Still trying to figure out what's causing that. Understanding that this is with a Zero 2, not a Zero (1), sharing the above both as a datapoint that this can work with dietpi, and to help anyone else who stumbles upon this bug.Īs an aside, when I connect my Mac to the rpi in gadget mode, the Mac's internet connection ceases, despite being connected on wifi AND being able to share the internet connecting with the rpi. If using the rpi as a gadget with a Mac, I also needed to create /etc/modprobe.d/g_nf which contains the single line options g_ether use_eem=0 for the Mac to have a usable data connection In addition, you manually have to set an IP for the Mac for the RNDIS device that shares the same subnet and netmask as whatever you set for the rpi (e.g.Add conf file in /etc/network/interfaces.d/ (I just unimaginatively called my conf file usb) which enables USB as a network device and sets a static ip Example config:.Within this SD card, create a file called nf and begin editing it in your favorite text editor. First, open the boot directory for your Raspberry Pi’s SD Card. Add modules-load=dwc2,g_ether after rootwait in boot/cmdline.txt To set up our WiFi connection on a headless Raspberry Pi, we will need to create a file within the /boot folder.(Unclear if dr_mode=peripheral is necessary, but in my permutations of configs, this was added and it works for me) Add dtoverlay=dwc2,dr_mode=peripheral to last line of `/boot/config.txt'.

Can confirm the following makes a dietpi rpi Zero 2 W a USB gadget with a working data connection:

Rpi zero headless setup