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Thoronwen

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Registered: 2013-11-22

Posts: 5

NetworkManager - Wifi connection stuck on "configuring interface"

Hi all!

Since sometime late August, probably after I ran pacman -Syu, NetworkManager will no longer connect to any wifi network. When attempting to connect, the status indicator shows "Preparing to connect" and then it stays at "Configuring interface" for quite some time before returning to the disconnected state.

I tried figuring out what was wrong at the time, but couldn't find it and eventually I got fed up and just plugged in my LAN cable to be able to get on with things. That's why it's been so long.. I guess that doesn't make it easier.

I've found these logs using systemctl status NetworkManager:

Oct 12 11:17:56 cattop NetworkManager[151]: <warn> Activation (wlp3s0) failed for connection 'Thuis Wifi'
Oct 12 11:17:56 cattop NetworkManager[151]: <info> (wlp3s0): device state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none') [120 30 0]
Oct 12 11:17:56 cattop NetworkManager[151]: <info> (wlp3s0): deactivating device (reason 'none') [0]
Oct 12 11:17:56 cattop NetworkManager[151]: <info> (wlp3s0): reset MAC address to 50:B7:C3:23:5D:7E
Oct 12 11:17:56 cattop NetworkManager[151]: <warn> Connection disconnected (reason -3)
Oct 12 11:17:56 cattop NetworkManager[151]: <info> (wlp3s0): supplicant interface state: authenticating -> disconnected
Oct 12 11:17:56 cattop NetworkManager[151]: <warn> Couldn't disconnect supplicant interface: This interface is not connected.
Oct 12 11:17:56 cattop NetworkManager[151]: <info> (wlp3s0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> disabled
Oct 12 11:17:56 cattop NetworkManager[151]: <info> (wlp3s0): supplicant interface state: disabled -> disconnected
Oct 12 11:17:59 cattop NetworkManager[151]: <warn> Could not get scan request result: Scan request rejected

There should be more, but I'm not sure how to use systemctl to show more logs or where to find them through other means.

Any ideas?

colegui

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From: Castellón de la Plana, Spain.

Registered: 2014-07-20

Posts: 64

Re: NetworkManager - Wifi connection stuck on "configuring interface"

Hi, Thoronwen, I resolved the issue as follows:

Stop the service dhcp

# systemctl stop dhcpcd.service 

Disable the service dhcp

# systemctl disable dhcpcd.service 

..then simply reboot

# reboot 

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1451678

I hope this works for you ...

Best Regards.

Last edited by colegui (2014-10-12 11:32:27)

Thoronwen

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Registered: 2013-11-22

Posts: 5

Re: NetworkManager - Wifi connection stuck on "configuring interface"

Fraid not:
Unit dhcpcd.service not loaded.

Thoronwen

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Registered: 2013-11-22

Posts: 5

Re: NetworkManager - Wifi connection stuck on "configuring interface"

No one? *puppy eyes*

Evert7

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From: Lier, Belgium

Registered: 2012-02-18

Posts: 63

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Re: NetworkManager - Wifi connection stuck on "configuring interface"

Actually, I had a similar issue, and it seems it's fixed after I deleted all connections.

sudo rm /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/*