Compile Auto-Hotspot for OctoPi; no success so far?

[filipgoc]

Hi,

I'm trying to compile OctoPi with auto-hotspot. I know you're still working on it, but the basic functionality seems stable, and I wanted to beta test it.

I verified that the CustomPiOS has Auto-Hotspot in modules CustomPiOS/src/modules/auto-hotspot, and I modified the OctoPi>src>config as follows

export MODULES="base(raspicam, network, disable-services(octopi,auto-hotspot), password-for-sudo)"

It compiles successfully into an image. No errors. OctoPrint runs as expected.

Trouble is, I get no hotspot.

Test 1: I leave wpa-supplicant untouched so that the Pi has no internet, but no hotspots starts. I tried reboot in vain. Test 2: Also tried connecting the Pi and verify OctoPi is working, then kill the ned, and still nothing. Test 3: I'm on RPI 3B+. I tried to add an edimax wifi dongle (that I'm used to used with RPi2 to get wifi) and reboot. This did not help either.

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Q: Did I do all that I needed to do? Are there more steps in the compilation or in the setip usage department?

Q: Should the auto-hotspot work with RPi 3B+ out of the box or do I need a wifi dongle?

Thanks for any pointers!

[guysoft]

Hey, Indeed, there is development in the auto-hotspot in another project using CustomPiOS, called Zynthian. Their issue is here: https://github.com/zynthian/zynthian-webconf/issues/34#issuecomment-497279306

It seems that 3 days ago they moved to use a new script and stopped using the auto-hotspot module. So I guess we could merge that script upstream, I just didn't get to trying it out. If you want to their script it might push this fowards.

[filipgoc]

Nice. I can give it a try in about one week.

[guysoft]

@filipgoc Any luck?

[guysoft]

Closing if no reply

[filipgoc]

PS: I don't want to re-open this; I just want to apologize for going silent. I never made this work.

[guysoft]

Thanks for the update