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gannon

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Registered: 2019-06-29

Posts: 29

[SOLVED] Wifi timeout on boot unless keyboard input provided

I created a profile by copying /etc/netctl/examples/wireless-wpa to /etc/netctl/myprofile and replacing Interface, ESSID, and Key with the appropriate values for my network. I ran

netctl enable myprofile

to connect to wireless on system startup. When I reboot, the systemd service startup attempt for myprofile results in a timeout after 1m 30s. After the timeout I can login and run

 journalctl -u netctl@myprofile | less 

which shows

Jun 28 05:13:35 gannon systemd[1]: Starting MyProfile WPA Wireless Connection...
Jun 28 05:13:35 gannon network[582]: Starting network profile 'myprofile'...
Jun 28 05:15:05 gannon systemd[1]: netctl@myprofile.service: Start operation timed out. Terminating.
Jun 28 05:15:05 gannon systemd[1]: netctl@myprofile.service: Main process exited, code=killed, status=15/TERM
Jun 28 05:15:05 gannon systemd[1]: netctl@myprofile.service: Failed with result 'timeout'.
Jun 28 05:15:05 gannon systemd[1]: Failed to start MyProfile WPA Wireless Connection.

However, if I reboot and then hit keys on my keyboard during the systemd service startup attempt it connects! Why?

Last edited by gannon (2019-06-29 08:50:46)

skunktrader

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From: Brisbane, Australia

Registered: 2010-02-14

Posts: 1,681

Re: [SOLVED] Wifi timeout on boot unless keyboard input provided

Your system does not have enough entropy.  Try installing https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Haveged

gannon

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Registered: 2019-06-29

Posts: 29

Re: [SOLVED] Wifi timeout on boot unless keyboard input provided

That worked, thank you!!!