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kamrava

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Registered: 2013-12-08

Posts: 75

wifi-menu error

Hi there

I'm trying connect to wifi thorugh below command :

sudo wifi-menu

after accepting wifi name, gets me following error :

 Job for netctl@wlp9s0\x2dDLink.service failed. See 'systemctl status netctl@wlp9s0\x2dDLink.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details. 

Any helps would be appreciated.

gpunkt

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From: terminated.

Registered: 2010-05-17

Posts: 54

Re: wifi-menu error

Is this a fresh installation without any other wireless tools like wicd?

you might check the arch-wiki about wireless if you used different tools before.

//personal question, if you used wicd is it performing worse than other tools? I used this for years and now systems where I just use wifi-menu/netctl keep a stable wifi connection but my desktop system I use now drops the connection more than it connects per day.//

progandy

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Registered: 2012-05-17

Posts: 5,319

Re: wifi-menu error

Sometimes there is already a route or an ip address assigned to an interface, maybe from a failed connection attempt. netctl cannot handle that and bails out. Then you'll have to manually call "ip route del" and "ip addr del".

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cpmielk

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From: blaine, wa

Registered: 2009-03-01

Posts: 19

Re: wifi-menu error

When I first used wifi-menu, earlier versions did not quote the key properly (see netctl profile). It connected to my wireless setup after editing the file, correcting the line. That said, the latest version worked out of the box ...