[MinnowBoard] WiFi USB dongle?

John Hawley john.hawley at intel.com
Fri Jan 8 21:41:58 UTC 2016


This sounds more like you don't have the wpa_supplicant software package
available in your build.  Do you know where you are getting your
versions of Lollipop?  Are you getting them from 01.org?

- John

On 1/8/2016 1:32 PM, ltorrico at designnettech.com wrote:
> I am trying to get WiFi working on my MinnowBoard MAX.  I am using a
> Realtek USB dongle and have also tried a mini-PCIe Intel module.  They
> both are supported in the kernel.
> 
>  
> 
> I have tested both Lolipop 5.1.0 and the latest 5.1.1.  I can nto get it
> to work on either.
> 
>  
> 
> When I enable WiFi from the Android setting I get this message on the
> serial console:
> 
>  
> 
> init: no such service 'wpa_supplicant'
> 
>  
> 
> Am I missing something?  The Release notes state that WiFi is available
> via a dongle.  I am using the prebuilt downloads and have also built my
> own custom kernel.  Same results.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Luis Torrico
> 
> Senior Software/Hardware Engineer
> 
> Design Net Technical Products, Inc.
> 
> 341 Washington Highway
> 
> Smithfield, RI 02917
> 
> (401)-349-0695 office
> 
> luis at designnettech.com <mailto:luis at designnettech.com>
> 
> 
> 
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