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kamahl

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Registered: 2007-09-16

Posts: 61

netctl-auto fails on boot

Hello.
For a reason unknown to me, netctl-auto always fails at boot. I read in the wiki, that it may be caused by errors in the profile files, but I am convinced that it's not the case: I am able to start them manually using 'netctl start'.

This is what I get from 'systemctl status':

netctl-auto@wlp3s0.service -> '/org/freedesktop/systemd1/unit/netctl_2dauto_40wlp3s0_2eservice'

netctl-auto@wlp3s0.service - Automatic wireless network connection using netctl profiles
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/netctl-auto@.service; enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since St 2013-05-29 09:48:58 CEST; 9min ago
     Docs: man:netctl.special(7)
  Process: 191 ExecStart=/usr/bin/netctl-auto start %I (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Well, that's not very verbose, isn't it? Please can you tell me, where can I get more detailed info why is the error happening? ('journalctl -xn' is not of much help either.)

doru001

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Registered: 2013-01-25

Posts: 138

Re: netctl-auto fails on boot

I also need to issue:

sudo netctl start ethernet-static 

after boot to have access to the internet.
I'm not sure about the usage of netctl-auto.

I'm not great at systemd, but I have carefully followed the instructions on netctl and beginner pages.

Last edited by doru001 (2013-05-30 13:23:42)

kamahl

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Registered: 2007-09-16

Posts: 61

Re: netctl-auto fails on boot

Probably also worth mentioning: All my profiles are generated by wifi-menu and are enabled (by 'netctl enable'.) netctl-auto is enables as a systemd service.

phil

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Registered: 2012-09-22

Posts: 72

Re: netctl-auto fails on boot

They should not be enabled....

Read the multiple profiles section and disable all profiles.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Netctl

Last edited by phil (2013-05-30 09:05:48)

kamahl

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Registered: 2007-09-16

Posts: 61

Re: netctl-auto fails on boot

Yes, this was the problem. I found out myself now too...
Still, I don't understant why there is nothing uselful in the 'systemctl status'. There aren't any other useful logs, right?

WonderWoofy

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From: Los Gatos, CA

Registered: 2012-05-19

Posts: 8,414

Re: netctl-auto fails on boot

Yes, this was the problem. I found out myself now too...
Still, I don't understant why there is nothing uselful in the 'systemctl status'. There aren't any other useful logs, right?

kamahl, do this to find raw journal logging.  The "status" is kind of a shortened version only including the most interesting highlights. 

# journalctl [-b] -u netctl@<profile-name>
 or
# journalctl [-b] -u netctl-auto@<interface>

i"m not gauranteeing that you will find anything more interesting than what "systemctl status" gave you.  But it might.

If you are looking for all netctl information regardless of what profile was being used, or whether or not your were using netctl-auto or netctl-ifplugd, then you can simply do something like:

# journalctl [-b] --no-pager | grep netctl 

Maybe there is a better, more "native journalctl" way to do it, but that is how I have done it when I have '@' services that I want to find all variants of in the journal.  The "-b" is optional, as its presence will make it so that only the current boot is shown.  I have marked it as being run as root (#) because unless you are in the "systemd-journal" group, you do not have access to the full journal, only your user's journal.

Last edited by WonderWoofy (2013-05-31 15:05:40)