Disabling HDMI worked. The dongle showed up as wlan1 so maybe it worked also before (I tried it with a small USB hub), but I did not see it (only checked wlan0).
Creating a AP worked fine using this script: https://github.com/hotice/AP-Hotspot -- would be a good addition to the beaglebone Debian image. Am Freitag, 18. Juli 2014 13:39:45 UTC+2 schrieb RobertCNelson: > > On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 6:31 AM, <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Either disable hdmi in /boot/uEnv.txt > >> > >> cape_disable=capemgr.disable_partno=BB-BONELT-HDMI,BB-BONELT-HDMIN > >> > >> or get a 3 inch usb extension cable. > > > > I do not understand. Why would that make the dongle working? > > The hdmi disable 'trick' was tested last week in a thread on this > list, the "usb extension cable" is recommend in a faq somewhere. > > It's due to the hdmi gnd plane being too close to the usb connector > for these small usb wifi devices. > > Regards, > > -- > Robert Nelson > http://www.rcn-ee.com/ > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
