Ubuntu supporting BBBW's onboard Wifi

[Mike Reynolds]

Hi all,

I have an Ubuntu 14.06 image which runs on the BBBW.  Unsurprisingly it does not setup the BBBW's onboard Wifi/Bluetooth.  Is there an Ubuntu image supporting the BBBW's onboard WiFi?  Alternately are there instructions on installation of the necessary software/drivers?

Cheers,

Mike.

[Robert Nelson]

2 things:

install the "bb-wl18xx-firmware" package via apt, and make sure you
have the latest kernel:

cd /opt/scripts/tools/
git pull
sudo ./update_kernel.sh

or just grab my latest 16.04 image:

http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#All_BeagleBone_Varients

Regards,

--
Robert Nelson
https://rcn-ee.com/

[Robert Nelson]

On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 8:54 AM, Mike Reynolds <vk6...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Robert,
> Thanks again for another rapid reply. I’m a newbie trying to get my BBBW up and running. The twist is I’m trying to get a LogiBone FPGA cape running with it. LogiBone currently only appears to run on Ubuntu, while I can only get WiFi running on Debian!!!
>
> I downloaded the Ubuntu image...
> https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2017-01-13/microsd/bone-ubuntu-16.04.1-console-armhf-2017-01-13-2gb.img.xz
> ...from the page you supplied.
>
> It runs on my BBBW but connmanctl does not appear to be installed. Without it I don’t know how to configure wifi. Without WiFi I have no internet connectivity from the BBW and so can’t use apt-get. Internet access from the BBBW via USB to my Mac isn’t working either.

Your right, i forgot connman in 16.04, i'll work on that, this week.
as i'll need to import the version i use for stretch into our apt
repo..

[Robert Nelson]

an update connman is now in the 16.04 repo..

[Mike Reynolds]

Hi Robert,

Your new Ubuntu image does include connman.  However connmanctl command "scan wifi" reports "Error /net/connman/technology/wifi: No carrier".

Running iw and ifconfig shows the wifi is running as an access point - which appears to be the default BBBW startup configuration.

It appears that although connman is present it isn't talking to the underlying wifi services.  That's  just a newbie guess!  Any suggestions?

Cheers,

Mike.

[mattwi...@gmail.com]

I am also getting the "Error /net/connman/technology/wifi: No carrier".

[mattwi...@gmail.com]

I got it working by disabling wifi and reenabling.  I am now able to ping 8.8.8.8.

The exact sequence was:

enable wifi
scan wifi
services
agent on
scan wifi
tether wifi on
tether wifi off
disable wifi
enable wifi
scan wifi

And the scan worked and I was able to connect.  I also ran connman from root, but I'm not sure if that's relevant.

On Monday, February 6, 2017 at 1:11:46 PM UTC-7, Mike Reynolds wrote:

[abta...@gmail.com]