WiFi Broken Again? about linux-on-pixel-c

[denysvitali]

boot-5.1-rc2.zip

This should work. We are working on bringing 5.5-rc6, but it doesn't seem to work. Join us at https://telegram.me/pixelclinux

[denysvitali]

Hello there!
Thank you for opening this issue!

Can you please try with one of the attached boot images?

• boot-5.5-rc5.zip
• vartom.zip

Out of curiosity, which rootfs are you using?

[adam-m-jcbs]

Thanks for the reply! I'm quite busy at the moment, so it may be a while before I get back to you. But I greatly appreciate the files.

I adapted the Arch Linux rootfs that can be built with the scripts linux-on-pixelc provides (something like rootfs_builder). The default didn't work, but it was a good enough starting point to build a Arch Linux rootfs that runs and appears to be stable as long as I don't run up against some firmware I seem to not have. I got the brcm stuff from Google as recommended. And I built Mesa with tegra turned on.

[adam-m-jcbs]

Note: The issue ultimately ended up being one, apparently, with my netctl package. Switching to NetworkManager, I was able to connect over wifi without issue.

Much thanks to @denysvitali for helping me debug this.

[adam-m-jcbs]

I'm curious: is boot.img just a convention, or is it mandatory for the image to be named boot.img? I prefer to give mine slightly more illuminating names.

[adam-m-jcbs]

Update:

boot-5.5-rc5.zip fails. I boot into it via fastboot and it seems to just get the backlight going before hanging a bit, then it reboots.

vartom.zip fails even before booting. I get (please forgive the zsh cruft):

fastboot flash boot boot-vartom.img             ✔  16:09:55
Sending 'boot' (22263 KB)                          OKAY [  0.602s]
Writing 'boot'                                     (bootloader) writing flash
FAILED (remote: 'image not multiple of block size')
fastboot: error: Command failed

Once I flash back the v4.19-smaug-data image I got from you, my very nearly-perfect OS is running. Works great, just would be extremely useful with wifi. I could use it as a great development productivity tool. As of now, too many spaces just don't even have ethernet available, or I'm on the go.

If there's more diagnostics I can do, or more info you'd like, lemme know! Really appreciate you looking into this.

[adam-m-jcbs]

Alternatively, if I could share my laptop's connection over usb, that would be a pretty workable solution for the moment. Not sure how to get started with doing that securely and such.