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a2r

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Registered: 2013-07-16

Posts: 24

Network Manager acting weird

Hey guys,

I freshly moved back to Arch today and everything works fine but not the NetworkManager.

I'm on Gnome 3.8 and have the following network devices with the open-source drivers.

[root@Nostromo-Arch arthur]# lspci | grep Broadc
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43225 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)
[root@Nostromo-Arch arthur]# lspci | grep Ethernet
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 v1.0 Gigabit Ethernet (rev c0)

Installed NetworkManager via the guide in the wiki.

While installing I was connected via ethernet and after I rebooted I noticed that I couldn't connect anymore. The wired connection tried to establish (TrayIcon) and then it failed and stopped. What was weird about it is that I could use the internet connection while establishing.

Then I tried wireless (WPA2 encrypted network), here it is the same (TrayIcon is indicating that it is connecting, but I can use the connection). Sometimes it is establishing the whole time and I can browse the web.

nmcli nm says also says that it is connecting.

Here is the log from trying the wirless. (Starts with booting, I clicked on the wireless at line 1097)

I hope somebody can help

cookies

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Registered: 2013-01-17

Posts: 253

Re: Network Manager acting weird

You have NetworkManager and dhcpcd fighting for controll over your nics, which causes the trouble. If you want to use NetworkManager you have to disable the dhcpcd service.

a2r

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Registered: 2013-07-16

Posts: 24

Re: Network Manager acting weird

Thanks that helped! Problem is now solved

cookies

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Registered: 2013-01-17

Posts: 253

Re: Network Manager acting weird

Nice. Please don't forget to mark this thread as "[SOLVED]". You can do this by editing your first post and adding [SOLVED] to the title.