How to set up wifi without ethernet

[Rony]

I tried to :
- format my microSD
- use an other microSD
- re-download the ISO
- use an other tool to flash the microSD

Nothing changed...

There's my debug data :
http://pastebin.com/THpnxxav


I think the ISO on this website is not the correct one.
On the download page it is written "v0.3-beta" for Raspberry Pi 3, but the one I get is "RuneAudio_rpi2_rp3_0.4-beta_20160321_2GB"
For the RPi3 the ISO should not be different of the RPi2 ?

[Rony]

Hello, I tried again Moode audio today and my wifi doesn't work... It seems to be a hardware problem.
Don't know why, maybe the wifi chip is dead ? How can I check it ?

EDIT :
Volumio says bad errors :

[johnbanks]

Rony ...

The SD card image is the same for RPi2 and RPi3

I have both models and my RPi3 is marked ... Raspberry Pi 3 Model B V1.2

When using my RPi3, RuneAudio reports the hardware environment as RPi2. I assume this is a coding bug which has no effect as it's for info (misinfo) only.

Best wait for Frank to comment on yr Debug report but I cannot see a wireless interface connected (wlan0).

The wireless modules (brcmfmac and brcmutil) do not appear to be loaded.

Perhaps your RPi3 internal wireless is turned off (blacklisted). Check the file ...

/etc/modprobe.d/disable_rpi3_wifi_bt.conf

It should read like this ...

##wifi
#blacklist brcmfmac
#blacklist brcmutil
##bt
#blacklist btbcm
#blacklist hci_uart

Do you have a USB wireless dongle that you could try?

Hope some of this helps

[Rony]

Hello, thanks for Quick reply.

I tried with a netgear wifi dongles and it works without doing anything.
So, how can i check what's wrong with my integrated wifi ?

I bought my RPi 3 just 2 weeks ago...


EDIT :
My file /etc/modprobe.d/disable_rpi3_wifi_bt.conf is the same as yours, all in comment.

[johnbanks]

Rony ...

With my RPi3 when I issue the command lsmod this is what I get ...

[root@runeaudio ~]# lsmod
Module Size Used by
nls_utf8 1452 1
brcmfmac 196427 0
brcmutil 8376 1 brcmfmac
cfg80211 497999 1 brcmfmac
snd_bcm2835 22495 0
snd_pcm 89185 1 snd_bcm2835
snd_timer 22123 1 snd_pcm
snd 63955 3 snd_bcm2835,snd_timer,snd_pcm
bcm2835_gpiomem 3718 0
bcm2835_rng 2199 0
rng_core 8163 1 bcm2835_rng
bcm2835_wdt 3621 0
uio_pdrv_genirq 3591 0
uio 9277 1 uio_pdrv_genirq
sch_fq_codel 8116 3
ip_tables 12280 0
x_tables 17670 1 ip_tables
ipv6 369985 0
[root@runeaudio ~]#

The wireless modules ( brcmfmac & brcmutil ) are both loaded.

What do you get using lsmod ?

Secondly - I've read lots of stuff on the forums about poor/low powered Power Supplies - which affect wireless.

My PSU is rated at 2 Amp. The Official Raspberry Pi PSU for the RPi3 is rated at 2.5 Amp.

Is your power supply sufficient?

[Rony]

Hello,

That's what I get (without wireless dongle) :



I use a 2A power (from my UE Boom), I tried with the USB of my desktop PC but that's the same.

[johnbanks]

Rony ...

Clearly the Rpi3 wireless modules are not loaded in your case.

My experiences which I've posted in this topic are based on an Rpi3 set up as a Wireless AP following instructions from Frank in a separate forum topic.
Based on that perhaps you could try some updating ...

pacman -Sy --force raspberrypi-firmware-bootloader linux-raspberrypi

Then do ...

cd /var/www
rm command/mpd-watchdog
git pull

Frank also recommended ...

rm /etc/modules-load.d/raspberrypi.

Perhaps you should try these actions and then reboot ?

[Rony]

Hello.

For the last command, don't forget to put the "conf"
"rm /etc/modules-load.d/raspberrypi.conf"


I did all commands, but still not have "wlan0" on my network interfaces...

How can I be sure it's a hardware problem ? So I'll be able to contact the seller (Hifiberry).

[hondagx35]

[Rony]