Have been using Piaware 4.0 (one month now from the upgrade) on a Pi Zero W and a Pro Stick Plus (blue) without any problems.
Suddenly Piaware stopped reporting and ssh is unnaccesible. I isolated the problem: Whenever I plug the receiver onto the Pi, wifi drops, if I unplug it, wifi is restored immediatly.
I already checked dmesg and no voltage issues are reported, I changed the power supply but the issue was not solved either. I reimaged my sd card with old backups proved to work (back to 3.8.1) but the issue is still there.
I already disabled wifi power management and iwconfig reports it a being disabled.
Lastly I put the same SD card on another Pi (Pi3B+) and it works perfectly.
So I think the dongle is not faulty and the sd card is working fine. I think it’s a power management issue.
Is there any other power management configuration I can play with besides iwconfig?
It’s really weird it has been working for months 24/7 but now it’s showing such a weird behaviour.
I have a similar setup with a Pi4 the Blue FA stick but nothing else connected.
While my previous Pi4 showed the same behavior, the new one is rock solid since August.
Nothing else, PiZero W, sd card, power supply and Prostick+.
Have tried official power supply (2.5amp power supply), an ipad charger (5.1v), a motorola turbo charger (5v, 3 amps). Nothing makes it work (although it worked for months).
The pi3 with the same components (sd, power supplies, stick) works fine, although it’s supposed to draw more current than the zero.
Amps mean nothing for your Zero. Rather the voltage can be an issue, 5.1V should be fine… I have also used an Amazon Kindle charger with 5.2V.
If none works, probably some of the Zero’s internals are dying.
There is more going on somewhere, especially if SSH is dropping off. This may sound strange, but are there any strange authorized_keys files in /root/.ssh, or does that path exist? Asking because there is a nifty BOTNET going around that targets SSH on IOT/Linux in general and all sorts of strange things happen.
max_usb_current=1
I believe is still applicable to the Pi Zero in the /boot/config.txt file to assist the USB port power somewhat.
Sounds like you’re privy with linux in general and already checked the logs and all that, so have to think on what else recently changed with that setup, or nothing at all and just out of the blue?
Switched again the same sd card now to a Pi2, and works perfectly.
I already ordered a new PiZero, maybe that´s what´s failing. Any other component (power supply, pro stick, sd card & image) is working when the Zero is not used.
The other component I have not being able to check is the Pi Zero USB-MicroUSB adapter cable. New Zero kit will bring a new cable just to check.
Yeah so that implies hardware (to me) so the only things out of the picture from that test swap is the PiZeroW and adapter cable itself. I guess either could give up the ghost. It’d be a good test to see what happens with that new cable/adapter. If it still does the same thing, then I’d lean towards the PiZ itself being the culprit. Wouldn’t cost anything but a few seconds to try the usb setting if you don’t already have it in the config.txt as a last-ditch test besides new adapter when it comes in.
6 months ago I had this issue and the only way I found to solve it was replacing the Pi Zero W and USB adapter cable with new ones *same blue Prostick, no replacement here). SInce then the problem (wifi disconnecting as soon Prostick was connected, and getting connected again by disconnecting Prostick) dissapeared.
Sudeenly 2 days ago the problem came back. I rebooted many times, reimaged SD Card, cleaned connectors, etc. Nothing worked.
I left the Pi running more than 24 hours and wifi was still disconnected.
Then we had a power outage and when it came back, the Pi rebooted and everuthing is back to normal again - 18 hours now without disconnections.
I can’t imagine what may be wrong. Maybe it not only needs to be rebooted but disconnected from power a few minutes before reconnecting power.
Hello - I am running into the same issue, I have been running a Raspberry Pi Zero along with the Pro stick for over a month without any issues. Suddenly my wifi is dropping, but notice that it works when the Prostick is disconnected. I have tried following few threads to disable WiFi power management without any luck. Do you have any other suggestions? Thank you
Additionally, I tried swapping for another new Pi Zero I have, but no luck.
Hello - Awesome to hear you reached 6 months without a reboot!
After some troubleshooting, I decided to try and swap out the OTG to USB cable for a hub and it’s been working for the last 24 hours. It was an instant fix, response time via SSH & local flight aware page have all improved. Will update after a few weeks. Hope this helps someone!
Recommended for Pi Zero:
Previous one I was using (not recommended for Pi Zero)
