Radxa Zero 3W - WiFi Issues on Setup

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Required Information

  • DietPi version | cat /boot/dietpi/.version 9
  • Distro version | echo $G_DISTRO_NAME $G_RASPBIAN Trixie
  • Kernel version | uname --all Linux DietPI 6.12.57current-rockchip64 #1 SMP PREEMPT
  • Architecture | dpkg --print-architecture ARM64
  • SBC model | echo $G_HW_MODEL_NAME or (EG: RPi3) Radxa Zero 3 aarch64
  • Power supply used | (EG: 5V 1A RAVpower) 5v 1A
  • SD card used | (EG: SanDisk ultra) eMMC 8GB

Additional Information (if applicable)

So I have an 8x Radxa Zero 3 all running Diet Pi Trixie and its awesome. But I set those up a few months ago and now I have gone to setup some new ones and when I go to dietpi-config and network adpaters it won’t turn on the wifi, wants to delete a bunch of wifi related packages. I tried downloading Porky and Bookworm DietPi_RadxaZero-ARMv7-Trixie.img.xz but I’m not sure if v7 was a thing or not. Is there a possible fix for this issue on v8 , or does anyone have a link for v7?

Steps to reproduce

  1. Enter Maskrom mode by powering up and holding down the button

  2. Flash Boot Loader with rkdeveloptool & I used this one as I have used it previously without issue: rk356x_spl_loader_ddr1056_v1.12.109_no_check_todly.bin
    3.UNXZ DietPi_RadxaZero-ARMv8-Trixie.img.xz
    4.Flash device with DietPi_RadxaZero-ARMv8-Trixie.img
    5.Reboot device up it will fail loading beacuse of no wifi and you can selected dietpi-config goto network adapters and then you will be stuck in infinite loop of not getting it to even turn on let alone scan.

Expected behaviour

Wifi to turn on and then scan for wifi network and carry on with the install/setup

Actual behaviour

cannot get wifi

Extra details

Sorry I am a moron and its probably something simple.

First you need to activate the onboard WiFi in dietpi-config


Then go to BackExit. Now comes a prompt asking you to reboot. Confirm!

After the reboot go back into the adapter menu, WiFi should now be Available and ready for config