wifi credential persistance

[Nathanial Hendler]

I can configure wifi (by editing /etc/networking/interfaces) to work properly, but as soon as I reboot my raspberry pi (running a version of KivyPie as of a few days ago) the default PipaOS credentials are found to be in the /etc/networking/interfaces file.  I have also tried editing the file in /boot/interfaces, but my changes to that file also do not persist beyond a reboot.

Does anyone know what file I need to edit in order to have my wifi credentials be persistent?

Thanks.

[Albert Casals]

Try editing /boot/interfaces.txt instead. This allows to change network settings offline, it then gets populated on boot into /etc/network/interfaces.

Albert

[Cristóbal Contreras Rubio]

Hi,

I've got the same problem but that solution works for me (modify the /boot/interfaces). I've tested in a RPi 2 and RPi Zero W

I don't know if this link could be interesting to learn. It talks about /etc/network/interfaces it less important than dhcpd in Debian Jessie (KivyPie 1) -> dhcpcd vs /etc/network/interfaces

[Cristóbal Contreras Rubio]

I've found a problem with that:

Before upgrade the kernel, I don't have /boot/interfaces.txt file, I've got /boot/interfaces
After upgrade the kernel with sudo rpi-update the /boot/interfaces file dissapear and now I've got /boot/interfaces.txt and I've needed to do again the overwritten.

That could be a bit annoying if you don't have a screen. In my case for example it was in the RPi Zero W

[Nathanial Hendler]

Cristóbal,

Yeah, that's exactly what got me.  Thanks for your reply, because it helped me fix the problem.

Nathan

[Cristóbal Contreras Rubio]

I feel happy to hear that ;-)

[Cristóbal Contreras Rubio]

I forgot "you're welcome", sorry ;-)

[Cristóbal Contreras Rubio]

I want to mention that the change of /boot/interfaces to /boot/interfaces.txt occurs when the system is upgraded (apt upgrade) not the kernel

[skin...@gmail.com]

Hi, I'm trying to connect KivyPi 1.0 to the wifi network on my RasPi 3 from the command line (without editing the interfaces file).

The instruction from the FAQ (connect to your access point with sudo pipaos-setwifi essid passphrase, reboot) does nothing. Does anyone else have this trouble? Are there any other simple options? I'm trying to setup a network from within a Python program.

Many thanks...

Love KivyPie

[Albert Casals]

Should be fixed a while ago...

 * https://github.com/pipaos/pipaos-tools/commit/0552d9060d63d521a8c3b502f8eca836255bb76c

apt-get update

apt-get install pipaos-tools

Albert

[skin...@gmail.com]

Thanks, running the update fixed it.

[reir...@gmail.com]

Hello Nathanial,

I have trying for several days to connect my Raspberry Pi 3B to Wifi. I have it running KivyPie and I have not been able to do so. Reading (a lot) on internet I saw this thread and apparently you go the problem solved. I cannot still figure it. Could you tell me how you configured the dhcpcd.conf file? Thank you for your help.