Do you have a fix yet for the “No wifi adapter connected” bug? I’d like to be able to connect my Rpi based Venus OS to wifi
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What adapter are you using? How familiar are you with Linux?
When I set up my Rpi Venus install I needed to install drivers specific to my WiFi device. There may be many adapters already enable to work with Venus os out of the box, but I don’t know what they are. There may only be the adapter on a Cerbo enabled. I have not researched this.
To get many adapters to work I roughly did the following.
You’ll need to enable ssh access and get into the pi via Ethernet
You’d then see if the adapter is detected by the hardware using commands like lsusb etc.
Then you’ll need to see if the drivers are available for the chipset on your WiFi device.
You will use opkg package manager to install the drivers. This is like using apt-get on other Linux distros.
This is a general description of what needs to be done. It is doable, but daunting if you don’t have the Linux background.
What kind of Pi are you using ?
I have Pi3 and Pi4 running VenusOS and both of them have their Wifi adapters available in VenusOS.
Just using a standard Raspberry pi 3b+ Under venus OS no Wi-Fi adapters, when I load rapsbian. the adapter is there
Yes, Raspbian has drivers loaded for many different WiFi adapters. Venus OS primarily has the WiFi adapter that is built into a Cerbo. There may be other adapter drivers that are included with Venus OS but I don’t know what they are.
This has less to do with the Pi and more to do with what OS is loaded on the Pi and what adapters that OS supports. Raspbian does not equal Venus in this case.
Sorry for the late reply. The wifi Adapter I’m trying to use is the native builtin wifi that is part of the raspberrypi 3b hardware. Seems odd that Venus OS wouldn’t support that adapter
Not sure why your Wifi isn’t working because v3.60~53 running on my Pi3b sees the Wifi without an issue.
What VenusOS image are you running on it ?
As you can see, I’m running the version for RaspberryPi2.
Stable version (v3.54)
Latest Beta
root@raspberrypi2:~# lsmod | grep brcmfmac
brcmfmac 327680 0
brcmutil 24576 1 brcmfmac
cfg80211 761856 1 brcmfmac
root@raspberrypi2:~# rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
I’m running the latest offical build. v3.54 (2025128120653)
the native wifi has never worked! but if I switch the CD card to a default raspian build, wifi works instantly. I’ve tried downloading the drivers brcmfmac and loading them in but nothing. I can get wifi if I add a USB dongle. IF I try
lsmod | grep brcmfmac
I don’t get any thing back seems like the default wifi chipset isn’t supported
And somehow I still think that somewhere along the line, you flashed the wrong image on your SD card - because on my Pi3b the onboard Wifi has always worked flawlessly.
What’s the hostname of your Pi when you log in with SSH ?
If you have a spare SD card, can you try with the image I linked to in my previous post ?
If i remote in the host name is just raspberrypi2
I can try that image, its the same one (by name) that I have , but the archive has a different total files size
If you need the Large image (with Node Red etc) then this is the link for (v3.54) stable version.
If the v3.54 image from my link has the same name as the one you’re using but has different files, then I suspect your file to somehow be a broken version.
Tried the image in your post, no difference other than now I don’t have a local display on my rapberry pi, just the splash screen
and it won’t go into headless. and with this build I can’t connect to any wifi (using the external dongle I have ben using) not a stable build. I’ll go back to my previous version and just accept using my wired connection and chaulk it up to oddities with Venus OS!
Are you running peculiar addons that might interfere with the wifi driver perhaps ?
I never tested local display on a Pi but IIRC it’s a command or setting you need to run.
In any case: you seem to be the only one with Wifi troubles on a Pi.
the only thing I am running is the display settings helper and the setup helper, but before I install those, the wifi adapter doesn’t show up, I have to use the cable LAN connection. Its a bit inconvenient but it works