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Madmunchkin

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From: Germany

Registered: 2016-10-14

Posts: 3

[SOLVED] Got stuck while trying to get wlan running

Hallo Arch Linux community,

I'm trying to get my wlan working but I got stuck. I used the Arch Linux documentation about network configuration (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ne … figuration) but my wifi adapter but I've run out of ideas. I also installed Network Manager Applet but it keeps saying Networking disabled / Network Manager not running and all options exept Enable Notifications, Edit Connections and About are greyed out. If I try to create a wifi connection everything is greyed out, too.

I tried following commands:

$ systemctl enable NetworkManager.service

Failed to enable unit: No such file or directory

$ lspci -v

04:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
    Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device 4101
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
    Memory at fea00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
    Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
    Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
    Capabilities: [60] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
    Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
    Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
    Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-15-17-ff-ff-24-14-12
    Capabilities: [170] Power Budgeting <?>
    Kernel driver in use: ath9k
    Kernel modules: ath9k

$ dmesg | grep atl1

[    7.178271] ath9k 0000:04:00.0 wlp4s0: renamed from wlan0

$ ip link

3: wlp4s0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether e8:11:32:ef:10:0e brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

I don't know what to do next to get this thing running. Probably I have to start the Network Manager and get rid of the NO-CARRIER status of my wlan module.
Please, may someone help me with this? My system is new (installed it yesterday) and I'm using MATE as GUI. Internet via ethernet is working.

Thank you in advance!

Greetings,
Thomas

Last edited by Madmunchkin (2016-10-15 17:34:42)

jasonwryan

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Re: [SOLVED] Got stuck while trying to get wlan running

Always connect manually first: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wi … figuration

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Madmunchkin

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From: Germany

Registered: 2016-10-14

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Re: [SOLVED] Got stuck while trying to get wlan running

I managed to connect to my wlan. I forgot to install wpa_supplicant.

$ iw dev wlp4s0 link

SSID: WLAN-B34891
    freq: 2412
    RX: 208372 bytes (1798 packets)
    TX: 3435 bytes (29 packets)
    signal: -41 dBm
    tx bitrate: 1.0 MBit/s

    bss flags:    short-preamble short-slot-time
    dtim period:    1
    beacon int:    100

$ ip link

3: wlp4s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether e8:11:32:ef:10:0e brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

Connection works fine but I have to connect via console after every restart. Network manager applet is still greyed out and is not running.
How do I solve this?

Thanks,
Thomas

jaergenoth

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Registered: 2015-01-16

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Re: [SOLVED] Got stuck while trying to get wlan running

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I also installed Network Manager Applet but it keeps saying Networking disabled / Network Manager not running and all options exept Enable Notifications, Edit Connections and About are greyed out. If I try to create a wifi connection everything is greyed out, too.

I tried following commands:

$ systemctl enable NetworkManager.service

Failed to enable unit: No such file or directory

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Did you also install the package "networkmanager" from the extra repo?

Madmunchkin

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From: Germany

Registered: 2016-10-14

Posts: 3

Re: [SOLVED] Got stuck while trying to get wlan running

No, networkmanager wasn't installed. Awkward but after istalling it I ran

$ systemctl enable NetworkManager.service
$ systemctl start NetworkManager.service

and now its working fine. Sorry for annoying you with such simple proceedings.

Thanks for helping me. Thread can be closed now I think.

Greetings,
Thomas

ewaller

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Re: [SOLVED] Got stuck while trying to get wlan running

If it is solved, go ahead and edit your first post, and change the thread title by prepending [SOLVED]

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