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    From Eli the Bearded@3:770/3 to All on Tue Jan 2 22:01:58 2024
    https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/configuration.html#connect-to-a-wireless-network

    Previous versions of Raspberry Pi OS made use of a wpa_supplicant.conf
    file which could be placed into the boot folder to configure wireless
    network settings. This is no longer possible from Raspberry Pi OS
    Bookworm onwards.

    I have a headless pi I want to pre-configure to have wireless
    networking. I can't ssh in until the wifi works. I can shut it down,
    pull the SD card, mount it somewhere else and place files in /etc/.

    What file in what directory for wifi? I'm using the 2023-12-11-raspios-bookworm-armhf-lite image. The device has a screen
    and keyboard, but the image lacks the drivers for the screen and I need
    to apt-get install them. Which is tricky when I can't ssh in or trying
    to type blindly the needed commands to add a repo with the video
    drivers.

    The pre-configured OS for this device is buildroot which has no
    compiler or build tools which is going to block me intalling the Perl
    modules I need. buildroot.org helpfuly says (paraphrased) "if you want
    a compiler, you want a different distro."

    Elijah
    ------
    can see where they are coming from, but still

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  • From Knute Johnson@3:770/3 to Eli the Bearded on Tue Jan 2 18:06:08 2024
    Use the RPi Imager to burn your uSD card and set the WiFi there.


    On 1/2/2024 4:01 PM, Eli the Bearded wrote:
    https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/configuration.html#connect-to-a-wireless-network

    Previous versions of Raspberry Pi OS made use of a wpa_supplicant.conf
    file which could be placed into the boot folder to configure wireless
    network settings. This is no longer possible from Raspberry Pi OS
    Bookworm onwards.

    I have a headless pi I want to pre-configure to have wireless
    networking. I can't ssh in until the wifi works. I can shut it down,
    pull the SD card, mount it somewhere else and place files in /etc/.

    What file in what directory for wifi? I'm using the 2023-12-11-raspios-bookworm-armhf-lite image. The device has a screen
    and keyboard, but the image lacks the drivers for the screen and I need
    to apt-get install them. Which is tricky when I can't ssh in or trying
    to type blindly the needed commands to add a repo with the video
    drivers.

    The pre-configured OS for this device is buildroot which has no
    compiler or build tools which is going to block me intalling the Perl
    modules I need. buildroot.org helpfuly says (paraphrased) "if you want
    a compiler, you want a different distro."

    Elijah
    ------
    can see where they are coming from, but still

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  • From Eli the Bearded@3:770/3 to groups@585ranch.com on Wed Jan 3 00:27:50 2024
    In comp.sys.raspberry-pi, Knute Johnson <groups@585ranch.com> wrote:
    Use the RPi Imager to burn your uSD card and set the WiFi there.

    That's not an answer to my question, which you left below because you
    don't get that top-posting is evil.

    I didn't use the imager because the imager wants a newer glibc than I
    have installed on the system I'm using. Downloading an image and copying
    it an SD card is trivial for someone well-acquainted with Unix tools, so
    I didn't worry much. But I realize the imager does a bit more than
    papering over the copy process. Unfortunately all of the networking
    guides I can find for this system assume you are configuring it from a
    running system, not in advance on the disk image. "What file, where" is probably all the help I need. I don't want to trace the start-up process
    by reading through /etc/ to figure it out from source if I don't have to.

    On 1/2/2024 4:01 PM, Eli the Bearded wrote:

    Original post is at start of thread if people need a re-fresher.

    Elijah
    ------
    from old-school Unix

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  • From Richard Kettlewell@3:770/3 to Eli the Bearded on Wed Jan 3 08:24:48 2024
    Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> writes:
    https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/configuration.html#connect-to-a-wireless-network

    Previous versions of Raspberry Pi OS made use of a wpa_supplicant.conf
    file which could be placed into the boot folder to configure wireless
    network settings. This is no longer possible from Raspberry Pi OS
    Bookworm onwards.

    I have a headless pi I want to pre-configure to have wireless
    networking. I can't ssh in until the wifi works. I can shut it down,
    pull the SD card, mount it somewhere else and place files in /etc/.

    What file in what directory for wifi? I'm using the 2023-12-11-raspios-bookworm-armhf-lite image. The device has a screen
    and keyboard, but the image lacks the drivers for the screen and I need
    to apt-get install them. Which is tricky when I can't ssh in or trying
    to type blindly the needed commands to add a repo with the video
    drivers.

    If you’re really using the RPi OS then: /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

    The pre-configured OS for this device is buildroot which has no
    compiler or build tools which is going to block me intalling the Perl
    modules I need. buildroot.org helpfuly says (paraphrased) "if you want
    a compiler, you want a different distro."

    So are you using the RPi OS or Buildroot?

    --
    https://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/

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  • From Anssi Saari@3:770/3 to Eli the Bearded on Wed Jan 3 11:39:20 2024
    Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> writes:

    I have a headless pi I want to pre-configure to have wireless
    networking. I can't ssh in until the wifi works. I can shut it down,
    pull the SD card, mount it somewhere else and place files in /etc/.

    Looks like it's NetworkManager that manages networking now, in the
    "Raspberry Pi OS". So the config file is /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf and the setup, well, I guess
    I'll leave that as an exercise? See the man page.

    I should have an example NetworkManager.conf on my Linux laptop which I
    can share later.

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  • From Knute Johnson@3:770/3 to Eli the Bearded on Wed Jan 3 09:36:04 2024
    Bite me

    On 1/2/24 18:27, Eli the Bearded wrote:
    In comp.sys.raspberry-pi, Knute Johnson <groups@585ranch.com> wrote:
    Use the RPi Imager to burn your uSD card and set the WiFi there.

    That's not an answer to my question, which you left below because you
    don't get that top-posting is evil.

    Bite me again.

    I didn't use the imager because the imager wants a newer glibc than I
    have installed on the system I'm using. Downloading an image and copying
    it an SD card is trivial for someone well-acquainted with Unix tools, so
    I didn't worry much. But I realize the imager does a bit more than
    papering over the copy process. Unfortunately all of the networking
    guides I can find for this system assume you are configuring it from a running system, not in advance on the disk image. "What file, where" is probably all the help I need. I don't want to trace the start-up process
    by reading through /etc/ to figure it out from source if I don't have to.

    You got what you asked for. Quit complaining because you left out some details.

    Elijah
    ------
    from old-school Unix


    --

    Knute Johnson

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  • From Pancho@3:770/3 to Eli the Bearded on Wed Jan 3 19:54:02 2024
    On 03/01/2024 00:27, Eli the Bearded wrote:


    I didn't use the imager because the imager wants a newer glibc than I
    have installed on the system I'm using.

    You probably have considered running The Rpi Imager as a snap or
    flatpak, but just in case....

    <https://snapcraft.io/rpi-imager>

    <https://flathub.org/apps/org.raspberrypi.rpi-imager>

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  • From 56g.1183@3:770/3 to Knute Johnson on Thu Jan 4 01:28:28 2024
    On 1/3/24 10:36 AM, Knute Johnson wrote:
    Bite me

    On 1/2/24 18:27, Eli the Bearded wrote:
    In comp.sys.raspberry-pi, Knute Johnson  <groups@585ranch.com> wrote:
    Use the RPi Imager to burn your uSD card and set the WiFi there.

    That's not an answer to my question, which you left below because you
    don't get that top-posting is evil.

    Bite me again.



    Whatever happened to the pride of helping to FIND
    THE ANSWER instead of petty shit about top/bottom
    posting and personality issues and such ???

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  • From Knute Johnson@3:770/3 to All on Thu Jan 4 08:59:44 2024
    On 1/4/24 00:28, 56g.1183 wrote:


    I should have just ignored him. Sorry about that.

    --

    Knute Johnson

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  • From 56g.1183@3:770/3 to Knute Johnson on Fri Jan 5 01:26:38 2024
    On 1/4/24 9:59 AM, Knute Johnson wrote:
    On 1/4/24 00:28, 56g.1183 wrote:


    I should have just ignored him.  Sorry about that.

    Personality conflicts are easy ... staying
    with The Mission is more difficult.

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