Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-01-22 Thread jubm
I think the only interest of having a LMS on a dedicated Pi is to share it with several Squeezeboxes and/or Pi Core Players jubm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=72398 View this thread: http://for

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-01-22 Thread jubm
paul- wrote: > firmware has been added to the pCP 8.x.x repository. You will have to > do a little manual work here until we make upgrades the wifi pages. > > start a ssh session > > Code: > > > tc@Pi4-armhf-Devel:~$ tce-load -w firmware-mediatek > Downloading: f

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-01-21 Thread jubm
paul- wrote: > We don't have a mediatek firmware extension. I'll try to get a package > made this evening. Thank you Paul. That is indeed needed since we don't have the Realtek drivers anymore. jubm's Profile: http://fo

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-01-20 Thread jubm
jubm wrote: > Looks like I have bad luck with WiFi dongles ! > Here's what I get when I plug my new ASUS USB-AC51 dongle on a > PiCorePlayer 7.0.1 : > > Code: > > [ 1347.451699] usb 1-1.5: new high-speed USB device number 6 using dwc_otg

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-01-20 Thread jubm
jubm wrote: > FYI, I found another one that is not listed in that list : ASUS > USB-AC51, also using a 802.11ac Mediatek MT7610U chip. The advantage > compared to the other 802.11ac dongles of the list is that it is smaller > and cheap (the Linksys AE6000 is small too but old and

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-01-19 Thread jubm
FYI, I found another one that is not listed in that list : ASUS USB-AC51, also using a 802.11ac Mediatek MT7610U chip. The advantage compared to the other 802.11ac dongles of the list is that it is smaller and cheap (the Linksys AE6000 is small too but old and very hard to find outside of US curr

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-01-19 Thread jubm
I think I found the answer to my question: here appears to be the list of the best wifi dongles to use on Linux (with a lot of non-Realtek chips !!) https://github.com/morrownr/USB-WiFi/blob/main/The_Short_List.md jubm's P

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-01-19 Thread jubm
Thanks Ronnie. Unfortunately, it is a 802.11b/g/n so only 2.4Ghz. But I'll keep it in mind as a workaround. Anyone using a 5Ghz compatible dongle? jubm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=72398 View

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Announce: piCorePlayer 8.0.0

2022-01-17 Thread jubm
Hi, I'm running PiCorePlayer on a Pi 2B with a Netgear WiFi dongle that unfortunately is using one of the incompatible Realtek chips. And I was unsuccessful at compiling the driver unfortunately. Has any of you a compatible wifi dongle on PCP 8, and which model is it please? I could replace the