Dietpi will Be Great Choice For Surface RT Your Helpe Is Needed

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I DON’T really needs GUI-integrated tools if i can solve the

│ WiFi : Not Found | [On] | Disconnected │

with out the need for network-manager

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Then you can switch onboard WiFi on via dietpi-config and end users can then use it to actually scan and enter WiFi credentials for their SSID.

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i’m thankful for your help the problem is that no matter what i do dietpi-config is not showing that found device and or being capable to scan for network when i do scan it splash screen and go back to adaptter settings and even i put wi-fi setup byhand it keeps showing │ WiFi : Not Found | [On] | Disconnected │

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Did you reboot the system once onboard WiFi has been activated? Can you share ip a after a reboot happen?

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yes ser
and finally i could capture the screen when i do wifi scan

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pls can you share following

ip a
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yes

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what is the name of the adaptor number 5?

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the adaptor number 5 ( mlan0 ) i think this is why it’s not working it should be
wlan0

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it’s the driver
Ok this read me might have answer
https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/msm/+/android-wear-5.1.1_r0.10/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/README
But how to make it work within the first time setup

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Did you enable the internal wifi in the network adapter menu (below the ethernet and wifi settings) in dietpi-config and reboot the system. I had the same issue some days ago.

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in Surface RT i dont have the third line in the adapter options at all
(Onboard wifi )

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The option is shown on RPI boards only, if I’m not mistaken.

I guess you need to add/activate the driver before creating an image

At least our script explicitly expect a WiFi adaptor called wlan0.

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Hmm, mlan seems to be a different adapter type, but I couldn’t nail it down. I’ll give you an interfaces config when I’m home to try bringing it up that way instead of via dietpi-config.

Does this exist?

ls -l /sys/class/net/mlan0/wireless
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Try the following:

cat << '_EOF_' > /etc/network/interfaces.d/mlan0.conf
allow-hotplug mlan0
iface mlan0 inet dhcp
wireless-power off
wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
_EOF_
sed -i '/local wifi_iface=/c\local wifi_iface=mlan0' /boot/dietpi/func/dietpi-wifidb
dietpi-wifidb # try to scan for SSIDs and configure one
ifup mlan0
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thank you
i will inform you with results as soon i do it . im on trip today i can’t work on the device

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Wawee yes MichaIng

thank you you did it

it has connected to wifi yes

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Oky now we can move to the next stage.

can we make this 2 orders to start using Automation_Custom_PreScript.sh

cp -r kernel-modules/lib/* /lib/
cp -r /boot/mlan0.conf/ /etc/network/interfaces.d/

please

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Jep, this will work. Don’t forget to add a shebang:

#!/bin/dash
cp -r /path/to/kernel-modules/lib/. /lib/
cp /path/to/mlan0.conf /etc/network/interfaces.d/

Adjust /path/to with the location where you store those files… If they are on a dedicated drive, it needs to be mounted first. If it’s not on a dedicated drive, of course you could place them to the right directory in the first place :wink:.

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:roll_eyes: how to
you know it should run as root user to edit root volumes