(2019-06-18, 07:30 PM)e-sailing Wrote: Install drivers is for some 5 Ghz Sticks which aren't directly supported by Raspbian. Yours is directly supported since 3 years.
If you get any result when you enter "iw list" then it is recognized.
What output does the Status button on Network page give you?
If there is something wrong with hostapd.
(There was an issue with hostapd update that should have been solved in the update script.)
The solution was "sudo systemctl enable hostapd" and reboot.
Hi e-sailing,
thanks for your answer.
iw list gives normal output, the dongle is recognized with 8192cu driver
Status-Button gives:
no AP
up network: wlan1
dnsmasq (dhcp-server) running
hostapd (AP) stopped
dhcpd running
avahi-daemon running
IP address
10.10.10.1 wlan1
when running
pi@openplotter:~ $ sudo systemctl enable hostapd
Synchronizing state of hostapd.service with SysV service script with /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install.
Executing: /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable hostapd
Failed to enable unit: Unit file /etc/systemd/system/hostapd.service is masked.
ls -l /etc/systemd/system/hostapd.service
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 10 10:19 /etc/systemd/system/hostapd.service -> /dev/null
this doesn't look quite right, does it?
should I reinstall hostapd package?
fair winds
Christian
edit: reinstalled hostapd, but it will still not start.
sudo systemctl status hostapd.service gives:
sudo systemctl status hostapd.service
● hostapd.service - Advanced IEEE 802.11 AP and IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP Authenticator
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/hostapd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2019-06-19 18:26:42 CEST; 1s ago
Process: 1191 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/hostapd -P /run/hostapd.pid -B $DAEMON_OPTS ${DAEMON_CONF} (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Jun 19 18:26:42 openplotter systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
Jun 19 18:26:42 openplotter systemd[1]: Failed to start Advanced IEEE 802.11 AP and IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP Authenticator.
Jun 19 18:26:42 openplotter systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Unit entered failed state.
Jun 19 18:26:42 openplotter systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
sudo journalctl -xe gives:
-- Unit hostapd.service has begun starting up.
Jun 19 18:27:20 openplotter hostapd[1237]: Configuration file:
Jun 19 18:27:20 openplotter hostapd[1237]: Could not open configuration file '' for reading.
Jun 19 18:27:20 openplotter hostapd[1237]: Failed to set up interface with
Jun 19 18:27:20 openplotter hostapd[1237]: Failed to initialize interface
Jun 19 18:27:20 openplotter systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
Jun 19 18:27:20 openplotter systemd[1]: Failed to start Advanced IEEE 802.11 AP and IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP Authenticator.
-- Subject: Unit hostapd.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support:
https://www.debian.org/support
--
-- Unit hostapd.service has failed.
--
-- The result is failed.
Jun 19 18:27:20 openplotter systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Unit entered failed state.
Jun 19 18:27:20 openplotter systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.