Arch Linux

Greycloack

Member

Registered: 2004-03-05

Posts: 166

[SOLVED] wicd and networkmanager connect and disconnect

Hello,
I've installed my laptopo and netctl works great with my wireless setup.
However, I wanted a GUI app so I decided to try wicd.
I disabled the netctl service and auto connection and started wicd.
I can find my wifi network and it seems to connect, pass the authentication and then disconnects.
When I tried NetworkManager the same thing happened.
For now I re-enabled netctl and have no problem - but I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong.
Did anyone else encountered this kind of issue?

Thank you

Last edited by Greycloack (2014-02-06 05:36:12)

frank604

Member

From: BC, Canada

Registered: 2011-04-20

Posts: 1,218

Re: [SOLVED] wicd and networkmanager connect and disconnect

Logs?  Did you 'stop' the service or 'disable' them? Are you using the applets for wicd and nm?  Can you manually look at the profiles created by wicd and nm?

runical

Member

From: The Netherlands

Registered: 2012-03-03

Posts: 896

Re: [SOLVED] wicd and networkmanager connect and disconnect

I was running into the same problem with my fresh arch install on my laptop. I use kde-applets-nm as my front end for networkmanager.

There is a small part of the logs included (as the rest is pretty much the same)

Feb 04 20:32:57 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <info> (enp0s25): carrier now ON (device state 20)
Feb 04 20:32:57 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <info> (enp0s25): device state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'carrier-changed') [20 30 40]
Feb 04 20:32:57 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <info> Auto-activating connection 'Wired connection 1'.
Feb 04 20:32:57 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <info> Activation (enp0s25) starting connection 'Wired connection 1'
Feb 04 20:32:57 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <info> (enp0s25): device state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none') [30 40 0]
Feb 04 20:32:57 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <info> NetworkManager state is now CONNECTING
Feb 04 20:32:57 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <info> Activation (enp0s25) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
Feb 04 20:32:57 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <info> Activation (enp0s25) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
Feb 04 20:32:57 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <info> Activation (enp0s25) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
Feb 04 20:32:57 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <info> Activation (enp0s25) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
Feb 04 20:32:57 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <info> Activation (enp0s25) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
Feb 04 20:32:57 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <info> (enp0s25): device state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none') [40 50 0]
Feb 04 20:32:57 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <info> Activation (enp0s25) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) successful.
Feb 04 20:32:57 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <info> Activation (enp0s25) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) scheduled.
Feb 04 20:32:57 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <info> Activation (enp0s25) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
Feb 04 20:32:57 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <info> Activation (enp0s25) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) started...
Feb 04 20:32:57 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <info> (enp0s25): device state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none') [50 70 0]
Feb 04 20:32:57 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <info> Activation (enp0s25) Beginning DHCPv4 transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
Feb 04 20:32:57 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <info> dhcpcd started with pid 936
Feb 04 20:32:57 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <info> Activation (enp0s25) Beginning IP6 addrconf.
Feb 04 20:32:57 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <info> Activation (enp0s25) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) complete.
Feb 04 20:32:57 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <info> (enp0s25): DHCPv4 client pid 936 exited with status 0
Feb 04 20:32:57 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <info> Activation (enp0s25) Stage 4 of 5 (IPv4 Configure Timeout) scheduled...
Feb 04 20:32:57 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <info> Activation (enp0s25) Stage 4 of 5 (IPv4 Configure Timeout) started...
Feb 04 20:32:57 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <info> Activation (enp0s25) Stage 4 of 5 (IPv4 Configure Timeout) complete.
Feb 04 20:33:17 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <info> (enp0s25): IP6 addrconf timed out or failed.
Feb 04 20:33:17 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <info> Activation (enp0s25) Stage 4 of 5 (IPv6 Configure Timeout) scheduled...
Feb 04 20:33:17 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <info> Activation (enp0s25) Stage 4 of 5 (IPv6 Configure Timeout) started...
Feb 04 20:33:17 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <info> (enp0s25): device state change: ip-config -> failed (reason 'ip-config-unavailable') [70 120 5]
Feb 04 20:33:17 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <info> NetworkManager state is now DISCONNECTED
Feb 04 20:33:17 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <warn> Activation (enp0s25) failed for connection 'Wired connection 1'
Feb 04 20:33:17 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <info> Activation (enp0s25) Stage 4 of 5 (IPv6 Configure Timeout) complete.
Feb 04 20:33:17 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <info> (enp0s25): device state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none') [120 30 0]
Feb 04 20:33:17 archlaptop NetworkManager[214]: <info> (enp0s25): deactivating device (reason 'none') [0]

From these logs I assumed that there might be a problem with IP6. As I don't use IP6 in my home it is pretty useless anyway, so I disabled it for my wired connection. After re-enabling NetworkManager.service and disabling dhcpcd.service (and a reboot to be sure), I was able to connect to my wired connection. Since I did not change the wireless connection, I ruled out the possibility of forgetting to disable dhcpcd.service. After disabling IP6 on the wireless connection it worked as well.

So, in conclusion: Disable IP6 if you don't use it and enjoy your network.

EDIT: grammar

EDIT2: Also see the wiki on networkmanager. The problem mentioned here seems to be what happens here.

Last edited by runical (2014-02-04 21:09:28)

---

For all your makepkg signature checking troubles

Greycloack

Member

Registered: 2004-03-05

Posts: 166

Re: [SOLVED] wicd and networkmanager connect and disconnect

Hi - Thanks !
I think it was the dhcpcd.service. I forgot to disable it when I started NetworkManager.
What I did now was disabling all the netctl services, the dhcpcd service - then started the NetworkManager service and disabled IPv6.
Everything works :-)