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scarface_

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Registered: 2019-09-27

Posts: 13

[SOLVED]No wifi after fresh install and reboot

Hi I'm running into trouble after following the official Installation guide. I have completed the Installation so far and done the first reboot after umounting.
I have logged in as root and wanted to install gnome but before I checked my Internet connection pinging a Website, which failed.
As I also had Trouble connecting to the WiFi on install I tried what solved the issue then but did not work this time which was

$ ip link set dev wlp58s0 down
$ wifi-menu

I read that using netctl and NetworkManager would clash but

systemctl --type=Service

gives me

NetworkManager.service

and Nothing for netctl.
If i now try connecting via

wifi-menu

it says connecting failed.

My system is the Dell XPS13(9360).

Cheers,
Martin

Last edited by scarface_ (2020-06-12 07:17:40)

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Re: [SOLVED]No wifi after fresh install and reboot

Youtube videos are a recipe for fail, and are not supported here.

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scarface_

Member

Registered: 2019-09-27

Posts: 13

Re: [SOLVED]No wifi after fresh install and reboot

Okay removed the Video from the post. Still I followed the official guide until the Point of umont and reboot.

Soptik

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Registered: 2019-03-11

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Re: [SOLVED]No wifi after fresh install and reboot

Is there something interesting in journalctl or dmesg?

Mr.Elendig

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Re: [SOLVED]No wifi after fresh install and reboot

Kill off netctl, start the NetworkManager service and use nmcli or nmtui to connect. If there are any errors then tell us about them. Also tell us which wifi card you have, which driver you are using etc.

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asasione

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Registered: 2019-06-16

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Re: [SOLVED]No wifi after fresh install and reboot

Hi I'm running into trouble after following the official Installation guide. I have completed the Installation so far and done the first reboot after umounting.
I have logged in as root and wanted to install gnome but before I checked my Internet connection pinging a Website, which failed.
As I also had Trouble connecting to the WiFi on install I tried what solved the issue then but did not work this time which was

$ ip link set dev wlp58s0 down
$ wifi-menu

I read that using netctl and NetworkManager would clash but

systemctl --type=Service

gives me

NetworkManager.service

and Nothing for netctl.
If i now try connecting via

wifi-menu

it says connecting failed.

My system is the Dell XPS13(9360).

Cheers,
Martin

I will make two suggestions, use the 05/01 ISO when installing to avoid issues during the initial installation, it will help avoid struggling to get wifi-menu working. Second, do the entire install including gnome and the apps you want and enable services and reboot into a working system, instead of wasting time doing additional procedures after the initial reboot

scarface_

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Registered: 2019-09-27

Posts: 13

Re: [SOLVED]No wifi after fresh install and reboot

I will make two suggestions, use the 05/01 ISO when installing to avoid issues during the initial installation, it will help avoid struggling to get wifi-menu working. Second, do the entire install including gnome and the apps you want and enable services and reboot into a working system, instead of wasting time doing additional procedures after the initial reboot

Thank you, I will keep that in mind the next time I do an install.

What solved the problem for me this time was disabling wpa_supplicant. Then I could not uses nmcli beacause my wifi's name is something like "fritz!box XXXX" and I got a bash error because of the !box part.
If somebody stumbles across this thread in the future:
The problem can be resolved using

nmtui

which is a simple gui tool.