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TheeMightyKnighty

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Registered: 2026-01-06

Posts: 1

WiFi "Waiting for authorization" on Plasma

I think it'd be best to describe my situation in pseudocode

- My old laptop's WLAN card died
- Bought a USB WiFi dongle that (supposedly) supports Linux
- Connect to WiFi
- The indicator says to "waiting for authorization"
- After about a minute, a notification pops up: "Connection $SSID deactivated"
- Immediately another notification: "No secrets were provided"

- I update the system with ethernet and see if NetworkManager is running, everything is fine
- Install polkit, still doesn't work
- I see whether I have multiple networking services running

 tree /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants 

Output:

 /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants
├── NetworkManager.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service
├── qbittorrent-nox.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/qbittorrent-nox.service
├── remote-fs.target -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/remote-fs.target
├── tor.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/tor.service
└── ufw.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/ufw.service 

- I decide to clear my passwords and Install KWalletManager
- KWalletManager gives an error:
"Failed to start 'KWalletManager': Did not receive a reply.
Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply,
the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired,
or the network connection was broken."

Edit: I figured how to solve this by simply downloading the networkmanager package and using nmtui

Last edited by TheeMightyKnighty (2026-01-06 13:54:03)

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,585

Re: WiFi "Waiting for authorization" on Plasma

With the USB device attached, what is the output of ip link ?

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