Onboard wifi = none

[Nukeleus]

Hello,

long time Moode user, moving to a wifi connection after shifting some equipment around in my house. Everything works fine on ethernet. 

Am using a Pro-ject Stream Box S2 Ultra (RPi CM3) which I have flashed with Moode.
For some reason, the "system information" screen reports that there's no onboard wifi (or bluetooth). Needless to say, the wifi itself does not work (can't scan for SSIDs, can't connect manually to SSID). 

Any clues why this would be the case? I've pasted in the relevant sections from system info below. Thanks in advance for the help here.


moOde release = 8.3.3 2023-06-08
RaspiOS = 11.6
Linux kernel = 6.1.21-v7+ #1642
Platform = Pi-CM3 1.0 1GB

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CPU governor = ondemand
USB auto-mounter = udisks-glue
Onboard WiFi = None
Onboard BT = None
HDMI output = On
LED state = 1,1
IP addr timeout = 90 (secs)
Ethernet check = No
SSH term server = Off

[Tim Curtis]

What does the Network section of the startup log show?
Its at the end of the System info report.

[Nukeleus]

What does the Network section of the startup log show?
Its at the end of the System info report.

Thanks for the reply, Tim!
Here's what I've got:

20230625 213902 worker: -- Network
20230625 213902 worker: --
20230625 213902 worker: eth0 adapter exists
20230625 213902 worker: eth0 address check (Off)
20230625 213902 worker: IP addr (192.168.0.221)
20230625 213902 worker: Netmask (255.255.255.0)
20230625 213902 worker: Gateway (192.168.0.1)
20230625 213902 worker: Pri DNS (192.168.0.1)
20230625 213902 worker: Domain  ()
20230625 213903 worker: wlan0 adapter does not exist
20230625 213903 worker: --

I also noticed that there's a warning in the audio debug section of the startup log:
20230625 213859 worker: MPD config: (1AC Box S2+ USB | mixerInvalid card number.) | card:1)
20230625 213859 worker: WARNING: No device found at MPD configured card 1

[Tim Curtis]

The log entry below indicates that Linux did not detect a WiFi adapter on this device.

Code:

20230625 213903 worker: wlan0 adapter does not exist

This typically happens when a driver for the adapter is not included in the Pi Linux kernel running on the device which for moOde 8.3.3 would be 6.1.21.

There used to be a fellow @MrEngman who maintained an install script and out-of-tree kernel drivers for various WiFi chipsets but it looks like that project is inactive https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=331841

The challenge with your device is that it is an OEM product meant to be used with specific software that was customized to support the devices special features including whatever WiFi chipset they integrated into their I-O board.

[TheOldPresbyope]

@Nukeleus 

What little documentation I could find online concerning this Pro-ject Stream Box S2 Ultra was basically useless in trying to understanding what's inside and there don't seem to be any publicly accessible software releases for it that could be explored forensically. (Put another way, I've used up enough time looking that I'm no longer interested.)

As a hack, for less that US$50, one could buy an Ethernet-to-WiFi adapter to connect this box to your WiFi network.

It's possible that even a USB-WiFi adapter will work but it's impossible to figure out from the marketing speak whether the two "input" USB ports are suitable for this usage. Worth a try, though, if you already have one.

Good luck.

Regards,
Kent

[DRONE7]

What he said ^
Just get a cheap USB-to-wifi adapter that is known to work with RPi and wait for a future kernel from Rpi that has driver for your internal wifi.

[Nukeleus]

Thanks all, hopefully this is useful for some other poor sod who ends up in the same camp as me.
I have reverted to the standard Pro-ject software for now (regrettably) and will hope for a future Linux kernel to add support; though I can't figure out how to tell what wifi adapter is actually in the box, as the poster above noted!