On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 5:20 PM, Christopher Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm having some issues setting up the Wi-Fi on BBBW with > BBB-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-16.04.2-console-armhf-2017-04-07-2gb.img.xz image > from http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#All_BeagleBone_Varients > > After the image was installed onto the eMMC, I upgraded the kernel: > > $ cd /opt/scripts/tools/ > $ git pull > $ sudo ./update_kernel.sh --ti-kernel --lts-4_9 > > After upgrading the kernel to v4.9, I couldn't get the Wi-Fi to connect, and > the following error messages were printed out on the console at the end of > the boot process: > > [ 24.915588] wlcore: ERROR error getting static data > [ 25.380198] wlcore: ERROR Your WiFi FW version (8.9.0.0.39) is invalid. > [ 25.380198] Please use at least FW 8.9.*.*.58. > [ 25.380198] You can get the latest firmwares at: > [ 25.380198] git://git.ti.com/wilink8-wlan/wl18xx_fw.git > [ 25.401435] wlcore: ERROR error getting static data > [ 25.409231] wlcore: ERROR firmware boot failed despite 3 retries > [ 26.028516] wlcore: ERROR Your WiFi FW version (8.9.0.0.39) is invalid. > [ 26.028516] Please use at least FW 8.9.*.*.58. > [ 26.028516] You can get the latest firmwares at: > [ 26.028516] git://git.ti.com/wilink8-wlan/wl18xx_fw.git > [ 26.049583] wlcore: ERROR error getting static data > [ 26.512322] wlcore: ERROR Your WiFi FW version (8.9.0.0.39) is invalid. > [ 26.512322] Please use at least FW 8.9.*.*.58. > [ 26.512322] You can get the latest firmwares at: > [ 26.512322] git://git.ti.com/wilink8-wlan/wl18xx_fw.git > [ 26.533368] wlcore: ERROR error getting static data > [ 26.999724] wlcore: ERROR Your WiFi FW version (8.9.0.0.39) is invalid. > [ 26.999724] Please use at least FW 8.9.*.*.58. > [ 26.999724] You can get the latest firmwares at: > [ 26.999724] git://git.ti.com/wilink8-wlan/wl18xx_fw.git > [ 27.021019] wlcore: ERROR error getting static data > [ 27.028754] wlcore: ERROR firmware boot failed despite 3 retries
this must be a recent change, haven't ran into that yet.. > > However, it looks like I've got the latest firmware package installed: > > ubuntu@arm:~$ sudo apt-get install bb-wl18xx-firmware > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > bb-wl18xx-firmware is already the newest version > (1.20170406-0rcnee0~bpo1604+20170406). > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 14 not upgraded. > > More version info: > > ubuntu@arm:/opt/scripts/tools$ sudo ./version.sh > git:/opt/scripts/:[65bfaaf97e1bb09517752b717ce29882dc99efda] > eeprom:[A335BNLTBWA51652BBWG0552] > dogtag:[rcn-ee.net console Ubuntu Image 2017-04-07] > bootloader:[eMMC-(default)]:[/dev/mmcblk1]:[U-Boot > 2017.05-rc1-00002-g35aecb] > kernel:[4.9.21-ti-r30] > > Following the instructions in the error messages, I cloned > git://git.ti.com/wilink8-wlan/wl18xx_fw.git and copied wl18xx-fw-4.bin into > /lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/ > > Rebooted the system and the firmware version error messages disappeared. > > However, getting the Wi-Fi to connect on reboot still seems to be a bit > flaky. After each reboot, Wi-Fi doesn't work until I run "agent on", > "disable wifi", "enable wifi", and then "scan wifi". This magic incantation > seems to work each time... > > See the sequence below for the steps I tried to get the (previously > configured/working) Wi-Fi to re-connect after reboot: > > ubuntu@arm:/opt/scripts/tools$ ping google.com > connect: Network is unreachable > ubuntu@arm:/opt/scripts/tools$ sudo connmanctl > connmanctl> disable wifi > Disabled wifi > connmanctl> enable wifi > Enabled wifi > connmanctl> scan wifi > Error /net/connman/technology/wifi: No carrier > connmanctl> agent on > Agent registered > connmanctl> scan wifi > Error /net/connman/technology/wifi: No carrier > connmanctl> disable wifi > Disabled wifi > connmanctl> enable wifi > Enabled wifi > connmanctl> scan wifi > Scan completed for wifi > connmanctl> services > *** I removed the list of services *** > connmanctl> technologies > /net/connman/technology/wifi > Name = WiFi > Type = wifi > Powered = True > Connected = True > Tethering = False > /net/connman/technology/bluetooth > Name = Bluetooth > Type = bluetooth > Powered = True > Connected = False > Tethering = False > connmanctl> quit > > Is there a better way to get the Wi-Fi working reliably on the Ubuntu 16.04 > image? I'm totally new to BeagleBone (just bought one yesterday), so I'm > not sure if I goofed some part of the setup... any advice on the Wi-Fi > configuration in Ubuntu would be welcome! So we are still shipping v4.4.x-ti by default, v4.9.x only lightly tested, looks like ti changed something with the firmware again.. So the firmware was generated by the command shown here: https://github.com/beagleboard/beaglebone-black-wireless/tree/master/firmware Grab that WL1835MOD_INI_C2PC.ini and give it shot again. Regards, -- Robert Nelson https://rcn-ee.com/ -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CAOCHtYjJjW0uBhB7jb_tyiqCm89Z26-yLNOs8onwTkS1bvsi%3Dw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
