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#1 2013-02-16 11:26:02

vlatk0
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From: Croatia
Registered: 2013-02-16
Posts: 13

[SOLVED] NetworkManager won't start

I'm having some problems with switching to the NetworkManager. I use wifi-menu script and so far it works fine.
I'm running arch with Awsome and KDE installed on the side. When I follow wiki on the subject everything works fine until I try to start NM:

systemctl start NetworkManager

i get

Job for NetworkManager.service failed. See 'systemctl status NetworkManager.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.

Output for:
1.) systemctl status NetworkManager.service

NetworkManager.service - Network Manager
	  Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled)
	  Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2013-02-16 12:12:21 CET; 2min 20s ago
	 Process: 1028 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon (code=exited, status=127)

2.) journalctl -xn

-- Logs begin at Tue 2013-02-12 14:55:43 CET, end at Sat 2013-02-16 12:15:07 CET. --
Feb 16 12:12:00 arch systemd[1]: Reloading.
Feb 16 12:12:15 arch systemd[1]: Reloading.
Feb 16 12:12:21 arch systemd[1]: Starting Network Manager...
-- Subject: Unit NetworkManager.service has begun with start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- Documentation: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/catalog/7d4958e842
-- 
-- Unit NetworkManager.service has begun starting up.
Feb 16 12:12:21 arch systemd[1]: NetworkManager.service: main process exited, code=ex
Feb 16 12:12:21 arch systemd[1]: Failed to start Network Manager.
-- Subject: Unit NetworkManager.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- Documentation: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/catalog/be02cf6855
-- 
-- Unit NetworkManager.service has failed.
-- 
-- The result is failed.
Feb 16 12:12:21 arch systemd[1]: Unit NetworkManager.service entered failed state
Feb 16 12:15:07 arch systemd[1]: Starting Network Manager...
-- Subject: Unit NetworkManager.service has begun with start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- Documentation: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/catalog/7d4958e842
-- 
-- Unit NetworkManager.service has begun starting up.
Feb 16 12:15:07 arch systemd[1]: NetworkManager.service: main process exited, code=ex
Feb 16 12:15:07 arch systemd[1]: Failed to start Network Manager.
-- Subject: Unit NetworkManager.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- Documentation: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/catalog/be02cf6855
-- 
-- Unit NetworkManager.service has failed.
-- 
-- The result is failed.
Feb 16 12:15:07 arch systemd[1]: Unit NetworkManager.service entered failed state

What is wrong? How do I fix it?

Thanks in advance,
vlatko.

Last edited by vlatk0 (2013-02-16 20:05:15)

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#2 2013-02-16 13:32:20

carukia
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Registered: 2011-05-15
Posts: 162

Re: [SOLVED] NetworkManager won't start

You need to put

systemctl start NetworkManager.service

Not just

systemctl start NetworkManager

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#3 2013-02-16 13:52:13

HalosGhost
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From: Twin Cities, MN
Registered: 2012-06-22
Posts: 2,089
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Re: [SOLVED] NetworkManager won't start

carukia wrote:

You need to put

systemctl start NetworkManager.service

Not just

systemctl start NetworkManager

That is not accurate. I cannot, however, help with the original problem. My apologies. Though, I find netcfg/netctl to fill my needs perfectly.

All the best,

-HG

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#4 2013-02-16 18:03:04

vlatk0
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From: Croatia
Registered: 2013-02-16
Posts: 13

Re: [SOLVED] NetworkManager won't start

carukia wrote:

You need to put

systemctl start NetworkManager.service

Not just

systemctl start NetworkManager

This is wrong according to the wiki. Thanks for help anyway, problem resolved itself after a reboot.
Close this topic please.

Last edited by vlatk0 (2013-02-16 18:03:26)

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#5 2013-02-16 18:30:08

swordfish
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Registered: 2012-01-14
Posts: 160

Re: [SOLVED] NetworkManager won't start

Please mark it as solved in your first posting wink


Arch_x64 on Thinkpad Edge E520 (Intel Core i5, 4 GB RAM, 128 GB Crucial M4 SSD) + ITX-Desktop (Asrock H77M-ITX, Intel Core i3-2120T, 8GB RAM, 64 GB Samsung 830 SSD)

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