Technical notes, and other ideas.
Starting the research
Tutorial: http://lcdev.dk/2012/11/18/raspberry-pi-tutorial-connect-to-wifi-or-create-an-encrypted-dhcp-enabled-ad-hoc-network-as-fallback/
Origin reference to tutorial: http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/1074/how-can-i-setup-a-wireless-access-point-or-and-ad-hoc-network
Getting an error after installation:
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$ lxsession-edit
Opens Desktop Session Settings dialog box and uncheck LXPolKit. Click OK. then reboot
The following may or may not be of any use, wait until your next re-installation.
Wi-fi Dongle Kept Disconnected, actually this is not true, it automatically kept re-connecting
The Wireless Dongle Kept Disconnecting
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Started after installing ice weasel but it might be something else instead, here's what a recommended solution would be in order to turn off power saving.
This gets it back:
$ sudo /etc/init.d/dbus restart
This might be a permanent fix:
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pi@raspberrypi:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
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auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet dhcp
allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet manual
wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
Ended up adding scan_ssid=1, and that might have fixed it
pi@raspberrypi:~$ sudo cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
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ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
network={
ssid="enter-ssid-here"
scan_ssid=1
psk="enter-key-here"
proto=RSN
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP
auth_alg=OPEN
}
Create and edit a new file in /etc/modprobe.d/8192cu.conf
sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/8192cu.conf
and paste the following in
# Disable power saving
options 8192cu rtw_power_mgnt=0 rtw_enusbss=1 rtw_ips_mode=1
Then reboot with sudo reboot
Installing Ice Weasel
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install iceweasel
Making Sure Timezone is Set Properly
Before going into startx, you can re-run the configuration:
$ dpkg-reconfigure tzdata