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Tiny Core Extensions => TCE Q&A Forum => Topic started by: webb on October 14, 2012, 11:46:20 PM

Title: no essids in wifi.db (tc 4.6.x, 3.0.21-tinycore #3021 SMP i686)
Post by: webb on October 14, 2012, 11:46:20 PM

my wifi.db contains passwords but no essids. each line of wifi.db contains a leading tab, a wireless password, a trailing tab, and a newline, but no essid. i'm using sudo wifi.sh to connect. used to work a few tiny cores ago.

many thanks,
webb

ps: not sure how to check which 4.6.x i'm using but i downloaded and installed the current one about two weeks ago so maybe 4.6.1?

Title: Re: no essids in wifi.db (tc 4.6.x, 3.0.21-tinycore #3021 SMP i686)
Post by: Rich on October 15, 2012, 01:01:04 AM

Hi webb

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ps: not sure how to check which 4.6.x i'm using but i downloaded and installed the current one about two weeks ago so maybe 4.6.1?

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cat /usr/share/doc/tc/release.txt

Title: Re: no essids in wifi.db (tc 4.6.x, 3.0.21-tinycore #3021 SMP i686)
Post by: curaga on October 15, 2012, 02:59:02 AM

Or "version"

Title: Re: no essids in wifi.db (tc 4.6.2)
Post by: webb on October 15, 2012, 05:31:49 AM

thanks! version 4.6.2

Title: Re: no essids in wifi.db (tc 4.6.2, 3.0.21-tinycore #3021 SMP i686)
Post by: webb on October 19, 2012, 12:48:19 PM

Thanks again curaga and Rich for telling me of the existence of <pre>/usr/share/doc/tc/release.txt</pre> and <pre>version</pre>.

Does anyone have any thoughts on why wifi.sh is not saving essids?

If I manually insert the essid before the <pre>\t[password]</pre> into wifi.db, then I can connect normally with <pre>sudo wifi.sh auto</pre>

Many thanks,
Webb

Title: Re: no essids in wifi.db (tc 4.6.x, 3.0.21-tinycore #3021 SMP i686)
Post by: Rich on October 19, 2012, 01:07:09 PM

Hi webb
Try updating wifi.tcz, I believe this issue was found and fixed.

Title: Re: no essids in wifi.db (tc 4.6.x, 3.0.21-tinycore #3021 SMP i686)
Post by: webb on October 19, 2012, 01:39:50 PM

sweetness.

ps ans sounds much nicer than the a_or_m_ip_selection i was just writing ;)

Title: Re: no essids in wifi.db (tc 4.6.x, 3.0.21-tinycore #3021 SMP i686)
Post by: Rich on October 19, 2012, 01:46:53 PM

Hi webb
I take it that solved your problem then?

Title: Re: no essids in wifi.db (tc 4.6.x, 3.0.21-tinycore #3021 SMP i686)
Post by: webb on October 19, 2012, 02:36:52 PM

yes indeed sir!