Netctl not working

Jack450 · 2015-05-19 01:32:26

I've been trying to setup Netctl but it's not connecting my Wi-Fi, I get this error:

$ sudo netclf start wirelesshome

Job for netctl@wirelesshome.service failed. See "systemctl status netctl@wirelesshome.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

then:

$ systemctl status netctl@wirelesshome.service

* netctl@wirelesshome.service - Networking for netctl profile wirelesshome
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/netctl@.service; static; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2015-05-19 01:25:43 UTC; 27s ago
     Docs: man:netctl.profile(5)
  Process: 1133 ExecStart=/usr/lib/network/network start %I (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
 Main PID: 1133 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

May 19 01:25:43 Juri systemd[1]: Starting Networking for netctl profile wirelesshome...
May 19 01:25:43 Juri network[1133]: Profile 'wirelesshome' does not exist or is not readable
May 19 01:25:43 Juri systemd[1]: netctl@wirelesshome.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
May 19 01:25:43 Juri systemd[1]: Failed to start Networking for netctl profile wirelesshome.
May 19 01:25:43 Juri systemd[1]: Unit netctl@wirelesshome.service entered failed state.
May 19 01:25:43 Juri systemd[1]: netctl@wirelesshome.service failed.

the file does exist and is readable...so what am I doing wrong?

Jack450 · 2015-05-19 04:34:48

So no one has had this problem?

mauritiusdadd · 2015-05-19 05:39:38

Can you please post the output of the following command?

ls -l /etc/netctl

Jack450 · 2015-05-19 13:39:56

total 20
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 19 04:15 examples
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 21 10:58 hooks
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 21 10:58 interfaces
-rw------- 1 root root  151 May 17 15:09 wlan0-NETGEAR67
-rw------- 1 root root  137 May 15 23:19 wlan0-Y

mauritiusdadd · 2015-05-19 14:09:22

Jack450 wrote:

total 20
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 19 04:15 examples
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 21 10:58 hooks
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 21 10:58 interfaces
-rw------- 1 root root  151 May 17 15:09 wlan0-NETGEAR67
-rw------- 1 root root  137 May 15 23:19 wlan0-Y

Well, as the error message says, there is no file named wirelesshome in /etc/netctl...
You should take a look to the wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ne … figuration

Jack450 · 2015-05-20 02:46:20

Same thing when I do it from netctl folder but that wouldn't work anyways . If I specify where the file is, it why would it look in the netctl folder?

Last edited by Jack450 (2015-05-20 02:54:27)

mauritiusdadd · 2015-05-20 03:01:01

Have you at least read the link I posted?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Netctl#Profile_configuration wrote:

The netctl profile files are stored in /etc/netctl/

which means that you *must* save your profile in /etc/netctl/

To check if your profile has a valid name and can be read, use the command

$ source /usr/lib/network/globals 
$ list_profiles

Jack450 · 2015-05-20 03:15:18

Yes I did read it and before that I tried using both the profile I created and wifi-menus profiles in /etc/netctl/. I'll try the command and see what it shows

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#1 2015-05-19 01:32:26

Netctl not working

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Re: Netctl not working

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