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Stellarmate vnc black screen problem

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Yes, leave the hotspot as is, and just connect a second connection to your home WiFi, the rpi then will look for that first, and after a set time if it does not find, it will start the hotspot for you to connect too, this is the default setting of this system...
Just click on the network icon, and then the networks will show up, click the one you want and put password in and away you go...same as a PC... :)
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4 years 5 months ago #44068

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Thank you again.

I must have buggered something along the way because my Pi4 doesn't see my home network. I can connect to "stellarmate" via my laptop, so I know the hardware is working.

After some reading, I thought maybe MAC filter was enabled on the router but it wasn't.

The rpi is currently attached to my mount outside on the patio about 10' from the router. I added a second WiFi adapter (USB) and it connects fine.
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I also have the black screen problem, but only when I am in hotspot mode on the Pi4. However, it resolves within 3-4 min. It seems to me that the Pi4 needs extra time to boot up when in hotspot mode.
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No it’s doesn’t, mine works perfectly in both hotspot and on home WiFi, you have issues that are not related to the software I’m afraid... mine connects to home WiFi when it boots, and if home WiFi is not available, it starts the hotspot, and I connect to that...works every time.. :)
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I've no doubt of this, and the FAQ confirms that's exactly how it's supposed to work, but for some reason mine can't see my network. I'll keep at it, and when I get a solution I'll post back.

@E Corazan - one thing I came across regarding the black screen is that *if* you have a USB keyboard, plug it into the pi and hit CTRL-D. That *might* help.
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Just out of curiosity, do you have an /etc/network/interfaces file that has your SSID and password info in it, or does it just have a reference to loopback?
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Which SM version are you using, I have the very latest KDE version...and if you click on the network icon top right of screen and then it should show all available networks, click you home WiFi, and enter password and that should be it...next time you boot up it should join it, and if it’s not available to join, it will auto start the hotspot...
you can also check in the settings of that connection and make sure the band is on auto and other settings too... I don’t see why this will not work for you
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SM100.

Network "issue" persists. The onboard WiFi seems locked on Hotspot mode. Adding USB WiFi adapter allows me to see my internal network, but the Stellarmate cannot see the internet *until* I issue an "ifconfig wlan0 down". After that, the hotspot is disabled and all network traffic goes via wlan1.

I flashed a new 64GB microSD with the same OS and, *without any updates*, the Stellarmate switched from Hotspot to Infrastructure and I could access it on my home network.

I will continue working on it. Like I said, I probably buggered a config file somewhere along the line. In the meantime, I am pressing on as I have a date with (hopefully) much darker skies in a few days. :) :) :)
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My suspicion is that all traffic is routed via wlan0 because that one is enabled first and then wlan1. By then the default route has been set to use the wlan0 interface so deleting the default route and adding one for wlan1 should also solve the issue. It should also be possible to create a script that runs at some point and tries to detect if both wlan0 and wlan1 are up and have a valid ip address. If yes it could delete the default route and create it again for wlan1.

Another solution could be to try and see if the kernel modules for the two wlan devices can be given a priority so the current wlan1 kernel module gets loaded first so it will always get the default route. No idea if that really works because it probably also depends on how quickly your network assigns an ip address via dhcp.

And perhaps this can be configured via wpa-supplicant or so but I really wouldn’t know if that is possible at all.

Just a few thought that I hope may be useful to you.


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I have both wlan1 and wlan0 work on boot up, the wlan0 is set to just show the hotspot, and wlan1 is my USB dongle and connected to my home WiFi, now in the network settings you can tell each connection to use a certain wlan connection, I use the hotspot to connect to the unit, and then the dongle to give me internet access....
It seems very straight forward to get it all to work this way, so not sure why the issue are..both mine connect on boot and run fine together...
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I had the same issue at first, but I appear to have fixed the problem by assigning negative priority connection value to the hotspot in the Wifi connection manager (edit connections in the wifi dropdown menu).
Only when the network finds no other Wifi connections does it now seem to turn on the Hotspot.
Try this out and see if it works for you. I think I gave it a -5 value.
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The hotspot by default is set to -10, so not sure why you had to change to -5.... mine is on -10...
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