[SOLVED] Update to libnl 3.4.0-1 breaks NetworkManager on my end

RickDeckard · 2017-10-24 16:24:57

Hi, ever since I updated to libnl-3.4.0-1 a couple of days ago, I've been somewhat unable to connect to the Internet because NetworkManager reports that I'm not authorized to control the network or edit connections. I'm still in all the groups I should be in (network and polkitd), I tried adding

dbus-launch --exit-with-session startxfce4

to my .xinitrc as instructed in another thread after a quick search, and that isn't working either. I noticed a lot of users with Atheros AR9xxx wireless cards were having the same problem, mine is a 9485. Ideally, I should be able to fix it without heading to the ALA (stupid me deleted pacman cache before finding out libnl has issues) but I will if I have to. What could be wrong?

Last edited by RickDeckard (2017-11-08 22:36:54)

nesk · 2017-10-25 07:08:02

Is that wireless interface the only one you have? If no - what about others?
I have libnl-3.3.0-1 in cache, let me know where I can put it up for you.

seth · 2017-10-25 08:24:09

@nesk, surprisingly all packages are archived ;-)
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Linux_Archive

RickDeckard · 2017-10-26 05:36:09

That's the only wireless interface I have. Strangely enough, I've noticed NetworkManager running fine sometimes without the downgrade to 3.3.0 until I log out and log back in, at which point it goes back to telling me that I'm not authorized. I'm seeing a weird pkexec error in my journal on top of that, which shouldn't be there.

Error executing command as another user: Not authorized [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/] [command=/usr/bin/xfpm-power-backlight-helper --set-brightness-switch 1]

seth · 2017-10-26 06:53:24

compare "loginctl session-status" or "loginctl show-session $XDG_SESSION_ID" of a good and a bad login, maybe libsnl is a red herring and you don't end up being the active user?

nesk · 2017-10-26 18:37:26

RickDeckard wrote:

That's the only wireless interface I have.

But is it the only interface on the system? If you have other ones, it would help to narrow down the suspect to either NM or something related to your wireless card.

RickDeckard · 2017-10-26 19:38:42

nesk wrote:

RickDeckard wrote:
That's the only wireless interface I have.
But is it the only interface on the system? If you have other ones, it would help to narrow down the suspect to either NM or something related to your wireless card.

Oh. Yes. It's that too.

RickDeckard · 2017-10-26 19:40:01

seth wrote:

compare "loginctl session-status" or "loginctl show-session $XDG_SESSION_ID" of a good and a bad login, maybe libsnl is a red herring and you don't end up being the active user?

Sure. I'll check that when I get home, I'm on the road right now.

RickDeckard · 2017-10-26 23:42:51

After I log out and then log back in, loginctl show-session says

Could not get properties: No such device or address.

while performing it as soon as I start up and log in to the desktop gives me my active user led by the lightdm process and under xfce desktop as it should be.

Last edited by RickDeckard (2017-10-26 23:44:43)

seth · 2017-10-27 06:56:53

The session status being linked to your issues to control NM/backlight/...?

Remove the dbus-launch command from your xinitrc and remove lightdm from the equation. You may try xdm or startx, both will require a correctly setup xinitrc, consult
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinit and in case https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/XDM

Edit: also check your journal for failures to create a session bus etc.

Last edited by seth (2017-10-27 06:57:20)

RickDeckard · 2017-11-08 22:36:15

I believe this has been fixed by the lightdm 1:1.24.0-1 update.

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#1 2017-10-24 16:24:57

[SOLVED] Update to libnl 3.4.0-1 breaks NetworkManager on my end

#2 2017-10-25 07:08:02

Re: [SOLVED] Update to libnl 3.4.0-1 breaks NetworkManager on my end

#3 2017-10-25 08:24:09

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#4 2017-10-26 05:36:09

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#5 2017-10-26 06:53:24

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#6 2017-10-26 18:37:26

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#8 2017-10-26 19:40:01

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