Hi all. I've been having a lousy time trying to get my PirateBox going on a Raspberry Pi B+
I first tried following this guide: and used the image file from the torrent. (ArchLinuxARM-2014.10-PirateBox1.0.1_rpi_1.0.1.img)
This resulted in a blinking wireless card, nothing connecting. I followed these instructions to get the driver sorted out, and also tried every step from the bootup issues thread. None of these resulted in the wirless card initializing correctly. always getting:
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So I decided to try installing piratebox on a rasbian image, since it sounds like this wireless chipset is better on raspbian.
I installed a fresh rasbian image, installed piratebox from the beta linked by Matthias in this thread on the last post. (1.0.1RC1)
I ran through all of the same changes and attempts I had made on the arch image, with no luck.
I didnt have wired connected, so here's a screenshot of the current situation:
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I'm giving up for the night. I apologize for posting bits and pieces of my problems in other threads. it originally seemed a better idea than starting a new redundant thread, but now I feel it's needed.
I first tried following this guide: and used the image file from the torrent. (ArchLinuxARM-2014.10-PirateBox1.0.1_rpi_1.0.1.img)
This resulted in a blinking wireless card, nothing connecting. I followed these instructions to get the driver sorted out, and also tried every step from the bootup issues thread. None of these resulted in the wirless card initializing correctly. always getting:
[ 19.234788] r8712u 1-1.5:1.0 wlan0: 1 RCR=0x153f00e [ 19.248269] r8712u 1-1.5:1.0 wlan0: 2 RCR=0x553f00e [ 19.384894] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
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So I decided to try installing piratebox on a rasbian image, since it sounds like this wireless chipset is better on raspbian.
I installed a fresh rasbian image, installed piratebox from the beta linked by Matthias in this thread on the last post. (1.0.1RC1)
I ran through all of the same changes and attempts I had made on the arch image, with no luck.
I didnt have wired connected, so here's a screenshot of the current situation:
I'm giving up for the night. I apologize for posting bits and pieces of my problems in other threads. it originally seemed a better idea than starting a new redundant thread, but now I feel it's needed.