[Ubuntu Touch Ports to Android] dejello:
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Updated - Build 3 now up!

Wifi seems to be working with some terminal junk. I followed this page as a reference after figuring out the wlan module wasn't being loaded: http://www.omappedia.com/wiki/Mac80211_based_open_source_architecture#Procedure_to_build_WLAN_and_test_on_Ubuntu_FS

NOTE: The module is apparently being unloaded after a while, possibly to do with going to sleep, not sure atm. If you have installed the terminal core app you can get back online without plugging back in..

I did the following commands and checked the browser and I was online!

root@android:/ # adb shell
root@android:/ # ubuntu_chroot shell
root@ubuntu-phablet:/# sudo mount -t proc proc /proc
root@ubuntu-phablet:/# lsmod
[I]Module	Size	Used by
wl12xx	189125	0
mac80211	384303	1 wl12xx
pvrsrvkm_sgx540_120	336017	34
cfg80211	181275	2 mac80211,wl12xx
compat	2718	0 [/I]

Notice: It did not show wl12xx_sdio - which has wlan0.

root@ubuntu-phablet:/# insmod /system/lib/modules/wl12xx_sdio.ko
root@ubuntu-phablet:/# tail -3 /var/log/kern.log
[I]May 25 23:23:09 ubuntu-phablet kernel: [ 377.563903] wl12xx_set_power: 1
May 25 23:23:10 ubuntu-phablet kernel: [ 377.900939] wl12xx_set_power: 0
May 25 23:23:10 ubuntu-phablet kernel: [ 377.911682] wl12xx: loaded[/I]

root@ubuntu-phablet:/# ifconfig wlan0 up
root@ubuntu-phablet:/# tail -3 /var/log/kern.log
[I]May 25 23:25:04 ubuntu-phablet kernel: [ 492.360870] wl12xx_set_power: 1
May 25 23:25:05 ubuntu-phablet kernel: [ 492.839141] wl12xx: firmware booted (Rev 6.3.10.0.133)
May 25 23:25:05 ubuntu-phablet kernel: [ 492.864288] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready[/I]

root@ubuntu-phablet:/# iwconfig wlan0 essid "tinyguest"
root@ubuntu-phablet:/# dhclient wlan0
root@ubuntu-phablet:/# ip addr
[I]......
7: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP qlen 1000
link/ether 58:67:1a:53:b1:bd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.2.13/24 brd 192.168.2.255 scope global wlan0
inet6 fe80::5a67:1aff:fe53:b1bd/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever[/I]

Note: "tinyguest" is my test guest network with no security atm, insert the SSID of your network. I have not tested yet to see if this will work with security on.

Not sure how stable everything is, but hey, it's a dev preview so :P

UPDATE: I just had a realization.... After insmoding wl12xx_sdio.ko and bring the wlan0 up, I simply restarted the network manager service and now the gui shows up! I do need to check my wpa_supplicant file as I had been playing with it. <-- Fine unedited. I am also running a new minidroid build compiled using wpa_supplicant 8 vs wpa_supplicant 8_TI that I have yet to upload. I will need to see if this has any effect. I was having an issue compiling the TI version and was getting annoyed trying to figure it out :P New commands are as follows:

root@android:/ # adb shell
root@android:/ # ubuntu_chroot shell
root@ubuntu-phablet:/# insmod /system/lib/modules/wl12xx_sdio.ko
[STRIKE]root@ubuntu-phablet:/# ifconfig wlan0 up[/STRIKE] <-- DIdn't even up it this past time, seems that restarting the network-manager service up's it.
root@ubuntu-phablet:/# service network-manager restart

Will be updating this post and adding a pic..