wireless...kernels and all that stuff the beaglebone

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So, I’ve done my homework and scoured many places looking for a solution but have come up short. I am trying to setup a wifi direct connection with an Android device and I have not been able to get my wifi usb dongle to work…some information:

I have a Rev A5 Beaglebone running

root@beaglebone:~# uname --all
Linux beaglebone 3.2.14 #1 Mon Apr 9 12:21:19 CEST 2012 armv7l GNU/Linux

root@beaglebone:~# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 050d:1102 Belkin Components
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

root@beaglebone:~# dmesg |grep rtl
[ 0.601619] rtl8150: v0.6.2 (2004/08/27):rtl8150 based usb-ethernet driver
[ 0.601673] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8150
[ 8.607924] rtl8192cu: MAC address: 08:86:3b:1f:1f:76
[ 8.607957] rtl8192cu: Board Type 0
[ 8.627562] rtlwifi: rx_max_size 15360, rx_urb_num 8, in_ep 1
[ 8.655918] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm ‘rtl_rc’
[ 8.656897] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8192cu

root@beaglebone:~# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:32:67:59:BE
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:40

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

usb0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 92:88:44:0A:C8:67
inet addr:192.168.7.2 Bcast:192.168.7.3 Mask:255.255.255.252
inet6 addr: fe80::9088:44ff:fe0a:c867/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:107 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:17726 (17.3 KiB) TX bytes:2545 (2.4 KiB)

root@beaglebone:~# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

usb0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:on

eth0 no wireless extensions.

root@beaglebone:~# lsmod
Module Size Used by
g_ether 28856 0
arc4 1131 2
rtl8192cu 73389 0
rtl8192c_common 53190 1 rtl8192cu
rtlwifi 57396 1 rtl8192cu
mac80211 146560 3 rtl8192cu,rtl8192c_common,rtlwifi
cfg80211 122995 2 rtlwifi,mac80211
ip_tables 7830 0
x_tables 14348 1 ip_tables
rfcomm 24259 0
ircomm_tty 14073 0
ircomm 8407 1 ircomm_tty
irda 85557 2 ircomm_tty,ircomm
hidp 10152 0
bluetooth 109654 4 rfcomm,hidp
rfkill 14605 3 cfg80211,bluetooth
ipv6 210442 14

root@beaglebone:~# ifdown wlan0
root@beaglebone:~# ifup wlan0
Could not set interface wlan0 flags: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
Failed to initialize driver interface
ifconfig: SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill

Any ideas?

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Steve wrote:

So, I've done my homework and scoured many places looking for a solution but have come up short. I am trying to setup a
wifi direct connection with an Android device and I have not been able to get my wifi usb dongle to work....some
information:

root@beaglebone:~#*ifdown wlan0*
root@beaglebone:~#*ifup wlan0*
Could not set interface wlan0 flags: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
Failed to initialize driver interface
ifconfig: SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill

Any ideas?

1) SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill - Google Search

so: sudo rfkill list all

2) Android does handle wifi by itself, so why are you trying to
start it from the commandline?

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Thanks for the reply Vladimir.

Sorry about the confusion. I am using an android with ICS to connect to the beaglebone over a
belkin N150 micro usb wifi direct. The rfkill won’t lift

root@beaglebone:~# rfkill unblock all
root@beaglebone:~# rfkill list all
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
root@beaglebone:~# rfkill unblock 0
root@beaglebone:~# rfkill list all
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no

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Still no success with the wifi…and this morning I tried the new image @ http://downloads.angstrom-distribution.org/demo/beaglebone/
and when it boots I get an error…

Uncompressing Linux… done, booting the kernel.
[ 0.224029] _omap_mux_get_by_name: Could not find signal leds-gpio
[ 0.524627] omap_hwmod: wkup_m3: wkup_m3: hwmod data error: OMAP4 does not support st_shift

http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-omap/msg69341.html

is this specific to my board or is this image not suitable for the beaglebone?