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s.baldino

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Registered: 2015-01-21

Posts: 12

[SOLVED] Cannot use wifi-menu -- iwconfig still working [WOT inside]

Hello all,

I have a problem in using wifi-menu. When I invoke wifi-menu the system scans for networks but, before visualizing the blue menu thingy with networks, I get an "Aborted" (like when I press CTRL+C in the menu). Wifi-menu has always worked for me, and I did not update the system before the error appeared. If I connect through iwconfig (and dhclient), the connection works.

Revelant dmesg message, just after running wifi-menu:

[   21.761334] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp3s0: link is not ready

ip link output, regarding the interface:

3: wlp3s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 24:0a:64:c3:cb:85 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

I tried to set wlp3s0 up manually (sudo ip link set wlp3s0 up), output:

3: wlp3s0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 24:0a:64:c3:cb:85 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

Trying to run dmesg after using wifi-menu with this status gives me no dmesg output.

I've also tried to connect using netctl (sudo netctl start wlp3s0-interface). A classic job failed:

Job for netctl@wlp3s0\x2deigenNet.service failed. See "systemctl status 'netctl@wlp3s0\x2d***.service'" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

journalctl output:

-- Unit netctl@wlp3s0\x2deigenNet.service has begun starting up.
Apr 25 20:14:09 *** network[1174]: Starting network profile 'wlp3s0-***'...
Apr 25 20:14:09 *** network[1174]: The interface of network profile 'wlp3s0-***' is already up
Apr 25 20:14:09 *** systemd[1]: netctl@wlp3s0\x2d***.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Apr 25 20:14:09 *** systemd[1]: Failed to start Networking for netctl profile wlp3s0-***.
-- Subject: Unit netctl@wlp3s0\x2d***.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- 
-- Unit netctl@wlp3s0\x2d***.service has failed.
-- 
-- The result is failed.
Apr 25 20:14:09 *** systemd[1]: Unit netctl@wlp3s0\x2d***.service entered failed state.
Apr 25 20:14:09 *** systemd[1]: netctl@wlp3s0\x2d***.service failed.
Apr 25 20:14:09 *** sudo[1163]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
Apr 25 20:14:09 *** polkitd[678]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:1168:60594 (system bus name :1.45, object path /org/freedesktop/Pol

systemctl status

 netctl@wlp3s0\x2d***.service - Networking for netctl profile wlp3s0-***
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/netctl@.service; static; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2015-04-25 20:15:11 CEST; 8s ago
     Docs: man:netctl.profile(5)
  Process: 1193 ExecStart=/usr/lib/network/network start %I (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
 Main PID: 1193 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Apr 25 20:15:11 *** systemd[1]: Starting Networking for netctl profile wlp3s0-***...
Apr 25 20:15:11 *** network[1193]: Starting network profile 'wlp3s0-***'...
Apr 25 20:15:11 *** network[1193]: The interface of network profile 'wlp3s0-***' is already up
Apr 25 20:15:11 *** systemd[1]: netctl@wlp3s0\x2d***.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Apr 25 20:15:11 *** systemd[1]: Failed to start Networking for netctl profile wlp3s0-***.
Apr 25 20:15:11 *** systemd[1]: Unit netctl@wlp3s0\x2d***.service entered failed state.
Apr 25 20:15:11 *** systemd[1]: netctl@wlp3s0\x2d***.service failed.

A bunch of random things. I have no idea about the error, as I repeat, wifi-menu was working fine until now and I made no updates.

My computer is an Asus X552C laptop.

Last edited by s.baldino (2015-04-26 02:24:33)

inkdinky

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Registered: 2011-12-08

Posts: 66

Re: [SOLVED] Cannot use wifi-menu -- iwconfig still working [WOT inside]

Hey s.baldino!

It looks like various people have been having some problems that are attributed to a recent update to wpa_supplicant.

if

pacman -Q | grep wpa_supplicant

returns version 2.4.1, then that may be your problem.

Check in  /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ and look, if there is a file named "wpa_supplicant-2.3-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz". If so, type

pacman -U wpa_supplicant-2.3-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz

If you don't have it locally, I imagine you could download it from the repos on a working comp and then put it on a usb stick to get it over to the affected computer.

HTH,
Nick

sauce:http://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/33s2hk/wifimenu_and_netctl_not_working/

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: [SOLVED] Cannot use wifi-menu -- iwconfig still working [WOT inside]

pacman -Q | grep wpa_supplicant

Ehmm...

pacman -Q wpa_supplicant

Offtopic how-to-use-pacman stuff, please continue with your netctl troubleshooting.

s.baldino

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Registered: 2015-01-21

Posts: 12

Re: [SOLVED] Cannot use wifi-menu -- iwconfig still working [WOT inside]

Inkdinky, are you sure about your solution? Why should wpa_supplicant influence wifi-menu? I'd like to be sure before executing a rollback.

About netctl, I've solved the problem: I have found that the interface needs to be down in order for netctl to work, and wifi-menu brings it up. All I had to do was to type

ip link set dev wlp3s0 down

to bring the interface down once and for all. Having done that, netctl works like a charm.

wifi-menu still doesn't work, but at least I can connect. But I'd like to solve this problem too.

Last edited by s.baldino (2015-04-25 20:45:03)

inkdinky

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Registered: 2011-12-08

Posts: 66

Re: [SOLVED] Cannot use wifi-menu -- iwconfig still working [WOT inside]

I was just offering what I found as a solution to the problem. I experienced the same problem on my Arch install with wifi-menu aborting.  I used the solution listed above and it worked for me.

Your situation may be different, but it worked for me!  If you want to read about other's experience take a look at the link I posted. That may give you the warm fuzzies that you are after.

s.baldino

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Registered: 2015-01-21

Posts: 12

Re: [SOLVED] Cannot use wifi-menu -- iwconfig still working [WOT inside]

It worked! So it really was a wpa_supplicant bug... I'll report it. Thanks, problem solved!

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: [SOLVED] Cannot use wifi-menu -- iwconfig still working [WOT inside]

No, it's a netctl bug - other networking tools are not affected.

yenda

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Registered: 2015-04-29

Posts: 1

Re: [SOLVED] Cannot use wifi-menu -- iwconfig still working [WOT inside]

I had the same issue.

Oddly it started with netctl-auto not connecting to my usual profiles anymore. I had to stop netctl with systemctl in order to be able to manually select a connection within wifi-menu. Tonight nothing would work at all.

I connected with my cellphone using usb tethering with the following commands :

ip link set enp0s20u3 up
sudo dhcpcd enp0s20u3

Since I just cleared pacman cache this morning I didn't have the old packet for wpa_supplicant but it got downgraded yesterday so a simple update was enough :

Revert to version 2.3 due to issues with version 2.4:

  - Segmentation fault when a P2P device interface is used. [1]
  - Inability to connect to WPA2-Enterprise networks. [2]

Link : https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit … e7791e18b5

And I also realized we just got the update to linux 4. Skynet is coming !

Last edited by yenda (2015-04-29 22:57:52)