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RE: Wi-Fi (Wi-Pi) dongle setup - jimcraig152 - 8th Feb, 2013 10:49 AM
I had a similar problem. The new xbian-config didn't work it out completely on its own. But I was able to solve this by using a micro-USB power adapter instead of drawing power from a USB port from my plasma TV. Seems that power draw in addition to using the new xbian-config are required in some circumstances. Hope that helps someone else in this same conundrum.
RE: Wi-Fi (Wi-Pi) dongle setup - xbian4626 - 24th Feb, 2013 09:37 PM
(6th Feb, 2013 04:29 AM)BartOtten Wrote: Glad it is easier to set the network using the new xbian-config. Curlymo and Belese work -very- hard for this feature of XBian! Please hit the Thanks link for both of themhow do you do then config file thing cause i need to know please if thats possible
Re: Wi-Fi (Wi-Pi) dongle setup - BartOtten - 24th Feb, 2013 10:15 PM
Inside XBMC > Settings > XBian
RE: Wi-Fi (Wi-Pi) dongle setup - carferallen - 25th Feb, 2013 02:48 AM
I´ve got the same dongle but i'm not able to make ift work properly. it connects, but i continuosly get TX excessive retries and the speed is really slow.
I compiled the RT5370STA driver instead of RT2800usb in Raspbian and it works like a charm.
I found it here: https://github.com/alangomes/rt5370sta and it includes changes needed for my dongle ('HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y' and 'HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=y')
I tried the complided file rt5370sta.ko with no success
Any way to compile the module for Xbian?
Thanks in advance
RE: Wi-Fi (Wi-Pi) dongle setup - CurlyMo - 25th Feb, 2013 04:47 AM
Can you provide me with the compile instruction?
RE: Wi-Fi (Wi-Pi) dongle setup - 1mile - 25th Feb, 2013 06:59 AM
im having same problem with wifi dongle. i was on 1.0 alpha 4 and my wifi dongle was working great. i did a update to alpha 5 and cant pick up wifi. i also did a fresh install and still nothing. i tried going in xbian setting and changing eth0 to wifi. i get a message saying its searching but comes back doing nothing. anyone help?
RE: Wi-Fi (Wi-Pi) dongle setup - carferallen - 25th Feb, 2013 06:01 PM
(25th Feb, 2013 04:47 AM)CurlyMo Wrote: Can you provide me with the compile instruction?
What I did was (in Raspbian):
cd ~
git clone https://github.com/alangomes/rt5370sta
cd rt5370sta
sudo make clean
sudo make
sudo make install
after that:
modprobe -r rt2800usb
modprobe rt5370sta
and it worked! --> excellent conexion
In Xbian, I put the files I had in Raspbian:
/etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/RT2870STA.dat and
/lib/modules/`uname -r´/kernel/drivers/net/rt5370sta.ko
once copied:
depmod
modprobe -r rt2800usb
modprobe rt5370sta --> INVALID EXEC FILE
I think that is because of the kernel version, but i think that have the lastest in both Raspbian and Xbian (3.6.11+)
Thanks a lot for you answer
RE: Wi-Fi (Wi-Pi) dongle setup - CurlyMo - 25th Feb, 2013 07:33 PM
Then is seems like this driver isn't compatible with the latest kernel. I tried to compile it against our latest kernel source but i got the same error.
RE: Wi-Fi (Wi-Pi) dongle setup - carferallen - 25th Feb, 2013 07:39 PM
(25th Feb, 2013 07:33 PM)CurlyMo Wrote: Then is seems like this driver isn't compatible with the latest kernel. I tried to compile it against our latest kernel source but i got the same error.
OK then
Thanks a lot
RE: Wi-Fi (Wi-Pi) dongle setup - CurlyMo - 26th Feb, 2013 06:09 AM
Here you go:
https://github.com/xbianonpi/xbian/tree/xbian-beta1/lib/modules/3.6.11%2B/kernel/drivers/net/wireless
RE: Wi-Fi (Wi-Pi) dongle setup - 1mile - 26th Feb, 2013 11:14 AM
can anyone help
RE: Wi-Fi (Wi-Pi) dongle setup - CurlyMo - 26th Feb, 2013 07:06 PM
Can you do:
Code:
ifconfigRE: Wi-Fi (Wi-Pi) dongle setup - carferallen - 27th Feb, 2013 06:49 AM
(26th Feb, 2013 06:09 AM)CurlyMo Wrote: Here you go:
https://github.com/xbianonpi/xbian/tree/xbian-beta1/lib/modules/3.6.11%2B/kernel/drivers/net/wireless
Hi,
I downloaded the file rt5370sta.ko,
copied it to /lib/modules/3.6.11+/kernel/drivers/net/wireles/
sudo depmod
and I got: ERROR: failed to load symbols from /lib/modules/3.6.11+/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt5370sta.ko: Exec format error
Maybe I´m doing something wrong...
Thanks again for your quick answer
RE: Wi-Fi (Wi-Pi) dongle setup - CurlyMo - 27th Feb, 2013 06:51 AM
You should download the whole /lib/modules/3.6.11+ folder and the /boot/kernel.img file.
RE: Wi-Fi (Wi-Pi) dongle setup - carferallen - 27th Feb, 2013 07:08 AM
(27th Feb, 2013 06:51 AM)CurlyMo Wrote: You should download the whole /lib/modules/3.6.11+ folder and the /boot/kernel.img file.
Sorry, but not sure how to download the whole folder...
I´ve already copied the kernel.img file, tried the driver and it works!
Edit: Finally i could copy the whole folder. Tried and... YES!!!
Now I have a perfect wireless connection!
Thank you very much. This issue was driving me crazy
Hope this helps someone else