Re: Headless Pi 4B problems - continued

On 28/01/2025 21:31, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:

The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 28/01/2025 06:14, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:

Pancho <Pancho.Jones@proton.me> wrote:

My main memory is the rPi imager also allowed headless Wifi set up,
which had not be possible/easy previously. I can't remember if it worked?

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WiFi is/was configured in wpa_supplicant.txt, and that worked fine
without the RPi imager program.
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Was...
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All  change with bookworm IIRC

 Sounds like I got off the RPiOS ship just at the right time before
they went completely nuts. Choice of distros is such a wonderful
advantage of Linux (even if there's less choice for the Pis than
for PC).
 

Well I stick to PIOS simple because it is the documented standard. Networking is handled by the Network Manager and it gets tricky to set that up without a console screen/keyboard at least - but there is a great utility called nmcli I think that 'does everything' once you have learnt its magic spells.
And it knows which underlying files to frig with. And gets the syntax right.
To be honest although it is possible to do everything over ssh, the chances of losing connectivity while messing with the network are high and a HDMI screen and a USB keyboard are not hard to rig up with the appropiate adapters.
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