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Tie-fighter

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Registered: 2013-08-21

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Permission denied problem with wifi-menu + dhcpcd

Hi.

I am trying to connect to a wpa2 protected network but receive the following error when running sudo wifi-menu:

Job for netctl@wlp2s0\x2dFKG.service failed. See 'systemctl status netctl@wlp2s0\x2dFKG.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.

systemctl status produces:

etctl@wlp2s0\x2dFKG.service -> '/org/freedesktop/systemd1/unit/netctl_40wlp2s0_5cx2dFKG_2eservice'

netctl@wlp2s0\x2dFKG.service - Automatically generated profile by wifi-menu
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/netctl@wlp2s0\x2dFKG.service; enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2013-08-24 21:06:31 CEST; 59s ago
     Docs: man:netctl.profile(5)
  Process: 6445 ExecStart=/usr/lib/network/network start %I (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

journalctl -xn produces:

Aug 24 21:03:20 roamer dhcpcd[413]: wlp2s0: if_init: Permission denied
Aug 24 21:03:23 roamer dhcpcd[4189]: wlp2s0: if_init: Permission denied
Aug 24 21:03:23 roamer dhcpcd[413]: wlp2s0: if_init: Permission denied
Aug 24 21:03:23 roamer dhcpcd[5612]: wlp2s0: if_init: Permission denied
Aug 24 21:03:34 roamer dhcpcd[5612]: wlp2s0: up_interface: Operation not permitted
Aug 24 21:03:34 roamer dhcpcd[5612]: wlp2s0: if_init: Permission denied
Aug 24 21:03:34 roamer dhcpcd[4189]: wlp2s0: up_interface: Operation not permitted
Aug 24 21:03:34 roamer dhcpcd[4189]: wlp2s0: if_init: Permission denied
Aug 24 21:03:34 roamer dhcpcd[413]: wlp2s0: up_interface: Operation not permitted
Aug 24 21:03:34 roamer dhcpcd[413]: wlp2s0: if_init: Permission denied

Please advise

PS: I forgot to mention: Using an unencrypted access point works.
PPS: It's spamming syslog with this:

[...]
[ 8427.031302] ath: phy0: PLL4 meaurement not done
[ 8427.144565] ath: phy0: PLL4 meaurement not done
[ 8427.261948] ath: phy0: PLL4 meaurement not done
[ 8427.374523] ath: phy0: PLL4 meaurement not done
[...]

Last edited by Tie-fighter (2013-08-24 23:52:15)

dfryer1193

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From: Westford, MA, USA

Registered: 2013-09-23

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Re: Permission denied problem with wifi-menu + dhcpcd

At my university, we use a WPA2 network as well. wifi-menu, in my experience, will not connect to a wpa2 network. You have to manually create a network profile, connect with wpa_supplicant and then grab an ip address with dhcpcd.

Last edited by dfryer1193 (2013-09-23 15:36:52)

WonderWoofy

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From: Los Gatos, CA

Registered: 2012-05-19

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Re: Permission denied problem with wifi-menu + dhcpcd

At my university, we use a WPA2 network as well. wifi-menu, in my experience, will not connect to a wpa2 network. You have to manually create a network profile, connect with wpa_supplicant and then grab an ip address with dhcpcd.

What?  Netctl works very well with WPA2 and is able to make valid profiles with wifi-menu.  I would venture to guess that you are having an unrelated issue that you just haven't nailed down.

@OP, you should probably try running through the steps of manually connecting to the network and see if you can get any really useful output from that.  So go to the Arch wiki page on wireless and do the manual steps that involve wpa_supplicant/wpa_passphrase and dhcpcd.

dfryer1193

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From: Westford, MA, USA

Registered: 2013-09-23

Posts: 4

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Re: Permission denied problem with wifi-menu + dhcpcd

At my university, we use a WPA2 network as well. wifi-menu, in my experience, will not connect to a wpa2 network. You have to manually create a network profile, connect with wpa_supplicant and then grab an ip address with dhcpcd.

What?  Netctl works very well with WPA2 and is able to make valid profiles with wifi-menu.  I would venture to guess that you are having an unrelated issue that you just haven't nailed down.

Really? Even with WPA2 Enterprise? Okay then - I'll have to look into that.