Wifi-menu

Mantas · 2013-05-04 19:42:29

Why the Arch Linux 2013.05.01 ISO doesn't have wifi-menu or netctl?

progandy · 2013-05-04 19:45:34

Because someone forgot that netcfg is not part of the base group anymoure and netctl hasn't been added yet. That means the scripts don't add the packages to the image.
Edit: You'll have to wait until netctl 1.0 hits the core repo (currently testing), create your own iso or put the packages on a usb stick and install them on your livesystem. Don't forget to install them in your installed system, too.

Last edited by progandy (2013-05-04 19:47:55)

Mantas · 2013-05-04 19:49:14

Thanks for the quick reply. Guess I have to use another method to connect to wireless network during install.

teateawhy · 2013-05-05 13:14:30

You can also download the iso i made which includes netctl. See my signature below.

Mantas · 2013-05-06 09:02:57

teateawhy wrote:

You can also download the iso i made which includes netctl. See my signature below.

Thanks for the ISO with netctl.

Earnestly · 2013-05-06 10:43:52

For virtually every WPA2 network ever:

# echo 'ctrl_interface=DIR=/run/wpa_supplicant' > /foobar.conf
# wpa_passphrase <ssid> <passphrase> >> /foobar.conf
# ip link set <interface> up # May not be needed as dhcpcd should bring it up but may be needed for wpa_supplicant.
# wpa_supplicant -B -D nl80211 -c /foobar.conf -i <interface name>
# dhcpcd -A <interface name>

Not hard.

Last edited by Earnestly (2013-05-06 10:46:01)

NimS · 2013-05-08 11:12:46

teateawhy wrote:

You can also download the iso i made which includes netctl. See my signature below.

thanks so much for this... it allowed me to install Arch

mid-kid · 2013-05-08 16:15:39

I still dont get why it ain't included in the image. According to this, netctl was added in 10/4 to the core repo. The image is made in 01/5. Any reason for this?

progandy · 2013-05-08 17:53:56

mid-kid wrote:

I still dont get why it ain't included in the image. According to this, netctl was added in 10/4 to the core repo. The image is made in 01/5. Any reason for this?

netctl was not in the "base" group. It is now, so we'll just have to wait for the new iso.

mid-kid · 2013-05-08 19:13:11

progandy wrote:

mid-kid wrote:
I still dont get why it ain't included in the image. According to this, netctl was added in 10/4 to the core repo. The image is made in 01/5. Any reason for this?
netctl was not in the "base" group. It is now, so we'll just have to wait for the new iso.

Oh, I thought that the base group was the whole core repo.

teateawhy · 2013-05-08 20:39:11

Just for your interest, the base group has 49 packages, and the core repo has 171.

Modeler · 2013-05-17 07:25:26

Kaustic wrote:

For virtually every WPA2 network ever:

# echo 'ctrl_interface=DIR=/run/wpa_supplicant' > /foobar.conf
# wpa_passphrase <ssid> <passphrase> >> /foobar.conf
# ip link set <interface> up # May not be needed as dhcpcd should bring it up but may be needed for wpa_supplicant.
# wpa_supplicant -B -D nl80211 -c /foobar.conf -i <interface name>
# dhcpcd -A <interface name>

Not hard.

Thanks for this, very useful!

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