Re: Wifi error log for Bookworm?

druck <news@druck.org.uk> wrote:

On 28/10/2024 18:54, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:

At that point the Pi5 appears to start scanning 5 GHz access points,
despite being told otherwise in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf .
That looks to me like a software problem.

 
This is why I wasn't happy about Raspbian moving from dhcpcd to Network
Manager. Quite often my Linux Laptops which use Network Manager decide
they would like to try WiFi networks other than the one I've chosen,
that's easily fixed via the gui, but not what you want on headless systems.
 

Were the unwanted wifi explorations immediate and consistent, or more
delayed and random? I ask because the recent wifi problems all happened
somewhat (~1 day) after an upgrade where I didn't immediately reboot
the Pi5 thinking it unnecessary. The system reports "updates available"
at rather frequent intervals and I'm starting to wonder if it's wise
to reboot after every update promptly.

You could try disabling the NetworkManager service, and reinstalling
dhcpcd so the WiFi is only selected by the contents of the
wpa_supplicant.conf file. It worked fine for everything before Bookworm.
>

It seems wiser to learn how to live with Bookworm sooner rather than later.
Up to now RasPiOS has been trouble-free to the point that I know very little
about it. Trying to second-guess the developers is likely to end badly,
at least when I'm the one doing the guessing 8-)

Thanks for writing,

bob prohaska

---druck