[RPi 5] Internal wifi adapter not detected

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Required Information

  • DietPi version | cat /boot/dietpi/.version

G_DIETPI_VERSION_CORE=9
G_DIETPI_VERSION_SUB=7
G_DIETPI_VERSION_RC=1
G_GITBRANCH=‘master’
G_GITOWNER=‘MichaIng’

  • Distro version | echo $G_DISTRO_NAME $G_RASPBIAN

bookworm 0

  • Kernel version | uname --all

Linux DietPi 6.6.51+rpt-rpi-2712 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.6.51-1+rpt2 (2024-10-01) aarch64 GNU/Linux

  • Architecture | dpkg --print-architecture

arm64

  • SBC model | echo $G_HW_MODEL_NAME

RPi 5 Model B (aarch64)

  • Power supply used | (EG: 5V 1A RAVpower)

Mi 65W Fast charger, model: AD65GEU

  • SD card used | (EG: SanDisk ultra)

SanDisk Ultra 64Gb

Additional Information (if applicable)

1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether 2c:cf:67:62:3d:11 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

  • lspci:

00:00.0 PCI bridge: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM2712 PCIe Bridge (rev 21)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Raspberry Pi Ltd RP1 PCIe 2.0 South Bridge

  • dpgk --list *firmware*:

Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
++±======================-=================-============-==========================================================
un bluez-firmware (no description available)
un firmware-adi (no description available)
ii firmware-atheros 1:20230625-2+rpt3 all Binary firmware for Qualcomm Atheros wireless cards
ii firmware-brcm80211 1:20230625-2+rpt3 all Binary firmware for Broadcom/Cypress 802.11 wireless cards
un firmware-ivtv (no description available)
ii firmware-iwlwifi 1:20230625-2+rpt3 all Binary firmware for Intel Wireless cards
un firmware-linux (no description available)
ii firmware-linux-free 20200122-1 all Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel
un firmware-linux-nonfree (no description available)
ii firmware-misc-nonfree 1:20230625-2+rpt3 all Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel
un firmware-ralink (no description available)
ii firmware-realtek 1:20230625-2+rpt3 all Binary firmware for Realtek wired/Wi-Fi/BT adapters
un linux-firmware-raspi3 (no description available)
ii raspi-firmware 1:1.20240924-1 all Raspberry Pi family GPU firmware and bootloaders
un raspi3-firmware (no description available)

  • [EDIT] In dietpi-config > Netword Adapters, onboard wifi is off and wifi is not found

Extra details

Hi!

I re-installed the latest version of DietPi on my new RPi 5 (twice to be sure) but the internal wifi adapter is not detected. I had to reinstalled it because of a problem with my old sd card (Sillicon nand 64Gb) but the adapter was detected with it. Now, with a fresh install and the new sd card, nothing is detected.
The rpi is supposed to work as a wifi hotspot so the ethernet will be the internet access and the wifi adapter will be used for the hotspot.
Nothing was modified on the os except the static ip address and the hotspot configuration (ssid, password etc).

Feel free to ask me more details and thanks for your help :smile:

Did you tried to enable WiFi on dietpi-config? A reboot is required afterwards

Yes but it’s the same after the reboot

what is the status within dietpi-config

The status in dietpi-config is WiFi : Not Found | [On] | Disconnected

Okay so I tried to install the Rpi OS Lite with the rpi imager software and I noticed that the wifi adapter was working with this OS. So I tried to install again dietpi but this time using the rpi imager instead of balena-etcher. And now the wifi is detected.
I’m not saying that changing the flashing software is the solution but that’s what I did and it worked for me.

If you have some time, you could retest using etcher again or Rufus

I will see if I still have the motivation to reinstall everything one more time but that’s not sure :smile:

Would be interesting to see if it can be reproduced again with Etcher and/or Rufus :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: