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Doesn't take serial input after wifi is set

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#1

I downloaded latest Debian from http://www.orangepi.org/downloadresources/orangepii96/orangepii96_94bf0378a51e1277ff416638.html

Boots on serial.
I logged in.
Configured wifi over orangepi-config (ssid+pwd)
“reboot now”

I see that it reboots on serial, BUT I cannot input anything over same serial port.
Even after reflashing the SD card and repeating.
This is unsable image.

Any tips?

Last thing on console:

[ OK ] Reached target Local File Systems.
Starting Create Volatile Files and Directories…
Starting Raise network interfaces…
Starting Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status…
[ 7.586975] rda_msys: rda-codec : timeout as sending a message
[ 7.587585] >>>> [aud_StreamRecord], ret [1]
[ 7.729736] wlan_rfkill_set 0
[ OK ] Started Create Volatile Files and Directories.
Starting Network Time Synchronization…
Starting Update UTMP about System Boot/Shutdown…
[ OK ] Started Network Time Synchronization.
[ OK ] Started Update UTMP about System Boot/Shutdown.
[ OK ] Reached target System Time Synchronized.

then I cannot type.

#2

This does not depend on WiFi configuration – it is problem of the Linux " alsa-utils" package.
Folow solution described at OrangePi 2G-IOT: ubuntu Server only boots one time - Lubuntu - OrangePi - Powered by Discuz!.

Format SD card, write system image to SD card again and after you get initial prompt, before you run orangepi-config, do “sudo apt-get --purge remove alsa-utils”. It worked for me …

#3

… but you can connect even if you do not remove alsa-utils. WiFi should work even console does not, so you can connect using ssh, for example. Just configure ssh server = on. The only problem may be finding out the dynamically assigned IP address. I suggest to change wifi configuration to use static IP address (https://www.howtoforge.com/linux-basics-set-a-static-ip-on-ubuntu). You can do it immediately at initialisation and from that moment your board will allways response at the selected IP address …

#4

Thank you, that solved my issue, next one was after a few days the serial port stops working, it responses some overflow error everytime I pressed enter.
Although the wifi+ssh still worked.

Reset solved it, then the wifi stopped working it looping these lines, I had to reset it again:
: wland_sdio_flow_ctrl_91e failed!
[170837.809875] [RDAWLAN_ERR]:<wland_sdio_send_pkt,480>: wland_sdio_flow_ctrl failed!
[170837.810791] [RDAWLAN_ERR]:<wland_proto_cdc_data,232>: set_dcmd failed status: -5
[170837.811706] [RDAWLAN_ERR]:<wland_run_escan,773>: SCAN error (-12)
[170838.847717] [RDAWLAN_ERR]:<wland_sdio_flow_ctrl_91e,392>: flows ctrl RXCMPL failed, count:30 over, return back
[170838.848815] [RDAWLAN_ERR]:<wland_sdio_flow_ctrl,449>: wland_sdio_flow_ctrl_91e failed!

So far this is reliable as windows98.
Is there another distro with the new kernel (5.x)?

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b23b0ea3708c3dec599966fc856836aca48835b9

#5

No problems with WiFi. USART from time to time fails, but Putty restart solves this. May be used baud rate is too high. I am looking for Real Time OS, so not interested too much in Linux versions for OPi boards. Now I am learnig RIOT on Arduino Nano. Considering install RIOT on OPi i96.