[SOLVED] Wifi-problems. Mac Mini 7.1 with Broadcom 4360

re-mind · 2017-03-06 19:37:28

I'm from Denmark so my english isn't perfect. Sorry.

Okay So, I installed Arch for the first time a few days ago. So far I have had a lot of success and only few dissapointments. However, it seems like the whole internet has some trouble getting wifi to work with arch and the broadcom 4360.

So.. I have searched through everything and nothing seems to help. I have tried a lot of drivers, since i didn't read throughly enough in the beginning. Moreover I have tried a lot of different solutions - not always knowing what I was doing, and therefore I'm afraid I have trashed my install. ATM I have installed the correct wl-drivers for the broadcom, and the wlp2s0 is showing up when I do a lspci.

1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: enp3s0f0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether ac:87:a3:16:c0:40 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: wlp2s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether 60:f8:1d:b2:e4:0a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

At one point I was able to configure my network with wifi-menu but now it results in error:

Job for netctl@wlp2s0\x2diSurf.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status "netctl@wlp2s0\\x2diSurf.service"" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

if i run the first command it results in:

● netctl@wlp2s0\x2diSurf.service - Networking for netctl profile wlp2s0-iSurf
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/netctl@.service; static; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2017-03-06 19:34:48 UTC; 36s ago
Docs: man:netctl.profile(5)
Process: 1359 ExecStart=/usr/lib/network/network start %I (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 1359 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Mar 06 19:34:48 Chansen-Arch systemd[1]: Starting Networking for netctl profile wlp2s0-iSurf...
Mar 06 19:34:48 Chansen-Arch network[1359]: Starting network profile 'wlp2s0-iSurf'...
Mar 06 19:34:48 Chansen-Arch network[1359]: The interface of network profile 'wlp2s0-iSurf' is already up
Mar 06 19:34:48 Chansen-Arch systemd[1]: netctl@wlp2s0\x2diSurf.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Mar 06 19:34:48 Chansen-Arch systemd[1]: Failed to start Networking for netctl profile wlp2s0-iSurf.
Mar 06 19:34:48 Chansen-Arch systemd[1]: netctl@wlp2s0\x2diSurf.service: Unit entered failed state.
Mar 06 19:34:48 Chansen-Arch systemd[1]: netctl@wlp2s0\x2diSurf.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

Now I'm stuck and a bit exhausted. I have no idea where I should start when trying to correct this wifi-problem. I'll keep looking but ANY advice would really be appreciated <3

Last edited by re-mind (2017-03-06 23:35:12)

jasonwryan · 2017-03-06 19:43:20

Make sure you only have one network service enabled. Your best bet is to disable all of them, connect manually and confirm everything is working as it should. Once it is, choose an approach to manage your network, and enable that.

Slithery · 2017-03-06 19:45:42

Netctl is failing because the interface is already up, this is usually the result of having more than one networking service enabled.

Can you post the output of...

systemctl list-unit-files | grep enabled

re-mind · 2017-03-06 19:50:59

slithery wrote:

Netctl is failing because the interface is already up, this is usually the result of having more than one networking service enabled.
Can you post the output of...
systemctl list-unit-files | grep enabled

autovt@.service enabled
bluetooth.service enabled
dbus-org.bluez.service enabled
getty@.service enabled
netctl-auto@.service enabled
sshd.service enabled
remote-fs.target enabled

re-mind · 2017-03-06 19:56:05

jasonwryan wrote:

Make sure you only have one network service enabled. Your best bet is to disable all of them, connect manually and confirm everything is working as it should. Once it is, choose an approach to manage your network, and enable that.

Hi Thanks for the fast reply. I really appreciate it.

I have no idea how to disable my network-services, connect them manually or check if everything is working as it should. Neither do I know how to manage my network or enable it. I am a total newbie with arch, but I want to learn. After 10 hours with this I gave up and posted here If it's troublesome to explain me what to do then please direct me to what I need to read Thanks.

jasonwryan · 2017-03-06 20:03:44

Work through this, methodically: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wi … figuration

re-mind · 2017-03-06 20:09:50

jasonwryan wrote:

Work through this, methodically: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wi … figuration

I'll try Thanks.

re-mind · 2017-03-06 23:34:36

Okay.. so after a lot of tinkering I got the services disabled and configured the wifi manually Now I have wifi.

Thanks for not just giving me the answer

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#1 2017-03-06 19:37:28

[SOLVED] Wifi-problems. Mac Mini 7.1 with Broadcom 4360

#2 2017-03-06 19:43:20

Re: [SOLVED] Wifi-problems. Mac Mini 7.1 with Broadcom 4360

#3 2017-03-06 19:45:42

Re: [SOLVED] Wifi-problems. Mac Mini 7.1 with Broadcom 4360

#4 2017-03-06 19:50:59

Re: [SOLVED] Wifi-problems. Mac Mini 7.1 with Broadcom 4360

#5 2017-03-06 19:56:05

Re: [SOLVED] Wifi-problems. Mac Mini 7.1 with Broadcom 4360

#6 2017-03-06 20:03:44

Re: [SOLVED] Wifi-problems. Mac Mini 7.1 with Broadcom 4360

#7 2017-03-06 20:09:50

Re: [SOLVED] Wifi-problems. Mac Mini 7.1 with Broadcom 4360

#8 2017-03-06 23:34:36

Re: [SOLVED] Wifi-problems. Mac Mini 7.1 with Broadcom 4360

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