Not sure if I should start a new thread, but I am Facing a similar situation but different adapter RTL8188CUS :
osmc@osmc:~/.kodi/temp$ uname -a
Linux osmc 4.1.3-2-osmc #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Aug 4 11:44:21 UTC 2015 armv7l GNU/Linux
Dmesg:
[ 3.480131] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=8176
[ 3.480163] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 3.480181] usb 1-1.2: Product: 802.11n WLAN Adapter
[ 3.480209] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: Realtek
[ 3.480226] usb 1-1.2: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001
lsusb(had to install usbutils):
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 0bda:8176 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188CUS 802.11n WLAN Adapter
and ~/.kodi/temp/kodi.log:
/home/osmc/.kodi/temp
osmc@osmc:~/.kodi/temp$ tail kodi.log
01:47:35 14.255743 T:1586254880 NOTICE: UDP: Listening on port 9777
01:47:35 14.259555 T:1577866272 NOTICE: Thread TCPServer start, auto delete: false
01:47:35 14.471627 T:1534719008 NOTICE: Thread AirPlayServer start, auto delete: false
01:47:37 16.399578 T:1689572384 NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--
01:47:49 28.414728 T:1670698016 NOTICE: Previous line repeats 1 times.
01:47:49 28.415012 T:1670698016 NOTICE: Thread LanguageInvoker start, auto delete: false
01:47:49 28.473917 T:1670698016 NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--
01:47:51 30.290716 T:1689572384 ERROR: EXCEPTION: Non-Existent Control 300
01:48:03 42.424831 T:1498014752 NOTICE: Enabling wifi tethering
01:48:03 42.427933 T:1498014752 NOTICE: Error enabling Tethering net.connman.Error.PermissionDenied: Permission denied
Any suggestions are appreciated.
EDIT tried adding a hostapd.conf ( I assumed hostapt.conf name was a typo), but does not seems to help:
osmc@osmc:~/.kodi/temp$ more /etc/host*
::::::::::::::
/etc/hostapd.conf
::::::::::::::
driver=rtl871xdrv
ieee80211n=1
hw_mode=g
device_name=RTL8188CUS
manufacturer=Realtek
::::::::::::::
/etc/hostapt.conf
::::::::::::::
driver=rtl871xdrv
ieee80211n=1
hw_mode=g
device_name=RTL8188CUS
manufacturer=Realtek
Regards,
Benoit