Fresh x86 install detects wifi and connects through setup wizard, however on reboot does not connect

cojones · October 28, 2019 at 1:20 AM

Fresh install (LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-9.0.2.img.gz) with no changes made other than hostname.

Wifi detection works & connects to AP through setup wizard, however when you reboot it does not connect & you have to manually try and connect at least twice before it will work. Also enabled the option to wait for network but this times out.

Hardware - Intel Baytrail Z3736F, rtl8723bs WIFI/Bluetooth, dm9621a NIC

Logfile: http://ix.io/1zsz

Updated to Beta 1 & 2 and same issue.

Thanks in advance for assistance.

**Jocke.Sve** · October 28, 2019 at 6:48 AM

Does adding "Wait for network" to approx 30 sec make any difference?

cojones · October 28, 2019 at 7:39 AM

Quote from Jocke.Sve

Does adding "Wait for network" to approx 30 sec make any difference?

I wished, tried that but it just times out

cojones · November 8, 2019 at 9:38 AM

Any takers?

Any further information that would help diagnose the issue?

**chewitt** · November 10, 2019 at 4:22 AM Official Post

Bump to 9.1.502 and retest. It has newer kernel/drivers/firmware which may resolve the issue, and even if you found the issue on 9.0.2 we're not going to put the fix in that release (there is no plan for 9.0.3 release).

cojones · November 10, 2019 at 8:00 AM

Hey Chewitt,

Did a fresh install earlier in the week still seems to be the same with wifi, having to manually click connect to join access point after reboot.

Ethernet is now detected in 9.1.502 but intermittent, requires to be set to disabled when next booting and then enabled in order to get a DHCP address to avoid APIPA address. Its almost like Librelec boots so fast that the ethernet is not detected correctly

Amazing work so far as this never used to work at all on the Pipo x7s, have tried this custom build from piotrasd in the past which didn't have the connection issues but was based on Libreelec 8.

**chewitt** · November 10, 2019 at 10:44 AM Official Post

Share "journalctl | paste" a minute after booting the 9.1.502 image.

cojones · November 12, 2019 at 2:48 AM

Cold boot - Journalctl - http://ix.io/21vs after first restart and manual connect on wifi

Warm reboot (Restart) - http://ix.io/21vt disabled wired, hit connect, Kodi crashed, disconnect ethernet & reconnect again APIPA address 169.254.234.1

Cold boot worked first time with ethernet automatically - http://ix.io/21w3

Appreciate your help with this one!

**chewitt** · November 12, 2019 at 6:22 AM Official Post

Code

echo "sleep 10" > /storage/.config/autostart.sh && chmod +x /storage/.config/autostart.sh

^ run that and see what happens. The script is run at the very start of userspace boot and will stall everything for 10 seconds. Kernel side loading should continue though, and I'm wondering if it's just a case of slow loading kernel drivers.

cojones · November 13, 2019 at 11:18 AM

Hi thanks for the suggestion, implemented code but it didnt fix the issue, however when I disable / enable the ethernet I get two devices :-S

Wifi no difference still works but need to manually connect

Happy to try anything else or provide more logs