Wifi setup via wpa_supplicant.conf in /boot doesn't work

[noranraskin]

Describe the bug wpa_supplicant.conf in /boot isn't copied to /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

HiFiBerryOS version 20211105

HiFiBerry sound card Amp2

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Add wpa_supplicant.conf to /boot right after flashing SD
2. After logging in check /boot (wpa_supplicant.conf still present)
3. Also check /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf (doesn't exist)

Expected behavior wpa_supplicant.conf should be moved from /boot into /etc/wpa_supplicant

Additional context Tested on raspberry pi 0. This manual wifi setup is needed since the SSID broadcast is broken on raspberry pi 0. Instructions for setup taken from learn.adafruit.com There actually is a file wpa_supplicant.conf but it's in /etc not /etc/wpa_supplicant and it just contains this:

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ap_scan=1

Instead of my wpa_supplicant.conf from boot which looks like this:

ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
country=US
     
network={
    ssid="YOURSSID"
    psk="YOURPASSWORD"
    scan_ssid=1
}

[noranraskin]

This is the workaround I used: I attached a display and keyboard to my raspi 0 and manually copied the file to it's appropriate location. After that run: wpa_cli -i wlan0 reconfigure (as mentioned in the aforementioned link)

After connecting to wifi worked I still couldn't access the web ui, but airplay worked

[hifiberry]

Please test with another Pi (3 or 4). The Pi Zero build is only "experimental" and we don't even have a Pi 0 here to test with.

[schnabel]

Hi @noranraskin, using the recommended way to configure wifi on the PI Zero works for me. I just tried it on a hifiberryos image I created today for the PI Zero because @hifiberry the image on the download page is from 20211105. The setup process seemed a little slow and I restarted the PI twice but then everything works like a charm. I tried radio and bluetooth playback.