WiFi: adapter chooser, optional wifis, wrong-password diagnosis

- Menu asks which adapter when several exist (shows USB/PCI); the web UI
  helper prefers the adapter already configured.
- Stale-entry cleanup also marks remaining installer wifis optional so a
  dead WiFi entry can't hold up boot.
- After a failed connect, read wpa_supplicant's log to say wrong password /
  network not found / rejected.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01A97KUggSE3rBL8veDM5Mr4
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Claude
2026-10-16 15:56:46 +00:00
parent 903a1e45e4
commit f91dbe4d5f
2 changed files with 130 additions and 5 deletions
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@@ -57,17 +57,91 @@ try:
del w[n]
if not w:
del d["network"]["wifis"]
# Not "optional" = the boot waits (up to ~2 min) for it to get an address.
opt = [n for n, v in w.items() if isinstance(v, dict) and not v.get("optional")]
for n in opt:
w[n]["optional"] = True
if stale or opt:
if not stale:
shutil.copy2(p, p + ".kiosk-bak")
mode = os.stat(p).st_mode & 0o777
with open(p, "w") as fh:
yaml.safe_dump(d, fh, default_flow_style=False)
os.chmod(p, mode)
print("Removed stale WiFi entries from %s: %s" % (p, ", ".join(map(str, stale))))
print("Fixed WiFi entries in %s (removed: %s)" % (p, ", ".join(map(str, stale)) or "none"))
except Exception:
pass
PYEOF
done
}
# Why a connect attempt failed, from wpa_supplicant's own log lines in
# the journal (netplan runs it as netplan-wpa-<iface>.service). Prints a
# short human-readable reason, or nothing if the log says nothing useful.
wifi_diagnose() {
local log
log=$(journalctl -b -u "netplan-wpa-$1" -n 150 --no-pager 2>/dev/null) || return 0
if grep -q "reason=WRONG_KEY\|pre-shared key may be incorrect" <<< "$log"; then
echo "wrong password (the network rejected the key)"
elif grep -q "CTRL-EVENT-NETWORK-NOT-FOUND" <<< "$log"; then
echo "network not found - wrong name, or out of range of this adapter"
elif grep -q "CTRL-EVENT-ASSOC-REJECT\|CTRL-EVENT-AUTH-REJECT" <<< "$log"; then
echo "the access point refused the connection (MAC filter, or WPA3-only/unsupported security)"
fi
}
# Every wireless interface, one per line.
wifi_list_ifaces() {
local d
for d in /sys/class/net/*; do
if [[ -d "$d/wireless" || -e "$d/phy80211" ]]; then
basename "$d"
fi
done
}
# "USB" / "PCI" / "" - what an interface hangs off, to tell a dongle
# from a built-in card when there are two.
wifi_iface_bus() {
local sub
sub=$(readlink -f "/sys/class/net/$1/device/subsystem" 2>/dev/null) || return 0
case "$sub" in
*/usb) echo "USB" ;;
*/pci) echo "PCI" ;;
esac
}
# The interface to configure: the only one, or the user's pick when there
# are several (e.g. built-in card plus a USB dongle).
wifi_choose_iface() {
local -a ifaces
mapfile -t ifaces < <(wifi_list_ifaces)
if (( ${#ifaces[@]} == 0 )); then
wifi_detect_iface
return
fi
if (( ${#ifaces[@]} == 1 )); then
echo "${ifaces[0]}"
return 0
fi
{
echo "Several WiFi adapters found:"
local i bus
for i in "${!ifaces[@]}"; do
bus=$(wifi_iface_bus "${ifaces[$i]}")
printf ' %d. %s%s\n' "$((i + 1))" "${ifaces[$i]}" "${bus:+ ($bus)}"
done
} >&2
local choice
read -r -p "Which one? [1]: " choice </dev/tty >&2
choice=${choice:-1}
if [[ "$choice" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] && (( choice >= 1 && choice <= ${#ifaces[@]} )); then
echo "${ifaces[$((choice - 1))]}"
else
echo "${ifaces[0]}"
fi
}
wifi_menu() {
local rc=0
wifi_configure || rc=$?
@@ -165,7 +239,7 @@ wifi_configure() {
fi
local wifi_iface
if ! wifi_iface=$(wifi_detect_iface); then
if ! wifi_iface=$(wifi_choose_iface); then
log_warning "No WiFi hardware detected"
echo "Network interfaces found: $(ls /sys/class/net 2>/dev/null | tr '\n' ' ')"
echo "If you have a USB WiFi adapter, make sure it's plugged in. A built-in"
@@ -344,7 +418,14 @@ WATCHEOF
[[ -n "${SSH_CONNECTION:-}" ]] && echo "Connection successful - watchdog will not revert"
else
log_warning "Config applied but $wifi_iface has no address yet"
echo "Wrong password or network name is the usual cause. Details:"
local why
why=$(wifi_diagnose "$wifi_iface")
if [[ -n "$why" ]]; then
log_error "Couldn't connect to $ssid: $why"
else
echo "Wrong password or network name is the usual cause."
fi
echo "Details:"
echo " sudo journalctl -b -u 'netplan-wpa-*' -u systemd-networkd -n 30 --no-pager"
fi
else