[SOLVED]Wifi-Menu GUI Glitched

KnownAsDon · 2018-01-27 09:20:42

Hello so I'm a new arch lover user.On the setup i had some problems connecting to wifi and it took me like 4 retries to actuall install arch but with the help of the forums i did it.So i learned that the way u configure or start and stop etc...wifi is by using the netctl but before doing that u have to also configure wifi-menu.Now my problem...well its not really a problem...more like a annoyance...is that whenever i open wifi-menu(which is every boot)I will alawys get this glitched GUI showed in the image Image.Before i used to install the desktop gui when the arch was just a terminal it looked prefect but when im on a desktop envoirment this happens.I am currently using vani;;a 64 bit arch and kde plasma 5.Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Last edited by KnownAsDon (2018-01-27 15:51:36)

seth · 2018-01-27 09:38:09

Just ftr: You neither need wifi-menu nor netctl to configure your network.

This is however not related to wifi-menu but ncurses.
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=384620

Claimed solution workaround is to

export TERM=xterm-color

Edit: for some weird reason your username makes me aggressive.

Last edited by seth (2018-01-27 09:38:51)

KnownAsDon · 2018-01-27 10:45:23

@seth sorry man thats my name...im no where near trump xD
Thank you for the answer though but I found this it doesnt solve my problem...If i input my command in a terminal and open wifi-menu It will get fixed but if i open an other terminal i will have to input the command everytime for it to get fixed so do i have to change any condig files or something?

Last edited by KnownAsDon (2018-01-27 10:49:44)

robg · 2018-01-27 13:01:33

Hello KnownAsDon,

Regarding your issue, to make the change persistent, you can ~~add the command suggested by seth to your .profile (that is the name of a file in your home directory)~~ (See seth's post below). Assuming that you're using bash, you can read up more on this stuff here. Note however that as seth has rightfully said, this is not a solution to the problem but a temporary workaround.

Also have look at this to see the various methods of connection to a WAP and reconsider if running `wifi-menu` on every boot is a smart solution.

Last edited by robg (2018-01-27 14:01:29)

seth · 2018-01-27 13:47:29

Since overriding TERM is a save way to all kinds of trouble, the ideal solution would be if you could restrict this to konsole, eg. by changing the command the profile runs from "/usr/bin/bash" to "/usr/bin/env TERM=xterm-color /usr/bin/bash"

KnownAsDon · 2018-01-31 13:34:24

So I found a solution...If you want this to be premant fixed you just open the bashrc file which should be localted at ~/.bashrc and just add the line that seth mentioned
export TERM=xterm-color
Hope i helped.

seth · 2018-01-31 13:35:59

No, you did not.

seth wrote:

Since overriding TERM is a save way to all kinds of trouble, the ideal solution would be if you could restrict this to konsole, eg. by changing the command the profile runs from "/usr/bin/bash" to "/usr/bin/env TERM=xterm-color /usr/bin/bash"

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#1 2018-01-27 09:20:42

[SOLVED]Wifi-Menu GUI Glitched

#2 2018-01-27 09:38:09

Re: [SOLVED]Wifi-Menu GUI Glitched

#3 2018-01-27 10:45:23

Re: [SOLVED]Wifi-Menu GUI Glitched

#4 2018-01-27 13:01:33

Re: [SOLVED]Wifi-Menu GUI Glitched

#5 2018-01-27 13:47:29

Re: [SOLVED]Wifi-Menu GUI Glitched

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#7 2018-01-31 13:35:59

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