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Gill Bates

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Registered: 2022-10-19

Posts: 28

[SOLVED] systemctl start iwctl --> Failed to start iwctl.service:

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systemctl start iwctl --> Failed to start iwctl.service: Unit iwctl.service not found.

Yesterday in the train I finally connected to Wifi with iwctl and today I get the error:

 Waiting for IWD to start . . . 

From my understanding I should make sure iwctl is started by systemd? That's why

 systemctl start iwctl 

But I can't find a solution for what to do when there is no

 iwctl.service

It doesn't make any sense to me when it worked yesterday and today it doesn't, but I see this as an opportunity to ask and learn more.

I'm trying to get rid of everything in GUI that can be done with TUI or CLI since I find I find GUI more and more confusing.
In general connecting to a network, if I prefer CLI, TUI what packages are the bare minimum requirement to, is iwctl enough or is wpa_supplicant or NetworkManager required at all?

Thanks for reading.
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Last edited by Gill Bates (2022-11-09 12:43:37)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,261

Re: [SOLVED] systemctl start iwctl --> Failed to start iwctl.service:

The service is called iwd.service , but yes iwctl is enough for managing networks and you do not need wpa_supplicant or networkmanager

I suggest you read https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Iwd attentively, there are a few specifics/gotchas to it's config (like the need to either have a distinct DHCP provider or explicitly enabling the built-in support)

Gill Bates

Member

Registered: 2022-10-19

Posts: 28

Re: [SOLVED] systemctl start iwctl --> Failed to start iwctl.service:

The service is called iwd.service , but yes iwctl is enough for managing networks and you do not need wpa_supplicant or networkmanager

I suggest you read https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Iwd attentively, there are a few specifics/gotchas to it's config (like the need to either have a distinct DHCP provider or explicitly enabling the built-in support)

 systemctl start iwd 

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