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WiFi on RPi

[Ryutaroh Matsumoto]

Hi John,

> Does anyone have wifi running on an RPi400 with Debian 64 Buster or
> Bullseye?

I'm using RPi4B 8GB model, which seems similar to RPi400.
Without "module_blacklist=vc4" in the kernel command line
(i.e. "cmdline.txt"), WiFi on my RPi4B does not work.

Best regards, Ryutaroh

Re: RPi customization utility [Re: More progress to report [Re: Debian Bullseye on Raspberry Pi 4 4GB?]]

[Alan Corey]

What's interesting about raspi-config is that it works to some degree
on all the little ARM machines.  If it can't find what it's trying to
change it aborts.  No guarantees but I've never seen it break
anything.  I never overclock anything.

On 2/28/21, Rick Thomas  wrote:
> Thanks Andy and Alan, for the clarification.
>
> This is an experimental system, so I felt there was no long-term harm (it
> being a short-term installation, anyway) in installing rapsi-config from the
> raspian archives just to see what it looked like and explore what it could
> do.  Having verified that it really doesn't do anything I can't do just as
> easily manually (all the things Andy listed and a few more) I will probably
> take the manual approach in the future.
>
> Enjoy!
> Rick
>
> On Sun, Feb 28, 2021, at 3:49 AM, Alan Corey wrote:
>> Right, I wasn't exactly recommending running raspi-config on a non-raspian
>> system but looking at how it does things and doing them manually.  One of
>> the things I dislike about Debian (I haven't looked at others) is that
>> there's an ever-increasing hodgepodge of specialized little scripts.  If
>> you've been using it awhile you're probably not in the habit of re-reading
>> documentation to see if somebody changed how you're officially supposed to
>> do something.
>>
>> But raspi-config is a place to look up things like how to boot to a
>> command line, or how to configure locales or change your keyboard layout.
>> And it's maintained, unlike some ancient documentation that should be
>> banished but is still out there.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 28, 2021, 6:17 AM Andrew M.A. Cater 
>> wrote:
>>> On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 02:16:29AM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote:
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, Feb 25, 2021, at 10:10 PM, Alan Corey wrote:
>>> > > There are scripts for those, keyboard and language too.  Also WiFi
>>> > > country, I forget what else.  Locales is in there.
>>> > >
>>> > > Take a look at a recent raspi-config.  I think Odroid, maybe the
>>> > > Pine64 bunch has a generic-ized version of that.  Armbian probably
>>> > > does too.  Raspi-config is just a Bash script that uses Whiptail for
>>> > > its menus.  Parts of it are useful on other things.  It's on Github
>>> > > somewhere.
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > On Thu, Feb 25, 2021, 11:09 PM Rick Thomas 
>>> > > wrote:
>>> > >>
>>> >
>>> > Thanks! Alan...
>>> >
>>> > So, here's what I found...
>>> >
>>> > Immediately after the first boot of the SD card, as root, do the
>>> > following:
>>> >
>>> > #Get the raspi-config utility:
>>> > wget
>>> > https://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/pool/main/r/raspi-config/raspi-config_20200601_all.deb
>>> > -P /tmp
>>> > #Install packages it needs:
>>> > apt-get install libnewt0.52 whiptail parted triggerhappy lua5.1
>>> > alsa-utils -y
>>> > sudo apt-get install -fy
>>> > #Install the utility itself:
>>> > dpkg -i /tmp/raspi-config_20200601_all.deb
>>> > #And run it
>>> > raspi-config
>>> >
>>> > It will give you a bunch of customizations you might want to do.  I can
>>> > personally vouch that you'll need to at least do options (1) change the
>>> > root password and set up a non-root user,  (2) Configure the network,
>>> > and (4) set localizations (timezone, keyboard, locale, and a few
>>> > others).
>>> >
>>> > The 20200601 version happens to be the latest as of this writing.  But
>>> > just to be sure, you can use the tool itself (option 8) to check for
>>> > and install any updated version.
>>> > Easy!
>>> >
>>> > Rick
>>>
>>> And whoosh - you've created a FrankenDebian and dependencies on a
>>> Raspberry
>>> Pi OS that you don't run.. Raspi-config is a collection of
>>> shell scripts. Gunnar's Raspberry Pi images are deliberately small.
>>>
>>> If you want to reconfigure locale -
>>>
>>> apt-get install locales ; dpkg-reconfigure locales
>>>
>>> (this last as root / root equivalent using sudo)
>>>
>>> Timezone: dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
>>>
>>> There are good Debian commands that will work on every Debian system you
>>> come across :-)
>>>
>>> All the very best, as ever,
>>>
>>> Andy C.
>>>
>


-- 
-
Education is contagious.

Re: RPi customization utility [Re: More progress to report [Re: Debian Bullseye on Raspberry Pi 4 4GB?]]

[Rick Thomas]

Thanks Andy and Alan, for the clarification.

This is an experimental system, so I felt there was no long-term harm (it being 
a short-term installation, anyway) in installing rapsi-config from the raspian 
archives just to see what it looked like and explore what it could do.  Having 
verified that it really doesn't do anything I can't do just as easily manually 
(all the things Andy listed and a few more) I will probably take the manual 
approach in the future.

Enjoy!
Rick

On Sun, Feb 28, 2021, at 3:49 AM, Alan Corey wrote:
> Right, I wasn't exactly recommending running raspi-config on a non-raspian 
> system but looking at how it does things and doing them manually.  One of the 
> things I dislike about Debian (I haven't looked at others) is that there's an 
> ever-increasing hodgepodge of specialized little scripts.  If you've been 
> using it awhile you're probably not in the habit of re-reading documentation 
> to see if somebody changed how you're officially supposed to do something.
> 
> But raspi-config is a place to look up things like how to boot to a command 
> line, or how to configure locales or change your keyboard layout.  And it's 
> maintained, unlike some ancient documentation that should be banished but is 
> still out there.
> 
> 
> On Sun, Feb 28, 2021, 6:17 AM Andrew M.A. Cater  wrote:
>> On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 02:16:29AM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote:
>> > 
>> > On Thu, Feb 25, 2021, at 10:10 PM, Alan Corey wrote:
>> > > There are scripts for those, keyboard and language too.  Also WiFi 
>> > > country, I forget what else.  Locales is in there.
>> > > 
>> > > Take a look at a recent raspi-config.  I think Odroid, maybe the Pine64 
>> > > bunch has a generic-ized version of that.  Armbian probably does too.  
>> > > Raspi-config is just a Bash script that uses Whiptail for its menus.  
>> > > Parts of it are useful on other things.  It's on Github somewhere.
>> > > 
>> > > 
>> > > On Thu, Feb 25, 2021, 11:09 PM Rick Thomas  wrote:
>> > >>  
>> > 
>> > Thanks! Alan...
>> > 
>> > So, here's what I found...
>> > 
>> > Immediately after the first boot of the SD card, as root, do the following:
>> > 
>> > #Get the raspi-config utility:
>> > wget 
>> > https://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/pool/main/r/raspi-config/raspi-config_20200601_all.deb
>> >  -P /tmp
>> > #Install packages it needs:
>> > apt-get install libnewt0.52 whiptail parted triggerhappy lua5.1 
>> > alsa-utils -y
>> > sudo apt-get install -fy
>> > #Install the utility itself:
>> > dpkg -i /tmp/raspi-config_20200601_all.deb
>> > #And run it
>> > raspi-config
>> > 
>> > It will give you a bunch of customizations you might want to do.  I can 
>> > personally vouch that you'll need to at least do options (1) change the 
>> > root password and set up a non-root user,  (2) Configure the network, and 
>> > (4) set localizations (timezone, keyboard, locale, and a few others).
>> > 
>> > The 20200601 version happens to be the latest as of this writing.  But 
>> > just to be sure, you can use the tool itself (option 8) to check for and 
>> > install any updated version.
>> > Easy!
>> > 
>> > Rick
>> 
>> And whoosh - you've created a FrankenDebian and dependencies on a Raspberry 
>> Pi OS that you don't run.. Raspi-config is a collection of 
>> shell scripts. Gunnar's Raspberry Pi images are deliberately small. 
>> 
>> If you want to reconfigure locale - 
>> 
>> apt-get install locales ; dpkg-reconfigure locales 
>> 
>> (this last as root / root equivalent using sudo)
>> 
>> Timezone: dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
>> 
>> There are good Debian commands that will work on every Debian system you
>> come across :-)
>> 
>> All the very best, as ever,
>> 
>> Andy C.
>> 

Re: RPi customization utility [Re: More progress to report [Re: Debian Bullseye on Raspberry Pi 4 4GB?]]

[John LeRoy]

Does anyone have wifi running on an RPi400 with Debian 64 Buster or 
Bullseye?


I've got wifi running on Raspberry Pi OS 32 bit on the RPi400, but on 
neither of the above.


There were a few hints via Google about needing a new driver for the 
RPi400 wifi device, but nothing concrete.


John


On 2/28/2021 6:49 AM, Alan Corey wrote:
Right, I wasn't exactly recommending running raspi-config on a 
non-raspian system but looking at how it does things and doing them 
manually.  One of the things I dislike about Debian (I haven't looked 
at others) is that there's an ever-increasing hodgepodge of 
specialized little scripts.  If you've been using it awhile you're 
probably not in the habit of re-reading documentation to see if 
somebody changed how you're officially supposed to do something.


But raspi-config is a place to look up things like how to boot to a 
command line, or how to configure locales or change your keyboard 
layout.  And it's maintained, unlike some ancient documentation that 
should be banished but is still out there.



On Sun, Feb 28, 2021, 6:17 AM Andrew M.A. Cater > wrote:


On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 02:16:29AM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote:
>
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2021, at 10:10 PM, Alan Corey wrote:
> > There are scripts for those, keyboard and language too.  Also
WiFi country, I forget what else.  Locales is in there.
> >
> > Take a look at a recent raspi-config.  I think Odroid, maybe
the Pine64 bunch has a generic-ized version of that.  Armbian
probably does too.  Raspi-config is just a Bash script that uses
Whiptail for its menus.  Parts of it are useful on other
things.  It's on Github somewhere.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 25, 2021, 11:09 PM Rick Thomas
mailto:rick.tho...@pobox.com>> wrote:
> >>�
>
> Thanks! Alan...
>
> So, here's what I found...
>
> Immediately after the first boot of the SD card, as root, do the
following:
>
> #Get the raspi-config utility:
>     wget

https://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/pool/main/r/raspi-config/raspi-config_20200601_all.deb


-P /tmp
> #Install packages it needs:
>     apt-get install libnewt0.52 whiptail parted triggerhappy
lua5.1 alsa-utils -y
>     sudo apt-get install -fy
> #Install the utility itself:
>     dpkg -i /tmp/raspi-config_20200601_all.deb
> #And run it
>     raspi-config
>
> It will give you a bunch of customizations you might want to
do.  I can personally vouch that you'll need to at least do
options (1) change the root password and set up a non-root user, 
(2) Configure the network, and (4) set localizations (timezone,
keyboard, locale, and a few others).
>
> The 20200601 version happens to be the latest as of this
writing.  But just to be sure, you can use the tool itself
(option 8) to check for and install any updated version.
> Easy!
>
> Rick

And whoosh - you've created a FrankenDebian and dependencies on a
Raspberry
Pi OS that you don't run.. Raspi-config is a collection of
shell scripts. Gunnar's Raspberry Pi images are deliberately small.

If you want to reconfigure locale -

apt-get install locales ; dpkg-reconfigure locales

(this last as root / root equivalent using sudo)

Timezone: dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

There are good Debian commands that will work on every Debian
system you
come across :-)

All the very best, as ever,

Andy C.

Re: RPi customization utility [Re: More progress to report [Re: Debian Bullseye on Raspberry Pi 4 4GB?]]

[Alan Corey]

Right, I wasn't exactly recommending running raspi-config on a non-raspian
system but looking at how it does things and doing them manually.  One of
the things I dislike about Debian (I haven't looked at others) is that
there's an ever-increasing hodgepodge of specialized little scripts.  If
you've been using it awhile you're probably not in the habit of re-reading
documentation to see if somebody changed how you're officially supposed to
do something.

But raspi-config is a place to look up things like how to boot to a command
line, or how to configure locales or change your keyboard layout.  And it's
maintained, unlike some ancient documentation that should be banished but
is still out there.


On Sun, Feb 28, 2021, 6:17 AM Andrew M.A. Cater  wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 02:16:29AM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 25, 2021, at 10:10 PM, Alan Corey wrote:
> > > There are scripts for those, keyboard and language too.  Also WiFi
> country, I forget what else.  Locales is in there.
> > >
> > > Take a look at a recent raspi-config.  I think Odroid, maybe the
> Pine64 bunch has a generic-ized version of that.  Armbian probably does
> too.  Raspi-config is just a Bash script that uses Whiptail for its menus.
> Parts of it are useful on other things.  It's on Github somewhere.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Feb 25, 2021, 11:09 PM Rick Thomas 
> wrote:
> > >>
> >
> > Thanks! Alan...
> >
> > So, here's what I found...
> >
> > Immediately after the first boot of the SD card, as root, do the
> following:
> >
> > #Get the raspi-config utility:
> > wget
> https://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/pool/main/r/raspi-config/raspi-config_20200601_all.deb
> -P /tmp
> > #Install packages it needs:
> > apt-get install libnewt0.52 whiptail parted triggerhappy lua5.1
> alsa-utils -y
> > sudo apt-get install -fy
> > #Install the utility itself:
> > dpkg -i /tmp/raspi-config_20200601_all.deb
> > #And run it
> > raspi-config
> >
> > It will give you a bunch of customizations you might want to do.  I can
> personally vouch that you'll need to at least do options (1) change the
> root password and set up a non-root user,  (2) Configure the network, and
> (4) set localizations (timezone, keyboard, locale, and a few others).
> >
> > The 20200601 version happens to be the latest as of this writing.  But
> just to be sure, you can use the tool itself (option 8) to check for and
> install any updated version.
> > Easy!
> >
> > Rick
>
> And whoosh - you've created a FrankenDebian and dependencies on a
> Raspberry
> Pi OS that you don't run.. Raspi-config is a collection of
> shell scripts. Gunnar's Raspberry Pi images are deliberately small.
>
> If you want to reconfigure locale -
>
> apt-get install locales ; dpkg-reconfigure locales
>
> (this last as root / root equivalent using sudo)
>
> Timezone: dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
>
> There are good Debian commands that will work on every Debian system you
> come across :-)
>
> All the very best, as ever,
>
> Andy C.
>
>

Re: RPi customization utility [Re: More progress to report [Re: Debian Bullseye on Raspberry Pi 4 4GB?]]

[Andrew M.A. Cater]

On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 02:16:29AM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2021, at 10:10 PM, Alan Corey wrote:
> > There are scripts for those, keyboard and language too.  Also WiFi country, 
> > I forget what else.  Locales is in there.
> > 
> > Take a look at a recent raspi-config.  I think Odroid, maybe the Pine64 
> > bunch has a generic-ized version of that.  Armbian probably does too.  
> > Raspi-config is just a Bash script that uses Whiptail for its menus.  Parts 
> > of it are useful on other things.  It's on Github somewhere.
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, Feb 25, 2021, 11:09 PM Rick Thomas  wrote:
> >>  
> 
> Thanks! Alan...
> 
> So, here's what I found...
> 
> Immediately after the first boot of the SD card, as root, do the following:
> 
> #Get the raspi-config utility:
> wget 
> https://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/pool/main/r/raspi-config/raspi-config_20200601_all.deb
>  -P /tmp
> #Install packages it needs:
> apt-get install libnewt0.52 whiptail parted triggerhappy lua5.1 
> alsa-utils -y
> sudo apt-get install -fy
> #Install the utility itself:
> dpkg -i /tmp/raspi-config_20200601_all.deb
> #And run it
> raspi-config
> 
> It will give you a bunch of customizations you might want to do.  I can 
> personally vouch that you'll need to at least do options (1) change the root 
> password and set up a non-root user,  (2) Configure the network, and (4) set 
> localizations (timezone, keyboard, locale, and a few others).
> 
> The 20200601 version happens to be the latest as of this writing.  But just 
> to be sure, you can use the tool itself (option 8) to check for and install 
> any updated version.
> Easy!
> 
> Rick

And whoosh - you've created a FrankenDebian and dependencies on a Raspberry 
Pi OS that you don't run.. Raspi-config is a collection of 
shell scripts. Gunnar's Raspberry Pi images are deliberately small. 

If you want to reconfigure locale - 

apt-get install locales ; dpkg-reconfigure locales 

(this last as root / root equivalent using sudo)

Timezone: dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

There are good Debian commands that will work on every Debian system you
come across :-)

All the very best, as ever,

Andy C.

RPi customization utility [Re: More progress to report [Re: Debian Bullseye on Raspberry Pi 4 4GB?]]

[Rick Thomas]

On Thu, Feb 25, 2021, at 10:10 PM, Alan Corey wrote:
> There are scripts for those, keyboard and language too.  Also WiFi country, I 
> forget what else.  Locales is in there.
> 
> Take a look at a recent raspi-config.  I think Odroid, maybe the Pine64 bunch 
> has a generic-ized version of that.  Armbian probably does too.  Raspi-config 
> is just a Bash script that uses Whiptail for its menus.  Parts of it are 
> useful on other things.  It's on Github somewhere.
> 
> 
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2021, 11:09 PM Rick Thomas  wrote:
>>  

Thanks! Alan...

So, here's what I found...

Immediately after the first boot of the SD card, as root, do the following:

#Get the raspi-config utility:
wget 
https://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/pool/main/r/raspi-config/raspi-config_20200601_all.deb
 -P /tmp
#Install packages it needs:
apt-get install libnewt0.52 whiptail parted triggerhappy lua5.1 alsa-utils 
-y
sudo apt-get install -fy
#Install the utility itself:
dpkg -i /tmp/raspi-config_20200601_all.deb
#And run it
raspi-config

It will give you a bunch of customizations you might want to do.  I can 
personally vouch that you'll need to at least do options (1) change the root 
password and set up a non-root user,  (2) Configure the network, and (4) set 
localizations (timezone, keyboard, locale, and a few others).

The 20200601 version happens to be the latest as of this writing.  But just to 
be sure, you can use the tool itself (option 8) to check for and install any 
updated version.
Easy!

Rick