RPI not connecting the wifi

Question

As written I am unable to connect my RPI to the internet.
What happened is I took the RPI from the office (where it was working) and took it home (to a new wifi).
To save myself the headache, before I left the office I ssh'ed into the rpi and edited the wpa_supplicant.conf file. Once I got home I was unable to ssh and ping. This is what I have done to remedy the situation.
To attempt connection, I have:

1. taken out the SD card and connected it to my computer, and edited the wpa_supplicant.conf file. The contents are:

crt_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
country=US

network={
ssid="xxxxxxx"
scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
psk="xxxxxxx"
}

Let the host name of this RPI be: pi.
I have tried to ping, i.e. ping pi.local which returns ping: cannot resolve pi.local: Unknown host.

Another way I have tried to get the IP address of the rpi is to do:
sudo nmap -sn 192.168.86.0/25
This command also does not list the rpi as a connected device.
What have I done wrong?

Another thing I have tried is to connect the rpi to a monitor to use the GUI.
Yes, I have edited the config.txt file and uncommented hdmi_force_hotplug=1 and hdmi_drive=2
A problem with this method is that the monitor goes blank once the boot is mounted.

Any ideas on what I can do?
I would prefer to not have to flash a new image..

Is this helps, I see that I have an issue.txt file which contains:

Raspberry Pi reference 2022-09-22
Generated using pi-gen, https://github.com/RPi-Distro/pi-gen, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, stage2

Should I edit the cmdline.txt file?

Answer 1

The 1st line should be
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev

The permissions MUST be -rw------- 1 root root

NOTE You can have multiple network sections for home & work (I have 9)
See How to set up networking/WiFi