[BUG] USB Wifi Dies around 45-60 minutes (RPI 4; Pwn 1.55)

Describe the bug USB Wifi Dies around 45-60 minutes (RPI 4; Pwn 1.55) - Basically using 3 different USB wifi adapters (since the built-in RPI 4 wireless doesn't work). All 3 initially work fine, but then "die".

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Run for about 45-60 minutes, then pwnagotchi does not see any wireless networks and gets bored.
To resolve, reboot and it is fine.

Expected behavior Expected that it will continue to work without needing a reboot after 45-60 minutes.

Environment (please complete the following information):

Pwnagotchi version - 1.55
Type of hardware - RPI 4
Any additional hardware used - Panda Wireless® PAU0A AC600, Realtek RTL8811AU (WN-H2), BrosTrend 650Mbps.

I'm trying to solve same problem for myself, but I have some mix of different errors, according to /var/log/pwnagotchi.log logs. Can you attach yours?

When pwnagotchi is mad and it's not showing APs:

[2022-08-03 19:23:21,391] [INFO] [ai] saving model to /root/brain.nn ...
[2022-08-03 19:23:21,459] [INFO] [ai] saving /root/brain.json
[2022-08-03 19:23:21,517] [INFO] [ai] setting new policy:
[2022-08-03 19:23:21,517] [INFO] [ai] ! min_rssi: -152 -> -97
[2022-08-03 19:23:21,517] [INFO] [ai] ! ap_ttl: 166 -> 92
[2022-08-03 19:23:21,517] [INFO] [ai] ! sta_ttl: 225 -> 153
[2022-08-03 19:23:21,517] [INFO] [ai] ! recon_time: 56 -> 7
[2022-08-03 19:23:21,518] [INFO] [ai] ! min_recon_time: 23 -> 17
[2022-08-03 19:23:21,518] [INFO] [ai] ! max_interactions: 19 -> 14
[2022-08-03 19:23:21,518] [INFO] [ai] ! max_misses_for_recon: 3 -> 10
[2022-08-03 19:23:21,518] [INFO] [ai] ! excited_num_epochs: 8 -> 17
[2022-08-03 19:23:21,518] [INFO] [ai] ! bored_num_epochs: 21 -> 7
[2022-08-03 19:23:21,518] [INFO] [ai] ! sad_num_epochs: 16 -> 9
[2022-08-03 19:23:21,519] [INFO] [ai] ! channels: [4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 40, 44, 48, 64, 100, 104, 124, 132, 140] -> [1, 3, 8, 9, 12, 36, 48, 52, 104, 112, 116, 120, 124, 136, 140]
[2022-08-03 19:23:39,286] [INFO] [epoch 899] duration=00:00:17 slept_for=00:00:07 blind=17 sad=11 bored=0 inactive=32 active=0 peers=0 tot_bond=0.00 avg_bond=0.00 hops=0 missed=0 deauths=0 assocs=0 handshakes=0 cpu=0% mem=20% temperature=43C reward=-0.01$
[2022-08-03 19:23:39,287] [WARNING] 32 epochs with no activity -> angry
[2022-08-03 19:23:39,287] [INFO] [ai] --- training epoch 25/50 ---
[2022-08-03 19:23:39,290] [INFO] [ai] REWARD: -0.015222
[2022-08-03 19:23:39,290] [INFO] [ai] observation:
[2022-08-03 19:23:39,291] [INFO]     aps
[2022-08-03 19:23:39,291] [INFO]     sta
[2022-08-03 19:23:39,291] [INFO]     peers

After I reboot:

[2022-08-03 19:34:37,745] [INFO] [ai] saving model to /root/brain.nn ...
[2022-08-03 19:34:38,262] [INFO] [ai] saving /root/brain.json
[2022-08-03 19:34:45,214] [INFO] [ai] setting new policy:
[2022-08-03 19:34:45,214] [INFO] [ai] ! min_rssi: -196 -> -58
[2022-08-03 19:34:45,214] [INFO] [ai] ! ap_ttl: 490 -> 375
[2022-08-03 19:34:45,215] [INFO] [ai] ! sta_ttl: 79 -> 200
[2022-08-03 19:34:45,215] [INFO] [ai] ! recon_time: 51 -> 29
[2022-08-03 19:34:45,215] [INFO] [ai] ! max_inactive_scale: 4 -> 7
[2022-08-03 19:34:45,215] [INFO] [ai] ! recon_inactive_multiplier: 3 -> 1
[2022-08-03 19:34:45,215] [INFO] [ai] ! hop_recon_time: 58 -> 7
[2022-08-03 19:34:45,215] [INFO] [ai] ! min_recon_time: 20 -> 5
[2022-08-03 19:34:45,216] [INFO] [ai] ! max_interactions: 12 -> 16
[2022-08-03 19:34:45,216] [INFO] [ai] ! max_misses_for_recon: 3 -> 5
[2022-08-03 19:34:45,216] [INFO] [ai] ! excited_num_epochs: 28 -> 23
[2022-08-03 19:34:45,218] [INFO] [ai] ! bored_num_epochs: 25 -> 5
[2022-08-03 19:34:45,219] [INFO] [ai] ! sad_num_epochs: 7 -> 19
[2022-08-03 19:34:45,219] [INFO] [ai] ! channels: [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13, 36, 56, 60, 104, 116, 136] -> [2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13, 36, 52, 64, 104, 108, 116, 124, 128, 136, 140]
[2022-08-03 19:35:29,256] [INFO] sending association frame to UniversityHill_Unit (54:ec:2f:a8:16:f8 Ruckus Wireless) on channel 6 [0 clients], -44 dBm...
[2022-08-03 19:35:29,293] [INFO] sending association frame to UniversityHill_Unit (20:58:69:88:fd:38 Ruckus Wireless) on channel 6 [0 clients], -56 dBm...
[2022-08-03 19:35:29,333] [INFO] sending association frame to DIRECT-E6-HP ENVY 5540 series (fc:3f:db:c6:e0:e7 Hewlett Packard) on channel 6 [0 clients], -71 dBm...
[2022-08-03 19:35:29,379] [INFO] sending association frame to UniversityHill_Staff (20:58:69:48:fd:38 Ruckus Wireless) on channel 6 [0 clients], -56 dBm...
[2022-08-03 19:35:29,441] [INFO] sending association frame to TG1672G82 (98:6b:3d:63:82:80 ARRIS Group, Inc.) on channel 6 [0 clients], -74 dBm...
[2022-08-03 19:35:29,484] [INFO] sending association frame to UniversityHill_Staff (54:ec:2f:68:16:f8 Ruckus Wireless) on channel 6 [0 clients], -44 dBm...
[2022-08-03 19:35:29,505] [INFO] waiting for 5s on channel 6 ...
[2022-08-03 19:35:34,639] [INFO] CHANNEL 36
[2022-08-03 19:35:34,652] [INFO] 3 access points on channel 36
[2022-08-03 19:35:34,705] [INFO] sending association frame to UniversityHill_Staff (20:58:69:48:fb:1c Ruckus Wireless) on channel 36 [0 clients], -81 dBm...
[2022-08-03 19:35:34,789] [INFO] sending association frame to UniversityHill_Staff (54:ec:2f:68:16:fc Ruckus Wireless) on channel 36 [0 clients], -66 dBm...
[2022-08-03 19:35:34,876] [INFO] sending association frame to UniversityHill_Unit (54:ec:2f:a8:16:fc Ruckus Wireless) on channel 36 [0 clients], -66 dBm...
[2022-08-03 19:35:35,022] [INFO] [epoch 3] duration=00:00:57 slept_for=00:00:56 blind=0 sad=0 bored=0 inactive=0 active=3 peers=0 tot_bond=0.00 avg_bond=0.00 hops=2 missed=0 deauths=0 assocs=9 handshakes=0 cpu=4% mem=20% temperature=45C reward=0.15142857$
[2022-08-03 19:35:35,024] [INFO] [ai] --- training epoch 2/50 ---
[2022-08-03 19:35:35,027] [INFO] [ai] REWARD: 0.151429
[2022-08-03 19:35:35,030] [INFO] [ai] observation:
[2022-08-03 19:35:35,030] [INFO]     aps
[2022-08-03 19:35:35,031] [INFO]       CH 1: 0.14814814814759947
[2022-08-03 19:35:35,033] [INFO]       CH 6: 0.2222222222213992
[2022-08-03 19:35:35,034] [INFO]       CH 11: 0.2222222222213992
[2022-08-03 19:35:35,034] [INFO]       CH 36: 0.1111111111106996
[2022-08-03 19:35:35,035] [INFO]       CH 44: 0.2222222222213992
[2022-08-03 19:35:35,035] [INFO]       CH 48: 0.07407407407379973
[2022-08-03 19:35:35,036] [INFO]     sta
[2022-08-03 19:35:35,036] [INFO]       CH 11: 0.9999999999
[2022-08-03 19:35:35,037] [INFO]     peers

Hmm, very clean logs (but unfortunately not complete, it is also recommended to erase MAC addresses and Wi-Fi names with RegExp). In my case, the Watchdog module reboots the system when it can't switch a channel due to a blind-bug in the nextmon drivers. In logs there no messages before this event!

Also, maybe this is normal behaviour and there aren't too many networks around you?

Me too, but maybe different problems. I run pwnagotchi on Rpi4 too, but randomly it couldn't find mon0 for no reason. In log:

[2022-08-20 16:13:10,603] [INFO] sending association frame to xxx (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx Huawei Device Co., Ltd.) on channel 6 [0 cliet], -60 dBm...
[2022-08-20 16:13:10,624] [INFO] error 400: could not find interface mon0: no interface matching 'mon0' found.

lsusb still shows my network card (ASUS USB-AC55, MT7612UN) and dmesg doesn't show any related information.

And also it will blind as this issue mentioned.

More details

lsusb Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0b05:17eb ASUSTek Computer, Inc. USB-AC55 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wireless Adapter [MediaTek MT7612U] Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1546:01a8 U-Blox AG [u-blox 8] Bus 001 Device 002: ID 2109:3431 VIA Labs, Inc. Hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub session log [2022-08-20 16:08:57,887] [INFO] Watchdog plugin loaded. [2022-08-20 16:08:57,887] [INFO] gps plugin loaded for /dev/ttyACM0 [2022-08-20 16:08:57,888] [INFO] Logtail plugin loaded. [2022-08-20 16:08:57,888] [INFO] [update] plugin loaded. [2022-08-20 16:08:57,889] [INFO] [HandshakesDL] plugin loaded [2022-08-20 16:08:57,889] [INFO] grid plugin loaded. [2022-08-20 16:08:57,890] [INFO] memtemp plugin loaded. [2022-08-20 16:08:57,890] [INFO] Session-stats plugin loaded. [2022-08-20 16:08:57,895] [INFO] webcfg: Plugin loaded. [2022-08-20 16:08:57,895] [INFO] [webgpsmap]: plugin loaded [2022-08-20 16:08:57,903] [INFO] [pisugar2] plugin loaded. [2022-08-20 16:10:54,040] [INFO] BT-TETHER: Successfully loaded ... [2022-08-20 16:10:54,044] [WARNING] ui.fps is 0, the display will only update for major changes [2022-08-20 16:10:54,046] [INFO] initializing waveshare v2 display [2022-08-20 16:09:03,745] [INFO] [ai] loading /root/brain.json [2022-08-20 16:09:03,820] [INFO] neko@-(v1.5.5) [2022-08-20 16:09:03,827] [INFO] entering auto mode ... [2022-08-20 16:09:03,843] [INFO] [ai] bootstrapping dependencies ... [2022-08-20 16:09:04,023] [INFO] web ui available at http://0.0.0.0:8080/ [2022-08-20 16:09:04,075] [INFO] connecting to http://localhost:8081/api ... [2022-08-20 16:09:04,452] [INFO] found monitor interface: mon0 [2022-08-20 16:09:04,453] [INFO] supported channels: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64,$ [2022-08-20 16:09:04,454] [INFO] handshakes will be collected inside /root/handshakes [2022-08-20 16:09:06,034] [INFO] [epoch 0] duration=00:00:02 slept_for=00:00:00 blind=0 sad=0 bored=0 inactive=1 active=0 peers=0 to$ [2022-08-20 16:09:06,050] [INFO] enabling bettercap's gps module for /dev/ttyACM0 [2022-08-20 16:09:06,371] [INFO] error 400: module gps is not running [2022-08-20 16:09:20,980] [INFO] [ai] creating model ... (pwning) [2022-08-20 16:11:15,090] [INFO] [ai] loading /root/brain.nn ... [2022-08-20 16:12:36,693] [INFO] [epoch 2] duration=00:02:13 slept_for=00:01:27 blind=0 sad=0 bored=0 inactive=0 active=2 peers=0 to$[2022-08-20 16:13:05,455] [INFO] [ai] learning for 50 epochs ... [2022-08-20 16:13:08,953] [INFO] [ai] setting new policy: [2022-08-20 16:13:08,958] [INFO] [ai] ! min_rssi: -116 -> -172 [2022-08-20 16:13:08,964] [INFO] [ai] ! ap_ttl: 367 -> 94 [2022-08-20 16:13:08,970] [INFO] [ai] ! sta_ttl: 268 -> 150 [2022-08-20 16:13:08,975] [INFO] [ai] ! recon_time: 13 -> 43 [2022-08-20 16:13:08,981] [INFO] [ai] ! max_inactive_scale: 5 -> 9 [2022-08-20 16:13:08,987] [INFO] [ai] ! hop_recon_time: 22 -> 13 [2022-08-20 16:13:08,992] [INFO] [ai] ! min_recon_time: 10 -> 19 [2022-08-20 16:13:08,998] [INFO] [ai] ! max_interactions: 3 -> 24 [2022-08-20 16:13:09,003] [INFO] [ai] ! max_misses_for_recon: 7 -> 8 [2022-08-20 16:13:09,009] [INFO] [ai] ! excited_num_epochs: 24 -> 15 [2022-08-20 16:13:09,015] [INFO] [ai] ! bored_num_epochs: 25 -> 12 [2022-08-20 16:13:09,020] [INFO] [ai] ! sad_num_epochs: 12 -> 14 [2022-08-20 16:13:09,026] [INFO] [ai] ! channels: [4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 40, 44, 52, 56, 64, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 128] -> [1, 3, 4, 5 [2022-08-20 16:13:10,603] [INFO] sending association frame to - (- Huawei Device Co., Ltd.) on channel 6 [0 clie$ [2022-08-20 16:13:10,624] [INFO] error 400: could not find interface mon0: no interface matching 'mon0' found.

Environment: Pwnagotchi 1.5.5 (DrSchottky build), Raspberry Pi 4B, Waveshare 2.13 V2, U-blox M8, ASUS USB-AC55

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[BUG] USB Wifi Dies around 45-60 minutes (RPI 4; Pwn 1.55) #1110