Subj : Re: A bit more on Bookworm and WiFi problens
To   : bp@www.zefox.net
From : Chris Townley
Date : Wed Nov 06 2024 17:33:21

On 06/11/2024 17:08, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
> bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
>>
>> After a bit more fumbling it appears that the wifi connects readily
>> when the wired ethernet is also connected. Maybe that's significant,
>> but exactly how isn't apparent to me.
>
> The bookworm wifi saga continues. After a software update that
> resulted in a black screen (fixed by rebooting from microSD,
> which inexplicably mounted root from USB) the machine started
> booting from USB but couldn't start the internal wifi.
>
> After connecting a usb-wifi dongle and rebooting, first the usb-wifi
> interface came up unprompted and then the internal wifi came up a
> moment later. Now both interfaces are up and working using 2417 MHz
> channel 2 but different IPs.
>
> So, it looks like the behavior of the internal wifi is dependent
> on both wired ethernet and USB ethernet connectivity.
>
> If anybody has thoughts on what I'm doing wrong please post. This
> is becoming very confusing, unless it's just teething trouble with
> bookworm.
>
> Thanks for reading,
>
> bob prohaska
>

More likely the boot failure was from labwc being installed

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Chris

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