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Thanks very much! I had initially set it up via nmtui but didn't disable eth0. I figured eth0 would simply become inactive once unplugged. Tomorrow morning I'll plug it into the Anet A8 and hopefully the Logitech webcam and be all set to go. Thanks again

Hi all, Semi-noob here so please be patient :) With the OPi Zero having rubbish WiFi I added a USB WiFi adaptor. I know it works as I've been using it on my OPi One running Retrorangepi. The Zero will be running OctoPrint in a room too far away from the router to run Ethernet cables. To initially set it up I connected the Zero to my router, logged in and disabled the onboard wireless adaptor, plugged in the USB and rebooted. Ran armbian-config and set up a static IP (192.168.1.30). Then I shutdown the Zero and unplugged the Ethernet cable and powered up the Zero again. Lan scan shows the IP address as up but ping shows 100% packet loss. Can't log in via ssh or web based webmin. At this point I'm stumped. Here are some diagnostic outputs: root@OctoPi:~# sudo lsusb Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0bda:8172 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8191SU 802.11n WLAN Adapte r Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub root@OctoPi:~# root@OctoPi:~# cat /etc/network/interfaces # armbian-config created source /etc/network/interfaces.d/* # Local loopback auto lo iface lo inet loopback # Interface eth0 allow-hotplug eth0 #no-auto-down eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.45 netmask 24 gateway 192.168.1.1 dns-nameservers 1.1.1.1 root@OctoPi:~# root@OctoPi:~# ifconfig eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet 192.168.1.45 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 inet6 fe80::42:b9ff:fee6:69b prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link> ether 02:42:b9:e6:06:9b txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) RX packets 2753 bytes 214464 (209.4 KiB) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 4896 bytes 1050921 (1.0 MiB) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 device interrupt 37 lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host> loop txqueuelen 1000 (Local Loopback) RX packets 120 bytes 9600 (9.3 KiB) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 120 bytes 9600 (9.3 KiB) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 wlx000d81aef933: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet 192.168.1.30 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 inet6 fe80::3f47:9f4a:215c:f2d prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link> ether 00:0d:81:ae:f9:33 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) RX packets 14860 bytes 2974356 (2.8 MiB) RX errors 0 dropped 131 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 121 bytes 10566 (10.3 KiB) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 root@OctoPi:~# root@OctoPi:~# iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. wlx000d81aef933 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"NetComm 3399" Nickname:"rtl_wifi" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 18:F1:45:90:77:6D Bit Rate:150 Mb/s Sensitivity:0/0 Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:****-****-****-****-****-****-****-**** Security mode:open Power Management:off Link Quality=100/100 Signal level=86/100 Noise level=0/100 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 root@OctoPi:~# I'm stumped at this point. Plug Ethernet back in and I can ping the wireless and access it via ssh. What have I missed? Thanks in advance :)

Hi all, Today I decided to pull my OPi Zero H3 out of its box and fire it up. Downloaded and installed Armbian Stretch mainline kernel 4.14.y to a SanDisk micro sdcard grade 10 and powered it up with a known good 5v 3a power supply I've used to power my OPi Zero's via GPIO (with all my Zero's I've soldered in GPIO headers - something I'm used to doing with RC helicopter and multirotor flight controllers). Connected my USB hub with keyboard and mouse connected. Disconnected my OPi One (RetrOrangePi gaming computer) from its HDMI connection and connected it to my Zero H3 and powered it up. Boot text is on display nice and clear. Then the desktop starts - with terrible overscan / flickering / multiple screens trying to be displayed. Is that fixable via editing a configuration file? My skills with Xwindows or window managers are extremely limited as I usually just use SSH (with the exception to RetrOrangePi where I just use the supplied and working graphical interface). On the TV I'm using HDMI input. I cycled between its display settings from Auto, 16:9, 4:3, Full screen and Dot-to-Dot (I had to use Dot-to-Dot for RetrOrangePi to display properly). Secondary question - is the wifi on the Zero H3 the same as the Zero - as in completely useless? My thought is if I can't get it to display properly I may use it as an Octoprint server. Thank you to the Devs for production of Armbian! TIA