In order to automatically switch to AP and Wifi without need to reboot following commands could be used. I am not creating PR as long as I am not sure if this is still active.

sudo ifconfig wlan0 down
sleep 5
sudo ifconfig wlan0 up

Don't know if you are working with this any more, but https://snaptext.live doesn't exist.

Hello @schollz,

I have noticed that on first try, the startup.py script tries to find a pi.id file that if it is not on the directory it will create it with and random generated key and then expands the filesystem.

There are 2 things that caught my mind:

1 - Why expanding the filesystem if the file is not present? Is there a reason why the filesystem should be expanded if the file is not on the directory?

2 - If the idea of the of the id_generator() method is to create a unique, let's say, serial number maybe we can use the information on the board itself to get the unique id directly from hardware Something like this:

def id_generator():
  # Extract serial from cpuinfo file
  cpuserial = "0000000000000000"
  try:
    f = open('/proc/cpuinfo','r')
    for line in f:
      if line[0:6]=='Serial':
        cpuserial = line[10:26]
    f.close()
  except:
    cpuserial = "ERROR000000000"

  return cpuserial

We can even have a mix that if the try block fails we can generate it by the method you have implemented, so on the first blocks it will return the real unique serial number and in the second block it will generate it as it is generating it until now.

Best regards.

Currently, the turnkey scripts say that the user can find the IP address of their Pi at a snaptext.live link, however this site is no longer around. As a user, it is confusing to be pointed to a dead link.

To reduce confusion, the snaptext.live messages should be removed. As the functionality currently does not work, this will not be a loss of any features. Developers integrating turnkey into their projects can use startup.sh to determine the IP address if it needs to be exposed to the user.

You mention adding this to the crontab of the root-user:

   @reboot cd /home/pi/raspberry-pi-turnkey && /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/python3 startup.py

Since this will be run by root there is no need for the use of sudo. You could simplify to:

   @reboot cd /home/pi/raspberry-pi-turnkey &&  /usr/bin/python3 startup.py

Hello @schollz,

Is there any way we can change the site language and the wpa_supplicant file to set country specific code on it?

Best regards.

I'm using Raspbian Buster Lite (v2021), I've been looking all over the web for a solution like this...I used this a while back and it worked like a charm, but now with the new OS, it doesn't work, or more accuratly I can't install it. hostapd throws an exception that it's masked, so I unmasked it, but when I ran it again, it just didn't do anything.

As a result of fixing #2, you've switched to adding a command to /etc/rc.local. You've added:

su pi -c '/usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/python3 /home/pi/raspberry-pi-turnkey/startup.py &'

The script rc.local will be launched as root, via the boot-up process:

• If you want to run commands as root you just do that!
• If you want to run commands as the user pi you can use su pi -c command-to-run

You seem to be trying to do both:

• You run su pi -c '....' to run the command as the user pi
• But then the command to run is sudo ....
  • Which will fail, since sudo will prompt for a password anyway ..

This is obviously not your problem but raspbian Stretch's hostapd as it changed their installation steps and a little edit is needed in your installation steps here under README.
Run these:

sudo systemctl unmask hostapd
sudo systemctl enable hostapd

before running this:

sudo systemctl start hostapd && sudo systemctl start dnsmasq

Here is a little background reading.

Hello,
I am using your turnkey to convert my raspberry pi to hotspot and then connect it to wifi network. But when I enter the credentials in login page and press sign in, it gives network error. Though the raspberry pi is connected to my wifi but when I try to ssh into my pi using putty it gives connection timed out error (I am using the same ip address that I earlier used to ssh into my pi). Can anyone help me out here?

Dear Mr. schollz, I am using Google Assistant (GassistPi) installed on Raspbian Stretch. Please suggest me how to include Turnkey option for for my Google Assistant / Raspbian Stretch. [email protected]

If you do want to use commands as root, from the pi user you can simplify.

Instead of editing /etc/sudoers with visudo as you currently do you could either:

• Create the file /etc/sudoers.d/pi
  • ie. "echo 'pi ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL ' > /etc/sudoers.d/pi"
• Add the user to the sudo group
  • i.e. "adduser pi sudo"

Hi there
VERY excited by this BUT I use xfinitywifi which is a service in the USA where AP's are on people's modems and we login whereever we see xfinitywifi. We then enter our email address and our xfinitywifi password. This connects our laptops to the wifi. I don't really see how to do this on your config. I thought the email was the one that got a message sent to it??

Could this be tweaked for Ubuntu Server?

Please make a pre made image for pi zero w

when i connected to ConnectToConnect , after that not getting page with 192.168.4.1.

There is no place in the flask site to indicate the AP is open. It will accept any password but will not connect to the AP.

I am assuming this would require:

• update the template to add a check box for open access points
• update the wpa supplicant template to add a "wpa_psk NONE" (I think this is the command for open wifi in supplicant, I will have to double check)

Anything I missed? I can take a shot at this if that these are the only changes needed.

I have set everything up according to the instructions but when I try to run I get an error on line 180 in startup.py -> subprocess.Popen("./expand_filesystem.sh")

Anybody have an idea about what is happening?

Note: I am using raspbian buster lite.

Hello, I just installed your image and it works wonderfully, however, I wanted to continue using my rasp by connecting to it through ssh and keep adding stuff to the server.

My question is, after installing your image, is the pi "locked" (by locked I mean in its use, it is now binded to its use and it cannot be changed)? Or can I continue logging to it?

Wonderful project btw!

https://raspberry-pi-turnkey.schollz.com/2018-03-02-turnkey.zip

I don't see the ConnecttoConnect AP. Is there anything I can do to test it is running

On first startup it goes into hostapd mode but after it connects to a wireless the status is set to to 'connected' and if you move or change ssid the hostapd never activates:

• Right before check connection is made the status is read from the file and if it was connected once the status will be 'connected'
• If check connection doesn't succeed the status will be still 'connected' and written back again (line 84)
• Then the condition 'elif s['status'] == 'connected'' is always met

I think I have fixed it but for some reason I can't explain I'm using Python 2.7 and if I make a PR I'm not sure it will work.

Just wondering why you bothered to include setup instructions for Node and Go when they are not used anywhere...?
Thanks