aleckane404 Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 Hello, I recently purchased a Mark VII from someone who changed their mind about it and after quite a bit of rebooting, recovering and even trying older firmware I keep getting an error (phy2 MISSING) at the end of the setup process... at least when using the GUI. When I use a USB to configure I had no errors but it was almost as if none of the passwords too (management wifi or root) because they simply did not work however the pineapple did go straight to the login screen which was a sign of hope. See HTML report below: .NN, .cxxdl' xMMO 'cdxxl' .c0WMNk;,NMMW:,xXMMKo. ...:KMMMWMMMMWMMMXc... . , .l0NMMMNXMMMMMMMMMMMMXNMMMWKl' xWd ,0Wd .':xNMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNkc'. ;KM0' lWMo .;dNMMMMMMMMMMMMMMWx:. .l. dMWc :WWo oNd .;xKWMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMWXx:. dWX: dMW; ,NWo oMW: .. ..,lOXWMMMMMMMMMMWN0o;.. .. cWMl dMN' .XMx oWN; lc .loooolcooclooool. cXl oMWc kMK. oMW' ,WMl cMW: lWMW0d:;cdd:;:o0WMWl lMW: OMW' ,WMl 0M0 xMX. .XMd .lo:.,dXMMMMMMXd,.:ol. kMK. 'NMd KMO NMd KMk lMN. .;:xOxollccddcclloxOx:;. 'WM: OM0 xMX WMo .XMx dMK oNMMMMWOc;;ol;;cOWMMMMNo .XMl kMK dMN NMx 0MO :Kd. .lllcl;.:0WMMMMW0:.;lclll. .xK; 0MO kMX __ ___ ______ _ _____ _ .:W0;,oxl:::oOOo:::lxo,;0W: _ .ONo KMk \ \ / (_| ____(_) | __ (_) ;cKMMMMWk:.;,.;kWMMMMKc;. | | .OX: \ \ /\ / / _| |__ _ | |__) _ _ __ ___ __ _ _ __ _ __ | | ___ \ \/ \/ / | | __| | | | ___| | '_ \ / _ \/ _` | '_ \| '_ \| |/ _ \ \ /\ / | | | | | | | | | | | | __| (_| | |_) | |_) | | __/ \/ \/ |_|_| |_| |_| |_|_| |_|\___|\__,_| .__/| .__/|_|\___| ----------------------------------------------------| |-- | |---------------------- |_| |_| Filesystems Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/root 21.8M 21.8M 0 100% /rom tmpfs 123.7M 92.0K 123.6M 0% /tmp /dev/mmcblk0 1.8G 8.2M 1.7G 0% /overlay overlayfs:/overlay 1.8G 8.2M 1.7G 0% / tmpfs 512.0K 0 512.0K 0% /dev Radios phy0 ../../devices/platform/10300000.wmac/ieee80211/phy0 phy1 ../../devices/platform/101c0000.ehci/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.0/ieee80211/phy1 phy2 MISSING USB Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux 5.4.154 ohci_hcd Generic Platform OHCI controller Bus 001 Device 003: ID 148f:7601 MediaTek 802.11 n WLAN Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1a40:0101 USB 2.0 Hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux 5.4.154 ehci_hcd EHCI Host Controller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DramaKing Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 Now you know why the previous owner wanted to get rid of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aleckane404 Posted August 6, 2023 Author Share Posted August 6, 2023 Honestly that would suck if that were the case but I am trying to have some hope. Any chance this is power related or anything else ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_pyrro Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 I guess you got some help on Discord. If both 7601 radios where gone, I'd say it would be the USB hub on the Pineapple that was toast. But when just one of them is gone, I'd guess it's that specific radio. Difficult to say why, maybe the previous owner fried it running it without antenna for some reason. The only power related thing to try is to make sure you use a power source that provides at least 2A (it should run on less than that, but just to follow what the docs say). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aleckane404 Posted August 6, 2023 Author Share Posted August 6, 2023 Yeah I started on the discord channel and I did put in a ticket as suggested so I am going to see where it goes from there, I am still talking to the person I got it from so I put in his order number and such. I do find it strange that the setup completes seemingly okay when I do the USB setup because I can get to the login page however it doesn't accept the password from the config file (I even tried a completely unmodified version from the docs). But this is what gave me hope that it might be okay. As for the power, I used three different sources as a test and no change sadly. I did try to move the antennas around just to see it maybe it was the screw on portion causing the issue and no change but there was a time when I used all stub antennas that it worked but consistently looped the setup on boot each time (but did not give the error at the end of the setup ~ weird). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_pyrro Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 phy2 should be radio2 which in turn is wlan2 that should be used to connect the Pineapple as a client to an existing wireless network (for internet access, etc.), so if that is failing then the other features should work (such as the management interface, the open AP). One thing that you could try that has worked for some users stuck in the config/setup loop is to connect using serial and check if you can see the following file in the file system: /etc/pineapple/setup_required If so, delete it and reboot. It's an "old trick" that was valid on earlier fw versions of the Mark VII, so not sure it applies in this specific case. Could be worth trying. Remember though that opening the Pineapple (to get access to the serial header) will void warranty, but I guess the warranty is gone with the wind anyway when it comes to this specific device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aleckane404 Posted August 6, 2023 Author Share Posted August 6, 2023 I did reach out to POTENTIALLY get a warranty something being that I did have the order number but I do not have high hopes so I will open it if that ends up being a dead end. I have confidence in my board soldering skills if I end up finding something broken inside prior to trying this specific thing. Thank you for the suggestion and I will be sure to close the loop on this topic when I find some resolve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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