Wireless dongle once worked until we switched providers

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#1

http://paste.ubuntu.com/12145325/

hey guys, I switched from verizon to optimum and I changed the SSID and the password. I tried to update and reboot but I am getting the exception above. Would anyone be able to help identify why it looks like this?

Thanks in advance.

#2

This forum is for OSMC. You are still using Raspbmc. Raspbmc is a legacy and unsupported product. Please see osmc.tv/download and upgrade to the latest version

Sam

#3

Hey Sam, Thank you for replying. However, I have a ton of pis in various locations all running the same OS level. I know its before OSMC, I was actually actively watching this forum when it first came out, but I can’t upgrade yet. I went to get support on raspbmc forums, but its read only and I was directed to the OSMC forum. So I realize its older, and maybe unsupported, but I know that someone knows whats up with the exception. It seems to think the SSID is “None”. However, I have set it. Would you happen to know why it is giving that exception and how I could go around it? Could I just upgrade the network manager? Any help without me having to reinstall/ upgrade the OS level would be appreciated. I will ipgrade/compile packages if I have too. Thanks in advance,
Chris

#4

Ok I fixed it. So ill post what I fixed in case any one stumbles upon this from google. So raspbmc’s settings just wouldn’t take any settings. So I ran a “nmcli c” and checked the /home/pi/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/script.raspbmc.settings/settings.xml script to make sure the uuid of the device matched my wireless adapter. That fixed my “exception” error. However, I still could not get my wireless adapter up and running. So I bypassed raspbmc and edited the interface files myself. NOTE: I created both these files and placed the following in therm. Here is one file that defines my wlan0 configuration:
pi@GeorgePiNJ:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces

allow-hotplug wlan0
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-ssid “wifi_name”
wpa-psk “password”
wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

And here is the other:

pi@GeorgePiNJ:~$ cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1

network={
ssid=“wifi_name”
psk=“password”
proto=RSN
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP
auth_alg=OPEN
}
After this, I ran a “sudo ifup wlan0” and I watched the magic happen. I also rebooted it and all was fine. My ssh just stopped working, so I had to renable it to start on boot:
sudo update-rc.d ssh defaults
Now everything is perfect. Hope that helps someone.