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Weber01

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From: Italy

Registered: 2022-02-06

Posts: 8

Error with wireless connections

Hi guys, lately I have been having problems with my Arch distro, in a nutshell the pc randomly disconnects from the wifi network without being able to log back in since it no longer finds the wifi networks nearby, but not only, because from that moment on all the programs start to run slower and if I try to execute commands as root the terminal freezes and does not execute them.  Finally, if I try to turn off the pc it does not turn off but remains on a screen that says:

[failed] failed to start Wait for network to be configured

[failed] failed to start refresh pacman mirrorlist with reflector…

Really, I don't know what to do anymore, the pc turns out to be unusable, but the beauty is that it seems to happen totally by chance, the last time, for example, it happened after hibernating it…

Consider that mine is a Thinkpad T14 gen 2.

Do you have any advice to try to solve the problem?

Thank you

Last edited by Weber01 (2022-02-08 13:44:33)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,079

Re: Error with wireless connections

The primary reason for this is conflicting network services. Make sure you only have one running at a time.

Also which "Arch distro" are you talking about exactly?

Post

find /etc/systemd -type l -exec test -f {} \; -print | awk -F'/' '{ printf ("%-40s | %s\n", $(NF-0), $(NF-1)) }' | sort -f
sudo journalctl -b

in code tags or via a pastebin: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/List_o … n_services

Weber01

Member

From: Italy

Registered: 2022-02-06

Posts: 8

Re: Error with wireless connections

The primary reason for this is conflicting network services. Make sure you only have one running at a time.

Also which "Arch distro" are you talking about exactly?

Post

find /etc/systemd -type l -exec test -f {} \; -print | awk -F'/' '{ printf ("%-40s | %s\n", $(NF-0), $(NF-1)) }' | sort -f
sudo journalctl -b

in code tags or via a pastebin: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/List_o … n_services

command 1 output: https://pastebin.pl/view/a733f8dc
command 2 output: https://pastebin.pl/view/faeca6cd

sorry but i don't understand nothing of what i've sent to you :lol

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,079

Re: Error with wireless connections

This is the second time I'm seeing this insane service setup. Which tutorial/live disk/auto installer is this? It's broken and sets up configuration that is guaranteed to break.

While you should ask for help from whomever provided you with this crap, the issue is that you need to decide for one of iwd, networkmanager or systemd-networkd. Assuming you want to click on something on your autoconfigured desktop you likely want just NetworkManager, disable iwd and all of the systemd-networkd ones: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/System … mctl_usage

Weber01

Member

From: Italy

Registered: 2022-02-06

Posts: 8

Re: Error with wireless connections

This is the second time I'm seeing this insane service setup. Which tutorial/live disk/auto installer is this? It's broken and sets up configuration that is guaranteed to break.

While you should ask for help from whomever provided you with this crap, the issue is that you need to decide for one of iwd, networkmanager or systemd-networkd. Assuming you want to click on something on your autoconfigured desktop you likely want just NetworkManager, disable iwd and all of the systemd-networkd ones: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/System … mctl_usage

Actually, when I installed it, I took a distro already made because I needed it urgently.
At this point do you advise me to manually reinstall it from the beginning?

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,079

Re: Error with wireless connections

I do, because there's no telling what else works properly or what else got broken by someone thinking they need to create yet another Arch installer without knowing what they are doing. They are doing a disservice to you as an user because you don't know what has been setup and we don't want to help you because you nor us know what else has been changed. You technically have a supported auto installer in the archinstall script, which would hopefully fare better.

Weber01

Member

From: Italy

Registered: 2022-02-06

Posts: 8

Re: Error with wireless connections

I do, because there's no telling what else works properly or what else got broken by someone thinking they need to create yet another Arch installer without knowing what they are doing. They are doing a disservice to you as an user because you don't know what has been setup and we don't want to help you because you nor us know what else has been changed. You technically have a supported auto installer in the archinstall script, which would hopefully fare better.

Thank you very much, I reinstall everything manually so I avoid all doubts