On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 06:08:22PM -0800, VDRU VDRU wrote: > On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 12:13 PM Geert Stappers <stapp...@stappers.nl> wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 11:27:37AM -0800, VDRU VDRU wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, thanks for your reply! No, there are no single/double-quotes, > > > apostrophes, or dollar signs. The password contains a-z, A-Z, 0-9, and > > > _ only. > > > > > > Another thing I noticed but didn't mention is that in the ssid list, > > > it splits the ssid into two entries in the menu. There's a "," in the > > > ssid name and that's where the split occurs. No "," is shown in either > > > menu entry. Maybe the ssid list is comma-separated rather than using a > > > character that can't or is less likely to appear in a ssid? This seems > > > to just be a cosmetic issue but could confuse users as to which entry > > > to select in cases like that. Since my primary problem is the password > > > preseeding and unrelated to this, I didn't mention it before. > > > > And is (temporary) removing the , from the SSID tested? > > Ok, I managed to make some time to do some wifi testing, much to my > family's disgust. :)
Auch, that hurts > Regarding preseeding the wifi password, I tried in this order: > - removing the underscores from the password > - cutting the password from 60 to 33 chars (alphanumeric only) > - cutting the password down to 32 chars (alphanumeric only) > - cutting the password down to 8 chars (alphanumeric only) > - removing the "," from the ssid > - trying a ssid consisting of 11 lowercase chars only > - changed router security from "WPA2 - Personal" to "WPA/WPA2 - Personal" > - changed router encryption from AES to AES/TKIP > > None of these worked. Preseeding the password failed in all cases, > even with a simple alphanumeric-only ssid and password. > > Regarding an ssid with a "," in it creating two menu entries: > If there ssid is "heres a, test ssid", it will result in a menu that looks > like: > heres a > test ssid > > If I select either entry and enter the password, it fails. If I > manually enter "heres a, test ssid" and then enter the password, it > works fine. If I removed the "," so the ssid is "heres a test ssid", > selecting the single "heres a test ssid" entry works fine. > > So, to summarize... Using an ssid with a comma in it causes the > installer to split the ssid into multiple menu entries at the comma, > but manually entering a ssid with a comma works fine. OK As in "OK, that fits the expectations" > And, preseeding just a wpa password fails in all cases. That is unexpected. Disclosure: I myself never did preseed WIFI password. (and didn't noticed previous reports about it not working) I hope that this messages triggers "works for me" notifications. > Another discovery I made is that the wifi device wants nonfree > firmware "rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw.bin". If I copy > "rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw.bin" to the root dir of the usb stick, the > installer fails to find it when I select yes. If I unplug the usb > stick and connect it in a different usb port and select yes again, the > installer finds it but sometimes takes a few tries. Maybe it's a good > idea to have the installer automatically check the root dir of the usb > it booted from for any missing firmware before asking the user for it? I can't tell if effects the problem from the subject line. > And the last thing I'll mention is the font used in the graphical > installer isn't great when it comes to entering passwords. I found > that at least the "I" (capital i) and "l" (lowercase L) look > identical. That makes it a pain to verify a password was entered > correctly. > > Thanks for checking this stuff! Thanks for the compliment. Groeten Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse
