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fred

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Registered: 2023-08-08

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[SOLVED] Can't get wifi runing on raspberry pi 4

I downloaded devuan_chimaera_4.0.0_amd64_desktop.iso, and the networking worked fine during the install, it scanned for wifi networks, prompted me for my username and password, etc, and then downloaded packages and did everything it had to do. But now that it's been installed to the memory card it won't connect to the net. I've tried the manual configuration "Using ifupdown" in https://www.devuan.org/os/documentation … figuration.  But it just doesn't do anything. If I try ip a, it shows me that it's still down.

I tried following the AlpineLinux guide https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Wi-Fi. If I run wpa_supplicant as described it seems to be fine.  The next step is to try to run udhcpc, but it's not installed.

I can't find that package and many others on the installation media, so I tried looking for them online with the intention of installing them with dpkg -i. But no luck. I imagine that they must be some place, but i can't figure out where that I could download them with ftp or a web browser. My other computer is a mac and it can't run apt.

According to the network-configuration guide for Chimera, another option is to install the network-manager package. I can't install it for the same reason, it's not on the installation media and can't find it online.

Is there someplace where I can download the .deb packages for Devuan? I couldn't find them. All I could find on the ftp servers were .iso and hashes.

Or is there maybe a script I can run on the system that will set it up?  It worked on the install, so all the items required to connect ought to be there, but haven't found a way yet.

alexkemp

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Registered: 2018-05-14

Posts: 357  

Re: [SOLVED] Can't get wifi runing on raspberry pi 4

Hopefully this will get you a little closer; I'm running Chimaera myself:

$ apt search udhcpc
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
busybox/stable,now 1:1.30.1-6+b3 amd64 [installed,automatic]
  Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems

udhcpc/stable 1:1.30.1-6+b3 amd64
  Provides the busybox DHCP client implementation
$ apt-cache policy udhcpc
udhcpc:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1:1.30.1-6+b3
  Version table:
     1:1.30.1-6+b3 500
        500 http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera/main amd64 Packages

As soon as I can find out how to discover it, I'll tell you a location for the .deb.

HTH

Last edited by alexkemp (2023-08-08 20:24:08)

golinux

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Registered: 2016-11-25

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't get wifi runing on raspberry pi 4

Are you aware that there are images specifically for raspberry pi 4 HERE?

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fred

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Registered: 2023-08-08

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't get wifi runing on raspberry pi 4

The image that I used for the install was this https://arm-files.devuan.org/devuan_chi … i4.img.zip.

I don't know if this is really an install question or is it a post-install configuration.  I feel that if the wifi isn't working it's because the install was incomplete.  The irony is that it worked during during the install while the install was running but not when I rebooted into the memory card.

fred

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Registered: 2023-08-08

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't get wifi runing on raspberry pi 4

I found that the system had connected to the internet over wifi. I think the only thing I did was edit the wpa_supplicant.conf file with the wifi name and password.