"sudo rfkill unblock all" needed after removing kde/plasma packages

Bronze · 2017-01-09 00:59:37

I was trying some new WMs. Then removed them after trying. Since removing a bunch of packages that I think were related to the WMs (pacman -Rns ...), each time after reboot, I now need to run "sudo rfkill unblock all" to get connected to WLAN.

What would cause this "block"?

pacman.log:

[2017-01-08 14:24] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Rns sddm'
[2017-01-08 14:24] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Rns sddm-kcm'
[2017-01-08 14:25] [ALPM] transaction started
[2017-01-08 14:25] [ALPM] removed sddm-kcm (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:25] [ALPM] removed sddm (0.14.0-2)
[2017-01-08 14:25] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2017-01-08 14:25] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Rns sddm'
[2017-01-08 14:26] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Rns papirus-plasma-theme plasma-desktop plasma-workspace plasma-workspace-wallpapers'
[2017-01-08 14:27] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Rns papirus-plasma-theme plasma-desktop plasma-workspace plasma-workspace-wallpapers'
[2017-01-08 14:29] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Rns papirus-plasma-theme plasma-desktop plasma-workspace plasma-workspace-wallpapers'
[2017-01-08 14:30] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Rns papirus-plasma-theme'
[2017-01-08 14:30] [ALPM] transaction started
[2017-01-08 14:30] [ALPM] removed papirus-plasma-theme (20161203-1)
[2017-01-08 14:30] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2017-01-08 14:30] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Rns powerdevil'
[2017-01-08 14:30] [ALPM] transaction started
[2017-01-08 14:30] [ALPM] removed powerdevil (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:30] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2017-01-08 14:30] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Rns plasma-pa'
[2017-01-08 14:30] [ALPM] transaction started
[2017-01-08 14:30] [ALPM] removed plasma-pa (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:30] [ALPM] removed pulseaudio-gconf (9.0-1)
[2017-01-08 14:30] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2017-01-08 14:31] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Rns plasma-nm'
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] transaction started
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed plasma-nm (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed qca-qt5 (2.1.1-7)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed networkmanager-qt (5.29.0-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed modemmanager-qt (5.29.0-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed modemmanager (1.6.4-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed ppp (2.4.7-2)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed libpcap (1.8.1-2)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed libqmi (1.16.2-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed libmbim (1.14.0-2)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] running 'gtk-update-icon-cache.hook'...
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] running 'update-desktop-database.hook'...
[2017-01-08 14:31] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Rns khotkeys'
[2017-01-08 14:31] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Rns plasma'
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] running 'texinfo-remove.hook'...
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] transaction started
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed user-manager (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed plasma-workspace-wallpapers (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed plasma-sdk (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed plasma-desktop (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kpeople (5.29.0-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kactivities-stats (5.29.0-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed baloo (5.29.0-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed lmdb (0.9.18-2)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kfilemetadata (5.29.0-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed poppler-qt5 (0.50.0-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed ebook-tools (0.2.2-3)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed libzip (1.1.3-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed convertlit (1.8-7)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed systemsettings (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed khtml (5.29.0-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed polkit-kde-agent (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed oxygen (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kwrited (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kwayland-integration (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kwallet-pam (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed socat (1.7.3.1-3)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed ksysguard (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed ksshaskpass (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kscreen (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed qt5-graphicaleffects (5.7.1-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed libkscreen (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kmenuedit (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kinfocenter (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed khotkeys (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kgamma5 (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kdeplasma-addons (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed plasma-workspace (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed xorg-xmessage (1.0.4-2)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed qt5-tools (5.7.1-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed prison (5.29.0-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed qrencode (3.4.4-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed libdmtx (0.7.4-5)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed libqalculate (0.9.10-2)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed cln (1.3.4-3)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kjsembed (5.29.0-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kjs (5.29.0-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kholidays (16.12.0-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed ktexteditor (5.29.0-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed syntax-highlighting (5.29.0-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed libgit2 (1:0.24.3-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed plasma-integration (5.8.5-3)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed ttf-hack (2.020-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] Updating font cache... done.
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed milou (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed krunner (5.29.0-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed threadweaver (5.29.0-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed libksysguard (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed qt5-webkit (5.7.1-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed qt5-webchannel (5.7.1-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed qt5-sensors (5.7.1-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed qt5-location (5.7.1-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kwin (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed plasma-framework (5.29.0-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed qt5-quickcontrols (5.7.1-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kactivities (5.29.0-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed xcb-util-cursor (0.1.3-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed xcb-util-renderutil (0.3.9-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed qt5-multimedia (5.7.1-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed openal (1.17.2-2)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kscreenlocker (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kuiserver (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kde-gtk-config (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed knewstuff (5.29.0-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kde-cli-tools (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kdesu (5.29.0-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kdelibs4support (5.29.0-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kunitconversion (5.29.0-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kitemmodels (5.29.0-2)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kemoticons (5.29.0-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kded (5.29.0-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kcmutils (5.29.0-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kdeclarative (5.29.0-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kactivitymanagerd (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed drkonqi (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kidletime (5.29.0-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed libxss (1.2.2-2)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed scrnsaverproto (1.2.2-2)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kxmlrpcclient (5.29.0-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed gdb (7.12-4)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed gdb-common (7.12-4)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed breeze-gtk (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed breeze (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kwayland (5.29.0-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed frameworkintegration (5.29.0-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kpackage (5.29.1-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed breeze-icons (5.29.0-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed kdecoration (5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed bluedevil (1:5.8.5-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed bluez-qt (5.29.0-1)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] running 'gtk-update-icon-cache.hook'...
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] running 'update-desktop-database.hook'...
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] running 'update-mime-database.hook'...

Last edited by Bronze (2017-01-09 02:27:30)

Bronze · 2017-01-09 03:09:17

I found the following two lines odd:

[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed ppp (2.4.7-2)
[2017-01-08 14:31] [ALPM] removed libpcap (1.8.1-2)

So I added ppp back. libpcap was a dependency. Rebooted, and all is fine. WLAN works after boot without rfkill. Nothing other than "plasma" depends on ppp? Did I use a incorrect pacman option to remove "plasma"? (more or less a newbie still)

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#1 2017-01-09 00:59:37

"sudo rfkill unblock all" needed after removing kde/plasma packages

#2 2017-01-09 03:09:17

Re: "sudo rfkill unblock all" needed after removing kde/plasma packages

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