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epistularum

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Registered: 2019-04-01

Posts: 13

[SOLVED] WIFI problems with NetworkManager

I have installed NetworkManager, iw, dialog and wpa_supplicant. I have enabled NetworkManager using

sudo systemctl enable NetworkManager

I have also disabled existing services using

sudo systemctl disable dhcpcd@enp4s0.service

sudo systemctl disable dhcpcd@enp6s0.service

sudo systemctl disable netctl-auto@wlp5s0.service

I have rebooted but when I enter this command I

sudo wifi-menu wlp5s0

I can enter the CLI but when I select the network and press enter I get the following output which I do not fully understand

Job for netctl@wlp5s0\x2dVOO\x2d731305.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status "netctl@wlp5s0\\x2dVOO\\x2d731305.service"" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

I am not sure if this service is supposed to be enabled or disabled for NetworkManager to work so I tried both using

sudo systemctl disable netctl@wlp5s0\\x2dVOO\\x2d731305.service

sudo systemctl enable netctl@wlp5s0\\x2dVOO\\x2d731305.service

but trying to enable this service gives out this error, which I guess means it's not supposed to be enabled

The unit files have no installation config (WantedBy=, RequiredBy=, Also=,
Alias= settings in the [Install] section, and DefaultInstance= for template
units). This means they are not meant to be enabled using systemctl.
 
Possible reasons for having this kind of units are:
• A unit may be statically enabled by being symlinked from another unit's
  .wants/ or .requires/ directory.
• A unit's purpose may be to act as a helper for some other unit which has
  a requirement dependency on it.
• A unit may be started when needed via activation (socket, path, timer,
  D-Bus, udev, scripted systemctl call, ...).
• In case of template units, the unit is meant to be enabled with some
  instance name specified.

Here is the out put of

ip link

1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: enp4s0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 70:85:c2:5d:90:c7 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: enp6s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 70:85:c2:5d:90:c9 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
4: wlp5s0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether b2:71:e5:d9:60:a4 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

and here is the output of

systemctl --type=service

  UNIT                                                        LOAD   ACTIVE SUB     DESCRIPTION                                                                  
  avahi-daemon.service                                        loaded active running Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack                                                      
  bluetooth.service                                           loaded active running Bluetooth service                                                            
  dbus.service                                                loaded active running D-Bus System Message Bus                                                     
  getty@tty1.service                                          loaded active running Getty on tty1                                                                
  gssproxy.service                                            loaded active running GSSAPI Proxy Daemon                                                          
  kmod-static-nodes.service                                   loaded active exited  Create list of required static device nodes for the current kernel           
  lvm2-lvmetad.service                                        loaded active running LVM2 metadata daemon                                                         
  lvm2-monitor.service                                        loaded active exited  Monitoring of LVM2 mirrors, snapshots etc. using dmeventd or progress polling
● netctl@wlp5s0\x2dVOO\x2d731305.service                      loaded failed failed  Networking for netctl profile wlp5s0-VOO-731305                              
  NetworkManager-dispatcher.service                           loaded active running Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service                                    
  NetworkManager-wait-online.service                          loaded active exited  Network Manager Wait Online                                                  
  NetworkManager.service                                      loaded active running Network Manager                                                              
  nmb.service                                                 loaded active running Samba NMB Daemon                                                             
  org.cups.cupsd.service                                      loaded active running CUPS Scheduler                                                               
  polkit.service                                              loaded active running Authorization Manager                                                        
  rpc-statd-notify.service                                    loaded active exited  Notify NFS peers of a restart                                                
  rpcbind.service                                             loaded active running RPC Bind                                                                     
  rtkit-daemon.service                                        loaded active running RealtimeKit Scheduling Policy Service                                        
  smb.service                                                 loaded active running Samba SMB Daemon                                                             
  sshd.service                                                loaded active running OpenSSH Daemon                                                               
  systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2dpartuuid-027bd5e0\x2d01.service loaded active exited  File System Check on /dev/disk/by-partuuid/027bd5e0-01                       
  systemd-journal-flush.service                               loaded active exited  Flush Journal to Persistent Storage                                          
  systemd-journald.service                                    loaded active running Journal Service                                                              
  systemd-logind.service                                      loaded active running Login Service                                                                
  systemd-modules-load.service                                loaded active exited  Load Kernel Modules                                                          
  systemd-random-seed.service                                 loaded active exited  Load/Save Random Seed                                                        
  systemd-remount-fs.service                                  loaded active exited  Remount Root and Kernel File Systems                                         
  systemd-sysctl.service                                      loaded active exited  Apply Kernel Variables                                                       
  systemd-timesyncd.service                                   loaded active running Network Time Synchronization                                                 
  systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service                          loaded active exited  Create Static Device Nodes in /dev                                           
  systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service                              loaded active exited  Create Volatile Files and Directories                                        
  systemd-udev-trigger.service                                loaded active exited  udev Coldplug all Devices                                                    
  systemd-udevd.service                                       loaded active running udev Kernel Device Manager                                                   
  systemd-update-utmp.service                                 loaded active exited  Update UTMP about System Boot/Shutdown                                       
  systemd-user-sessions.service                               loaded active exited  Permit User Sessions                                                         
  udisks2.service                                             loaded active running Disk Manager                                                                 
  user-runtime-dir@1000.service                               loaded active exited  User Runtime Directory /run/user/1000                                        
  user@1000.service                                           loaded active running User Manager for UID 1000                                                    
  wpa_supplicant.service                                      loaded active running WPA supplicant                                                               

LOAD   = Reflects whether the unit definition was properly loaded.
ACTIVE = The high-level unit activation state, i.e. generalization of SUB.
SUB    = The low-level unit activation state, values depend on unit type.

39 loaded units listed. Pass --all to see loaded but inactive units, too.
To show all installed unit files use 'systemctl list-unit-files'.

As you can see netctl@wlp5s0\x2dVOO\x2d731305.service failed but I do not know what to do.

Last edited by epistularum (2019-04-07 17:30:05)

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 19,101

Re: [SOLVED] WIFI problems with NetworkManager

Netctl which provides wifi-menu is not NetworkManager the two conflict.
Please pick one and disable the other.

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,425

Re: [SOLVED] WIFI problems with NetworkManager

wifi-menu is for netctl and yes it and any services it handles should not be used while having networkmanager enabled. Use a networkmanager front end instead.

nl6720

The Evil Wiki Admin

Registered: 2016-07-02

Posts: 718

Re: [SOLVED] WIFI problems with NetworkManager

If you want a terminal user interface, NetworkManager has nmtui.

epistularum

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Registered: 2019-04-01

Posts: 13

Re: [SOLVED] WIFI problems with NetworkManager

Netctl which provides wifi-menu is not NetworkManager the two conflict.
Please pick one and disable the other.

wifi-menu is for netctl and yes it and any services it handles should not be used while having networkmanager enabled. Use a networkmanager front end instead.

If you want a terminal user interface, NetworkManager has nmtui.

Thank you very much! I have disabled netctl and I am now able to connect to my wifi. For some reasons I thought that the command "wifi-menu" was for NetworkManager, excuse the stupid question.