wifi on a pi 3 A+ not working using image

[SFKV]

I cannot get the wifi to connect using a 3 A+, however, with the 3 B+ I do not have any issues. Any ideas? The exact same wpa_supplicant.conf works on various other pi's, zero W, 3 B+, 4, etc.

pi@homebridge:~ $ sudo wpa_cli -i wlan0 reconfigure
FAIL

and in dmesg

[  354.567257] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[  354.567274] brcmfmac: power management disabled

ifconfig:

wlan0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        ether AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

(AA:BB:.. by hand)

[oznu]

The images uses NetworkManager to facilitate the use of the WiFi Connect portal.

NetworkManger has a text-based UI you can use to manage WIFi:

sudo nmtui

As far as I can tell, NetworkManager and WiFi Connect should support the 3 A+ WiFi chip - if not, let me know and I'll update our documentation.

[SFKV]

So.. I guess I get schooled here on some basics. That nmtui tool worked like a charm. Strange, that the wpa_supplicant.conf normal setup worked for my 3B+, where I used the image as well. Anyhow. PROBLEM SOLVED! Thanks!

[oznu]

Glad to hear you got it working.

On a standard install of Raspbian the wpa_supplicant.conf file would work as you expect, unfortunately NetworkManager replaces the wpa tools so this no longer works.

This was a trade off I did not really like making, but the benefits gained from WiFi Connect made it worth it. I did look for some wpa-based alternatives to WiFi Connect but came up short.