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theglitchh

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[SOLVED] wifi and bluetooth not working

guys i have just installed arch linux with gnome DE but wifi and bluetooth isnt working in my laptop , i have enabled NetworkManager and netctl but no use , only ethernet is working an d bluetooth and wifi isnt , moreover there is no tab for wifi in the activity tab , though for bluetooth there is a tab but even after enabling it it doesnt work , also after turning it of  the aeropalne mode gets activated by itself

Last edited by theglitchh (2020-03-19 16:21:28)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: [SOLVED] wifi and bluetooth not working

Welcome to the boards,

As it stands there's nothing in your post that could be used to help you.

Please read https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855 and http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Then work methodically through https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ne … n/Wireless

Post outputs and configurations during your debugging steps in [ code ] [ /code ] tags.

Something I can tell you based on what you provided so far is that you shouldn't enable netctl and networkmanager at the same time, that will lead to conflicts, decide for one, if you want to use GUIs, choose networkmanager and disable and stop netctl

theglitchh

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Registered: 2020-03-19

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Re: [SOLVED] wifi and bluetooth not working

Okay so, I tried every method I found on the net whether it's on YouTube or in arch wiki , but  here's what I did

Issue : WiFi not showing and while doing wifi-menu I used to get no interface

I booted into the liveboot , then during pacstrap I included base Linux linux-firmware and then arch-chroot Into the working directory that is /mnt and then just installed network manager , gdm , gnome , gnome-control-center , Nvidia , nvidia-utlis , nvidia-settings, mesa , nvidia-prime

And after installing all the drivers and gnome DE I didn't enable the network manager yet , I just booted into the system again and enabled the networkmanager by [/systemctl enable NetworkManager] and then reboot, I could have started it without rebooting but still , I rebooted and booyah!! I got WiFi and Bluetooth working

In many YouTube (all of them) the installation guide of arch Linux is old and most of the stuff has removed from base so while using ```pacstrap``` we should mention base along with Linux linux-firmware or else we will always face issue with WiFi and Bluetooth.

Don't install netctl as well.

Last edited by theglitchh (2020-03-19 14:19:07)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: [SOLVED] wifi and bluetooth not working

Yes youtube videos are not a supported method of installation precisely due to the fact that they quickly get outdated and are highly opinionated, always use: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide

If the issue is [SOLVED] please mark it as such by editing the title in your first post: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … ow_to_post