 'ether'
root@vuzero:~#

[scriptmelvin †]

Sorry, my bad. Try:

ifconfig wlan0 hw ether '06:3C:D5:C5:74:F5'

[ccs]

Maybe it should be 

 

ifconfig wlan0 hw ether 06:3C:D5:C5:74:F5

[kelsinni]

Maybe it should be 

 

ifconfig wlan0 hw ether 06:3C:D5:C5:74:F5

Here is the output:

root@vuzero:~# ifconfig wlan0 hw ether 06:3C:D5:C5:74:F5
ifconfig: SIOCSIFHWADDR: Operation not supported
root@vuzero:~#

[kelsinni]

 

Sorry, my bad. Try:

ifconfig wlan0 hw ether '06:3C:D5:C5:74:F5'

Here:

root@vuzero:~# ifconfig wlan0 hw ether '06:3C:D5:C5:74:F5'
ifconfig: SIOCSIFHWADDR: Operation not supported
root@vuzero:~#

[scriptmelvin †]

Now I'm running out of ideas, too. Here is an (outdated, OpenPLi 6.2) list of supported WLAN devices. But it lists your MT7601U, too...

[kelsinni]

Now I'm running out of ideas, too. Here is an (outdated, OpenPLi 6.2) list of supported WLAN devices. But it lists your MT7601U, too...

Apparently it is not a MT7601U, in fact it's a RT2870 as posted on answer #46 by @WanWizard "your stick isn't an MT7601U at all, it is an RT2870"

[scriptmelvin †]

It seems to be a little bit of both. #45:

-->MT7601_Init()
...
usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2870

#55:

lsmod
...
mt7601Usta

It seems to use the rt2870 firmware and the mt7601usta kernel module.

[kelsinni]

It seems to be a little bit of both. #45:

-->MT7601_Init()
...
usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2870

#55:

lsmod
...
mt7601Usta

It seems to use the rt2870 firmware and the mt7601usta kernel module.

 

Geeezzz...what a mess in therms of software needed that this wifi pen is causing

So it's a lost cause right?

[scriptmelvin †]

Let's try one more thing. The mt7601Usta kernel module accepts a single parameter: the mac address. Create a file /etc/modprobe.d/mt7601Usta.conf with contents:

option mt7601Usta mac=06:3C:D5:C5:74:F5

Unload the module:

modprobe -rv mt7601Usta

Reload the module:

modprobe -v mt7601Usta

Check if it worked (wlan0 has mac address):

ifconfig -a

[kelsinni]

File created...

 

Outputs here:

openpli 8.1-release vuzero

vuzero login: root
Last login: Thu Oct 28 21:16:01 WEST 2021 on pts/0
root@vuzero:~# modprobe -rv mt7601Usta
rmmod mt7601Usta
root@vuzero:~# modprobe -v mt7601Usta
insmod /lib/modules/3.13.5/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/mt7601Usta.ko
root@vuzero:~# ifconfig -a
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1D:EC:17:62:BE
          inet addr:192.168.10.74  Bcast:192.168.10.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::21d:ecff:fe17:62be/64 Scope:Link
          inet6 addr: 2001:818:e8c1:7e00:21d:ecff:fe17:62be/64 Scope:Global
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:588207 errors:0 dropped:4 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1193553 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:37288922 (35.5 MiB)  TX bytes:1798537051 (1.6 GiB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:140 (140.0 B)  TX bytes:140 (140.0 B)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

root@vuzero:~#

Didnt I have to change the permissions of the file mt7601Usta.conf and eventually reboot the receiver?