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Minihawk

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Registered: 2017-08-27

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[solved] Connect to Network without GUI

Hi,
i need to change my graphics driver, so i need to boot into GUI and still have the network active.

I boot into console by just adding a 3 in the GRUB2-line, and this should come up with a network. I have cable network connected.

What do i need to do to get network running?

I know that i had it running the last time i changed the graphic driver, what have i forgotten?

Thanks

Last edited by Minihawk (2017-10-30 17:11:36)

ewaller

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Re: [solved] Connect to Network without GUI

By cable network, I assume you mean it is a wired network.

sudo dhcpcd
should do it.  Use ip addr to check that you get an IP address.

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WorMzy

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Re: [solved] Connect to Network without GUI

Most network managers work without a GUI (a common exception is when connecting to a wireless network with a passphrase which is held by a user's keyring), so whatever you are currently using will most likely continue to work even if you boot into mult-user.target. How is your network configured? What network manager (if any) are you using?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ne … k_managers

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Minihawk

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Registered: 2017-08-27

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Re: [solved] Connect to Network without GUI

Hi, thanks for your answers. I am using NetworkManager, and it works complete when booting into GUI, but when i boot into text mode by using a three in the GRUB2-line, my network does not get any IPs.
I had to use an other Nvidia-driver some month ago (nvidia-dkms instead of nvidia-lts), i have git a network connection in text mode, too. But today it is not working.

Thanks for the link, i will try to use nmcli and nmtui to diagnose the problem.

severach

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Re: [solved] Connect to Network without GUI

For NetworkManager run nmtui. It will either let you enable the network or tell you why it can't.

Minihawk

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Re: [solved] Connect to Network without GUI

Hi,

i had forgotten to answer, it was all going well with nmtui, i activated the correct network and could install the correct nvidia-driver which i had to change some weeks ago to DKMS.