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gaulderson

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Registered: 2017-05-05

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[SOLVED] Netctl can't connect wireless profile

Hi, I'm currently posting on mobile because I can't connect to WiFi, but I'll do my best to post relevant code.

I have netctl installed and I'm trying to connect to my wireless hotpot. I copied the wireless-open profile and changed the network name.

However when trying to start the netctl profile I get

 
Could not create a wpa config file for interface wlp3s0
Failed to bring the network up for profile 'wireless-open' 

Any ideas?

Last edited by gaulderson (2017-05-13 21:02:27)

Lemongrass

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From: Central Europe

Registered: 2017-03-03

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Re: [SOLVED] Netctl can't connect wireless profile

Have you tried creating a new profile with

sudo wifi-menu -o

?

gaulderson

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Re: [SOLVED] Netctl can't connect wireless profile

I don't have dialog installed

Lemongrass

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Re: [SOLVED] Netctl can't connect wireless profile

Maybe you could download this on a different computer
https://www.archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/dialog/
and move to your computer on an USB and install it form the downloaded file.

gaulderson

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Re: [SOLVED] Netctl can't connect wireless profile

Hm you would think the base package should give you enough to configure a wireless network. I'll try that out, thanks.

Lemongrass

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Re: [SOLVED] Netctl can't connect wireless profile

Yes, the base group gives you the opportunity to configure your network.

But I found this method easy to perform. No manual config file editing is needed this way.

rdeckard

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Registered: 2015-01-28

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Re: [SOLVED] Netctl can't connect wireless profile

The dialog package is not included in the base group. Boot from the live disk, mount your partitions, chroot, and then install it.

gaulderson

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Re: [SOLVED] Netctl can't connect wireless profile

If I have an Ubuntu dual boot I should be able to mount chroot and install from there, correct?

Lemongrass

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Re: [SOLVED] Netctl can't connect wireless profile

I wouldn't mix two different OS-es... You might break both.

Start the Arch usb/CD, chroot into your install, then install dialog as rdeckard said. Or you can download the package from Ubuntu and place it in your Arch install, then start Arch and install the downloaded package.

Last edited by Lemongrass (2017-05-12 21:00:58)

loqs

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Re: [SOLVED] Netctl can't connect wireless profile

Have you tried Wireless_network_configuration#Manual_setup?

gaulderson

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Re: [SOLVED] Netctl can't connect wireless profile

So I managed to install dialog and wifi-menu seems to pick up other wireless networks around me, but can't find my hotspot. Any reason why this might be?

Have you tried Wireless_network_configuration#Manual_setup?

I did at first but didn't have wireless-tools or iw so I didn't get very far with that. That's why I tried to figure it out with netctl. I suppose I could go back to that now that I figured out how to install packages offline from another os if wifi-menu and netctl don't work out.

LeoMingo

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Re: [SOLVED] Netctl can't connect wireless profile

So I managed to install dialog and wifi-menu seems to pick up other wireless networks around me, but can't find my hotspot. Any reason why this might be?

Are you sure the wifi signal is strong enough? Test it with a cell phone to connect it, if the signal is fine and wifi-menu also can return a connection point list, there should be your wifi connection point there in the list returned by wifi-menu.

ewaller

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Re: [SOLVED] Netctl can't connect wireless profile

So I managed to install dialog and wifi-menu seems to pick up other wireless networks around me, but can't find my hotspot. Any reason why this might be?

An obvious reason would be the AP being on a band (5GHz) that your WiFi  hardware in your computer does not.
Have you set your regulatory domain?  Is the router using a channel not available in the regulatory domain you are trying to use? https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wi … ory_domain

Does your AP show up in the output of iw dev wlo1 scan    (Replace wlo1 with the name of your WiFi device from ip link)

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gaulderson

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Re: [SOLVED] Netctl can't connect wireless profile

Turns out all I need was a reboot for the hotspot to show up.

Thanks everyone.