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#1 2018-10-21 00:06:09
- GrantFleming
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Having trouble automatically connecting to network on boot. [Solved]
I am using netctl. On boot it tries the appropriate enabled profiles but fails to start them. In the systemd journal it is giving the error:
The WPA supplicant did not start for interface xyz123etc
Failed to bring the network up for profile profilename
After the machine has booted I am able to start the profile manually with sudo netctl start profilename
It is as if it is trying to start netctl too early before wpa_supplicant is ready?
Any help would be much appreciated.
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#2 2018-10-21 00:12:46
- jasonwryan
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Re: Having trouble automatically connecting to network on boot. [Solved]
Please paste the output of `systemctl list-unit-files --state=enabled`
And post full logs/error messages, not isolated excerpts.
Moving to NC...
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#3 2018-10-21 01:24:45
- GrantFleming
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Re: Having trouble automatically connecting to network on boot. [Solved]
Thanks noted will post full logs in future. Thanks for the move too.
The result of running the command is:
UNIT FILE STATE
autovt@.service enabled
display-manager.service enabled
getty@.service enabled
lxdm.service enabled
remote-fs.target enabled
5 unit files listed.
If there is a better way to post outputs please do let me know. Happy to oblige.
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#4 2018-10-21 01:54:30
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Re: Having trouble automatically connecting to network on boot. [Solved]
You have no networking service enabled, therefore there is nothing to connect you automatically. Ie., everything is working as expected.
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#5 2018-10-21 02:11:59
- GrantFleming
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Re: Having trouble automatically connecting to network on boot. [Solved]
Would this require a service for netctl or a service for wpa_supplicant?
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#6 2018-10-21 02:30:53
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Re: Having trouble automatically connecting to network on boot. [Solved]
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ne … _a_profile
Please remember to mark your thread as [Solved] by editing your first post and prepending it to the title.
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#7 2018-10-21 02:55:36
- GrantFleming
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Re: Having trouble automatically connecting to network on boot. [Solved]
Oh sorry. I should have prefaced with I have tried the steps in the netctl wiki already. so I have tried to start the netctl service with systemctl enable netctl-auto@wlp1s0b1.service (where wlp1s0b1 is the name of my interface) this problem is appearing despite this. What would be the best way to post my journalctl -r command so you can see the specific errors?
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#8 2018-10-21 03:10:54
- GrantFleming
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Re: Having trouble automatically connecting to network on boot. [Solved]
Please disregard my previous post. I'm an idiot who clearly did not read the wiki closely enough. I did not disable the netctl profiles after enabling the netctl-auto daemon. After doing this everything works as it should. Apologies. Marking as solved now.
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