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alwaysmokedout

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[SOLVED] A Start Job is running for /sys/subsystem/net/devices/wlan0

Hello all, I am very new and inexperienced to Linux in general, however have managed to get the install up and running this weekend. Everything seems to be fine except for when I boot or reboot I am forced to sit for 90s and am given the prompt

A start job is running for /sys/subsystem/net/devices/wlan0

When installing Arch I connected to my WiFi connection by using the

iwctl

command and wlan0 was the connection shown, however now it has seemingly disappeared and/or turned into

wlo1.

I am assuming this is what is causing the issue, however cannot be sure as I am unable to disable wlan0 as it does not exist.

Thanks in advance for any help, I tried my best to adhere to the forum rules and really did attempt to fix this issue before creating a post. I hope the code tags were used correctly as well!

Last edited by alwaysmokedout (2025-02-03 04:14:04)

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [SOLVED] A Start Job is running for /sys/subsystem/net/devices/wlan0

Please share the output of

ls -lR /etc/systemd/system

EDIT: Misfits!

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2025-02-02 17:25:03)

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alwaysmokedout

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Re: [SOLVED] A Start Job is running for /sys/subsystem/net/devices/wlan0

Please share the output of

ls -lR /etc/systemd/system

EDIT: Misfits!

[rvidxr@nazgul ~]$ ls -lR /etc/systemd/system
/etc/systemd/system:
total 32
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   57 Feb  2 09:19 dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager-dispatcher.service
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   49 Feb  1 01:37 dbus-org.freedesktop.timesync1.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   36 Jan 31 22:53 display-manager.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/sddm.service
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 31 22:23 getty.target.wants
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb  2 09:19 multi-user.target.wants
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb  2 09:19 network-online.target.wants
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 31 22:23 sockets.target.wants
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb  1 01:37 sysinit.target.wants
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 31 22:39 systemd-hibernate.service.wants
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    9 Feb  1 00:00 systemd-networkd-wait-online.service -> /dev/null
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 31 22:39 systemd-suspend.service.wants
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 31 22:29 timers.target.wants

/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants:
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 Jan 31 22:23 getty@tty1.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/getty@.service

/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants:
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Jan 31 22:36 dhcpcd@wlan0.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/dhcpcd@.service
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 46 Feb  2 09:19 NetworkManager.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 Jan 31 22:23 remote-fs.target -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/remote-fs.target

/etc/systemd/system/network-online.target.wants:
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 58 Feb  2 09:19 NetworkManager-wait-online.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager-wait-online.service

/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants:
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 46 Jan 31 22:23 systemd-userdbd.socket -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-userdbd.socket

/etc/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants:
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 49 Feb  1 01:37 systemd-timesyncd.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service

/etc/systemd/system/systemd-hibernate.service.wants:
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 48 Jan 31 22:39 nvidia-hibernate.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/nvidia-hibernate.service
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 45 Jan 31 22:39 nvidia-resume.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/nvidia-resume.service

/etc/systemd/system/systemd-suspend.service.wants:
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 45 Jan 31 22:39 nvidia-resume.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/nvidia-resume.service
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 46 Jan 31 22:39 nvidia-suspend.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/nvidia-suspend.service

/etc/systemd/system/timers.target.wants:
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 Jan 31 22:29 fstrim.timer -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/fstrim.timer
[rvidxr@nazgul ~]$ ^C
[rvidxr@nazgul ~]$

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [SOLVED] A Start Job is running for /sys/subsystem/net/devices/wlan0

Try

# systemctl disable --now dhcpcd@wlan0

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alwaysmokedout

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Re: [SOLVED] A Start Job is running for /sys/subsystem/net/devices/wlan0

Try

# systemctl disable --now dhcpcd@wlan0

That worked!

systemctl disable --now dhcpcd@wlan0

successfully removed dhcpcd, and reboot is immediate. I really appreciate it!

Last edited by alwaysmokedout (2025-02-02 18:11:21)

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [SOLVED] A Start Job is running for /sys/subsystem/net/devices/wlan0

\o/

One more thing though:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    9 Feb  1 00:00 systemd-networkd-wait-online.service -> /dev/null

Not sure why that service has been masked but it might cause confusion in future if you decide to switch to systemd-networkd.

Either delete /etc/systemd/system/systemd-networkd-wait-online.service or run

# systemctl unmask systemd-networkd-wait-online.service

Anyway, if everything is working now please edit the title in your first post and prepend [SOLVED] to let others know. Thanks.

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alwaysmokedout

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Re: [SOLVED] A Start Job is running for /sys/subsystem/net/devices/wlan0

\o/

One more thing though:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    9 Feb  1 00:00 systemd-networkd-wait-online.service -> /dev/null

Not sure why that service has been masked but it might cause confusion in future if you decide to switch to systemd-networkd.

Either delete /etc/systemd/system/systemd-networkd-wait-online.service or run

# systemctl unmask systemd-networkd-wait-online.service

Anyway, if everything is working now please edit the title in your first post and prepend [SOLVED] to let others know. Thanks.

Got that fixed as well, thank you so much!