Hardware not properly detected (wiringPi not working)

[Phischi]

Hi,

I tried to use PiTX and PiFM on my RasPi (Rev. B, 2xUSB,512MB RAM). Though the software gives me this:

> root@kali:/home/rpitx# rpitx -m RF -i fm.ft -f 90000 -l
> rpitx Version 0.1 compiled Jun 15 2016 (F5OEO Evariste) running on Master PLL =
> 1000000000
> Unable to determine hardware version. I see: Hardware : BCM2835 ,
> - expecting BCM2708 or BCM2709. Please report this to [email protected]

So I followed that and wrote them a mail and I got this:

"You need to run a kernel that knows what the right processor & hardware
is. If wiringPi doesn't see the correct hardware revision then it really
doesn't know what to do.

bcm2853 is the generic ARM hardware, not the Pi specific stuff."

So uh, what now?

[re4son]

Hi Phischi,

it works flawlessly on all my Pi2's on Pi3's with standard Kali install:

root@Kali:/opt/rpitx# rpitx -m RF -i fm.ft -f 90000 -l
rpitx Version 0.1 compiled Jun 15 2016 (F5OEO Evariste) running on Master PLL = 1000000000
Model Pi 2
Jessie
Using mbox device /dev/vcio.
MASH 1 Freq PLL# 5
SampleRate=100000
WaitNano=20833 F1=179996484.443663 TuneFrequency 179999687.988281 F2=180004394.638541 Initial Resolution(Hz)=7910.194878 ResolutionPWMF 59.925719 NbStep=132 DELAYStep=14
****** STARTING TRANSMIT ********

Doesn't seem to be Kali related.

I hope that helps,
Re4son

[Phischi]

Hi Phischi,

it works flawlessly on all my Pi2's on Pi3's with standard Kali install:

root@Kali:/opt/rpitx# rpitx -m RF -i fm.ft -f 90000 -l
rpitx Version 0.1 compiled Jun 15 2016 (F5OEO Evariste) running on Master PLL = 1000000000
Model Pi 2
Jessie
Using mbox device /dev/vcio.
MASH 1 Freq PLL# 5
SampleRate=100000
WaitNano=20833 F1=179996484.443663 TuneFrequency 179999687.988281 F2=180004394.638541 Initial Resolution(Hz)=7910.194878 ResolutionPWMF 59.925719 NbStep=132 DELAYStep=14
****** STARTING TRANSMIT ********

Doesn't seem to be Kali related.

I hope that helps,
Re4son

And why it complains about BCM2853? As it was stated, Kali seems to report the wrong CPU... why?

[re4son]

Hi Phischi,

I'm not sure but Kali out of the box reports the correct CPU.
I've downloaded the latest Kali image, ran an update, installed rpitx and it worked flawlessly with Kali reporting "Model Pi 2" & "Jessie".
Note: It reported Pi2 on both the Pi2 and the Pi3, which is ok because they are identical as far as rpitx is concerned.

Have you installed anything else or tweaked the configuration at all?

[Phischi]

I just did run the upgrade, not more. Oh and ofcourse I cloned the git of the PiTX project.