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prayner96

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Registered: 2022-03-06

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[SOLVED] wpa_supplicant not connecting automatically to wl network

I recently started using wpa_supplicant to connect to the internet after formerly using netctl.

I am able to connect manually to my wl network, but I have to do it manually (as printed below from the wiki):

# wpa_supplicant -B -i interface -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/example.conf
# dhcpcd interface

I tried automatically connecting using the following code:

# systemctl enable dhcpcd.service
# systemctl start dhcpcd.service
# systemctl enable wpa_supplicant@interface.service
# systemctl start wpa_supplicant@interface.service

Yet when I reboot, I have to reconnect manually. I am not sure what is going on because my technical skills aren't up to speed yet. I think it could be related to netct, which I uninstalled. Or I'm missing something.

A notable troubleshooting output:

systemctl --failed

Shows that for the relevant interface, LOAD == 'loaded', ACTIVE & SUB == "failed".

Note: I am not able to share full outputs, I can only type them out.

Last edited by prayner96 (2022-04-24 22:37:43)

Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

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Re: [SOLVED] wpa_supplicant not connecting automatically to wl network

And did you edit the wpa_supplicant service file to use "example.conf" instead of the default wpa_supplicant.conf?  Why are you even using "example.conf'? (edit: I see this is now in the wiki ... so that explains where it came from - but it really shouldn't be in the wiki like that)

On another note, I'd not boter with the wpa_supplicant service, use the dhcpcd hook instead:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dhcpcd … supplicant

Last edited by Trilby (2022-04-24 14:34:33)

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prayner96

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Registered: 2022-03-06

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Re: [SOLVED] wpa_supplicant not connecting automatically to wl network

Hi Trilby, thanks for getting back to me. Yes example.conf in this case would be wpa_supplicant.conf, I just copy-pasted it from the wiki. I will give your approach a try in a few hours (time to vote!)

prayner96

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Registered: 2022-03-06

Posts: 72

Re: [SOLVED] wpa_supplicant not connecting automatically to wl network

Solved. Thanks for your help!

The output for systemctl --failed is still the same though. Not sure if that matters in the long run.