Hello all,
I was having some issues connecting to my Wi-Fi network which is hidden. Moreover, I had issues trying to manually connect using connmanctl (connect wifi_<MAC_ADDR>_hidden_managed_psk) as the default hidden networks were not showing up. However, iwctl commands did work so I wrapped it in a systemctl service file. Perhaps such a hacky workaround could be fixed by understanding why connman doesn’t create default services. I’m sure there are more “correct” service files but it seems to be working so maybe it can help the next person.
You’ll still need some sort of shell/terminal access so the fix isn’t really for non-technical folks. I suspect adding some “Enter SSID manually” option in Lakka/Retroarch would be the most complete fix for this issue. Perhaps this already exists and only appears when hidden network are available in connman.
# /storage/.config/system.d/wifi.service
[Unit]
Description=Connect to Hidden WiFi on Boot
After=network.target connman.service
Wants=network.target connman.service
[Service]
Type=simple
Restart=always
RestartSec=60
RemainAfterExit=yes
ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/iwctl device list
ExecStart=/usr/bin/iwctl --passphrase "YOUR_PASSPHRASE" station wlan0 connect-hidden "YOUR_NETWORK"
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
My device is an older HP All-In-One. here is some more output about my device:
lsmod + lspci
Lakka:~ # lsmod
Module Size Used by
8021q 32768 0
snd_seq 81920 1
snd_seq_device 12288 1 snd_seq
bnep 24576 2
exfat 94208 1
rtw88_8821ce 12288 0
rtw88_pci 28672 1 rtw88_8821ce
rtw88_8821c 86016 1 rtw88_8821ce
rtw88_core 188416 2 rtw88_pci,rtw88_8821c
mac80211 1069056 2 rtw88_pci,rtw88_core
snd_hda_codec_alc269 118784 1
snd_hda_scodec_component 16384 1 snd_hda_codec_alc269
snd_hda_codec_realtek_lib 49152 1 snd_hda_codec_alc269
btusb 69632 0
btrtl 24576 1 btusb
btintel 57344 1 btusb
btbcm 20480 1 btusb
btmtk 24576 1 btusb
snd_hda_codec_atihdmi 16384 1
snd_hda_codec_generic 90112 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek_lib,snd_hda_codec_alc269
cfg80211 1048576 2 rtw88_core,mac80211
bluetooth 770048 27 btrtl,btmtk,btintel,btbcm,bnep,btusb
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 45056 1 snd_hda_codec_atihdmi
snd_hda_intel 49152 3
snd_intel_dspcfg 20480 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_hda_codec 147456 6 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek_lib,snd_hda_codec_alc269,snd_hda_codec_atihdmi
snd_hda_core 94208 7 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek_lib,snd_hda_codec_alc269,snd_hda_codec_atihdmi
fam15h_power 16384 0
k10temp 12288 0
ecdh_generic 12288 1 bluetooth
ecc 32768 1 ecdh_generic
snd_hwdep 16384 1 snd_hda_codec
rfkill 32768 5 bluetooth,cfg80211
hid_multitouch 32768 0
overlay 180224 7
pkcs8_key_parser 12288 0
fuse 196608 1
nfnetlink 16384 1
dmi_sysfs 20480 0
Lakka:~ # lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Processor Root Complex
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Stoney [Radeon R2/R3/R4/R5 Graphics] (rev da)
00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Device 15b3
00:02.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Host Bridge
00:02.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Processor Root Port
00:02.2 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Processor Root Port
00:02.3 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Processor Root Port
00:03.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Host Bridge
00:08.0 Encryption controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Carrizo Platform Security Processor
00:09.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Carrizo Audio Dummy Host Bridge
00:09.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Audio Controller
00:10.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB XHCI Controller (rev 20)
00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 4b)
00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller (rev 49)
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller (rev 4b)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge (rev 11)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Stoney HT Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Stoney Address Maps
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Stoney DRAM Configuration
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Stoney Miscellaneous Configuration
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Stoney PM Configuration
00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Stoney NB Performance Monitor
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
lspci -vvv network details
03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx+
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 39
Region 0: I/O ports at d000 [size=256]
Region 2: Memory at fe900000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
Status: D0 NoSoftRst+ PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Address: 00000000fee10000 Data: 0025
Capabilities: [70] Express (v2) Endpoint, IntMsgNum 0
DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <4us, L1 <64us
ExtTag- AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset- SlotPowerLimit 0W
DevCtl: CorrErr+ NonFatalErr+ FatalErr+ UnsupReq+
RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop-
MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
DevSta: CorrErr- NonFatalErr- FatalErr- UnsupReq- AuxPwr+ TransPend-
LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Exit Latency L0s <2us, L1 <64us
ClockPM+ Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot- ASPMOptComp-
LnkCtl: ASPM L1 Enabled; RCB 64 bytes, LnkDisable- CommClk+
ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1
TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
DevCap2: Completion Timeout: Not Supported, TimeoutDis+ NROPrPrP- LTR+
10BitTagComp- 10BitTagReq- OBFF Via message/WAKE#, ExtFmt- EETLPPrefix-
EmergencyPowerReduction Not Supported, EmergencyPowerReductionInit-
FRS- TPHComp- ExtTPHComp-
AtomicOpsCap: 32bit- 64bit- 128bitCAS-
DevCtl2: Completion Timeout: 50us to 50ms, TimeoutDis+
AtomicOpsCtl: ReqEn-
IDOReq- IDOCompl- LTR+ EmergencyPowerReductionReq-
10BitTagReq- OBFF Disabled, EETLPPrefixBlk-
LnkCap2: Supported Link Speeds: 2.5GT/s, Crosslink- Retimer- 2Retimers- DRS-
LnkCtl2: Target Link Speed: 5GT/s, EnterCompliance- SpeedDis-
Transmit Margin: Normal Operating Range, EnterModifiedCompliance- ComplianceSOS-
Compliance Preset/De-emphasis: -6dB de-emphasis, 0dB preshoot
LnkSta2: Current De-emphasis Level: -3.5dB, EqualizationComplete- EqualizationPhase1-
EqualizationPhase2- EqualizationPhase3- LinkEqualizationRequest-
Retimer- 2Retimers- CrosslinkRes: unsupported
Capabilities: [100 v2] Advanced Error Reporting
UESta: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
UEMsk: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
UESvrt: DLP+ SDES+ TLP- FCP+ CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+ ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
CESta: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- AdvNonFatalErr-
CEMsk: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- AdvNonFatalErr+
AERCap: First Error Pointer: 00, ECRCGenCap+ ECRCGenEn- ECRCChkCap+ ECRCChkEn-
MultHdrRecCap- MultHdrRecEn- TLPPfxPres- HdrLogCap-
HeaderLog: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Capabilities: [148 v1] Device Serial Number 00-e0-4c-ff-fe-c8-21-01
Capabilities: [158 v1] Latency Tolerance Reporting
Max snoop latency: 0ns
Max no snoop latency: 0ns
Capabilities: [160 v1] L1 PM Substates
L1SubCap: PCI-PM_L1.2- PCI-PM_L1.1- ASPM_L1.2- ASPM_L1.1- L1_PM_Substates-
L1SubCtl1: PCI-PM_L1.2- PCI-PM_L1.1- ASPM_L1.2- ASPM_L1.1-
L1SubCtl2:
Capabilities: [170 v1] Precision Time Measurement
PTMCap: Requester- Responder+ Root-
PTMClockGranularity: Unimplemented
PTMControl: Enabled- RootSelected-
PTMEffectiveGranularity: Unknown
Capabilities: [17c v1] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0003 Rev=1 Len=054 <?>
Kernel driver in use: rtw88_8821ce
Kernel modules: rtw88_8821ce
Hope this helps 