Zero 3W - Can't detect WiFi

#1

I am using a Zero 3W, 2 GB with no eMMC.

The SD Card boots Debian XFCE b6. On first boot, I upgraded packages and rebooted. Ever since, the WiFi Adapter is not getting detected.

sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y && sudo reboot

After it finished rebooting, the Network Connection dropdown at the top does not list any SSIDs.

nmcli radio shows that the WiFi radio is enabled. nmcli device only shows lo and no other devices. Because of this, I can’t scan for SSIDs and subsequently can’t connect to any network.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

#2

Please check that the aic8800-sdio-dkms package is installed.

#3

This question is fixed, please wait for the APT update. Before that, you can try to delete /lib/udev/rules.d/99-radxa-aic8800.rules and restart.

#4

There is a package installed called aic8800-dkms. In apt, even after running apt-update, there is no package called aic8800-sdio-dkms. Is it the same?

#5

Thank you, but there is no such file after running apt upgrade!

#6

Try updating with rconfig.

#7

show me sudo apt list *aic* log

#8

Do you mean rsetup?

#9

yes rsetup, I got confused because on dietpi there is dietpi-config…

#10

Weird! Yes, this works completely fine with rsetup -> System Upgrade. Even though internally I’m sure this runs apt upgrade due to what’s printed on the screen.

Well I’ll use it this way for now.

#11

Weird story. Running a system update with rsetup shows this package. With just a apt update && apt upgrade this package gets downgraded/uninstalled.

#12

For everyone wondering - instead of using sudo apt upgrade, I used rsetup to run a System Update and this worked.