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symbwell

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[SOLVED] WiFi applet on KDE

Hi there!

I have some problems with correctly display available WIFI in KDE applet. I have internet connection (set manually via terminal with wpa_supplicant) but the applet on my KDE can't show any available WiFi around me.

Is there something I need to do extra?

Thank you for response.

Last edited by symbwell (2022-10-21 11:16:34)

V1del

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Re: [SOLVED] WiFi applet on KDE

KDE's applet relies on networkmanager, so you need to install and setup networkmanager and not connect via wpa_supplicant directly.

symbwell

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Re: [SOLVED] WiFi applet on KDE

Works like a charm! Thank you!

For the future newbie:
I remove my wpa_supplicant configuration and disable wpa_supplicant.service and wpa_supplicant@DEVICE.service. Next restart NetworkManager (systemctl restart NetworkManager.service). Be sure that you have install dhclient.

sydneyj

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Re: [SOLVED] WiFi applet on KDE

NetworkManager has its own built-in DHCP client, and does not require dhclient.

symbwell

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Re: [SOLVED] WiFi applet on KDE

Brilliant! I will try to change it today evening!