[Solved] No wifi after install

artwheat · 2023-10-01 13:59:58

Arch Noobie here. Switching from dual boot Pop OS/Win10

Already had Win10 on drive setup but did not see I was supposed to turn off fast boot before install as noted here:

The procedure of disabling Fast Startup is described in the tutorials for Windows 8, Windows 10 and Windows 11. In any case if you disable a setting, make sure to disable the setting and then shut down Windows, before installing Linux; note that rebooting is not sufficient.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dual_b … ibernation

I've turned off fast boot, did complete shut down but as expected, no wifi.

Wifi does work in both win10 and during archinstall using iwctl commands.
Also, I'm running Budgie DE and wifi panel shows my router with strong signal, but when little gear to set password and options does not show/work (flickers when I click to select my router).

Do I need to re-install Arch?
Grateful for any help.

Running System 76 Pangolin (pang11) with 64GB RAM with Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 wifi card
Full specs: https://tech-docs.system76.com/models/p … EADME.html

Last edited by artwheat (2023-10-01 16:22:36)

dakota · 2023-10-01 14:39:39

Which network manager are you using and how did you configure it?

find /etc/systemd -type l -exec test -f {} \; -print | awk -F'/' '{ printf ("%-40s | %s\n", $(NF-0), $(NF-1)) }' | sort -f

seth · 2023-10-01 14:40:24

Please don't paraphrase, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855

lspci -k
ip a; ip r

What are you trying to use to configure the wifi and what is the actual error message you get for that?

Edit: waves fist @dakota

Last edited by seth (2023-10-01 14:40:52)

artwheat · 2023-10-01 14:47:44

dakota wrote:

Which network manager are you using and how did you configure it?
find /etc/systemd -type l -exec test -f {} \; -print | awk -F'/' '{ printf ("%-40s | %s\n", $(NF-0), $(NF-1)) }' | sort -f

find /etc/systemd -type l -exec test -f {} \; -print | awk -F'/' '{ printf ("%-40s | %s\n", $(NF-0), $(NF-1)) }' | sort -f
dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service | system
dbus-org.freedesktop.timesync1.service   | system
display-manager.service                  | system
fstrim.timer                             | timers.target.wants
gcr-ssh-agent.socket                     | sockets.target.wants
getty@tty1.service                       | getty.target.wants
NetworkManager.service                   | multi-user.target.wants
NetworkManager-wait-online.service       | network-online.target.wants
p11-kit-server.socket                    | sockets.target.wants
pipewire-pulse.socket                    | sockets.target.wants
pipewire-session-manager.service         | user
pipewire.socket                          | sockets.target.wants
remote-fs.target                         | multi-user.target.wants
systemd-timesyncd.service                | sysinit.target.wants
wireplumber.service                      | pipewire.service.wants

seth · 2023-10-01 14:49:48

Post the output in #3 and since NM is incredibly chatty also please post your complete system journal for the boot:

sudo journalctl -b | curl -F 'file=@-' 0x0.st

artwheat · 2023-10-01 14:52:11

seth wrote:

Please don't paraphrase, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855
lspci -k
ip a; ip r
What are you trying to use to configure the wifi and what is the actual error message you get for that?
Edit: waves fist @dakota

First, thank you Seth for the correction. Doing my best to pay attention and learn the ways of the community. Grateful for both the correction and patience with me.

lspci -k
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir/Cezanne Root Complex
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Renoir/Cezanne Root Complex
00:00.2 IOMMU: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir/Cezanne IOMMU
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Renoir/Cezanne IOMMU
00:01.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:01.3 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir/Cezanne PCIe GPP Bridge
	Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir/Cezanne PCIe GPP Bridge
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:02.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:02.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir/Cezanne PCIe GPP Bridge
	Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir/Cezanne PCIe GPP Bridge
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:02.2 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir/Cezanne PCIe GPP Bridge
	Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir/Cezanne PCIe GPP Bridge
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:02.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir/Cezanne PCIe GPP Bridge
	Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir/Cezanne PCIe GPP Bridge
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:08.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:08.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Internal PCIe GPP Bridge to Bus
	Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Internal PCIe GPP Bridge to Bus
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:08.2 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Internal PCIe GPP Bridge to Bus
	Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Internal PCIe GPP Bridge to Bus
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller (rev 51)
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer FCH SMBus Controller
	Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus
	Kernel modules: i2c_piix4, sp5100_tco
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge (rev 51)
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer FCH LPC Bridge
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Device 24: Function 0
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Device 24: Function 1
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Device 24: Function 2
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Device 24: Function 3
	Kernel driver in use: k10temp
	Kernel modules: k10temp
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Device 24: Function 4
00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Device 24: Function 5
00:18.6 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Device 24: Function 6
00:18.7 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Device 24: Function 7
01:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS522A PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer RTS522A PCI Express Card Reader
	Kernel driver in use: rtsx_pci
	Kernel modules: rtsx_pci
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Kernel driver in use: r8169
	Kernel modules: r8169
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (rev 1a)
	DeviceName: Realtek RTL8111E Ethernet LOM
	Subsystem: Rivet Networks Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650x (AX200NGW)
	Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
	Kernel modules: iwlwifi
04:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD Controller SM981/PM981/PM983
	Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd SSD 970 EVO
	Kernel driver in use: nvme
	Kernel modules: nvme
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Lucienne (rev c1)
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Lucienne
	Kernel driver in use: amdgpu
	Kernel modules: amdgpu
05:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio Controller
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio Controller
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
05:00.2 Encryption controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 10h-1fh) Platform Security Processor
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Family 17h (Models 10h-1fh) Platform Security Processor
	Kernel driver in use: ccp
	Kernel modules: ccp
05:00.3 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir/Cezanne USB 3.1
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Renoir/Cezanne USB 3.1
	Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: xhci_pci
05:00.4 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir/Cezanne USB 3.1
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Renoir/Cezanne USB 3.1
	Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: xhci_pci
05:00.5 Multimedia controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor (rev 01)
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor
	Kernel modules: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x, snd_acp_pci, snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_pci_ps, snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt
05:00.6 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h/19h HD Audio Controller
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Family 17h/19h HD Audio Controller
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
06:00.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 81)
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
	Kernel driver in use: ahci
06:00.1 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 81)
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
	Kernel driver in use: ahci

ip a; ip r
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host noprefixroute 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: enp2s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 80:fa:5b:9d:be:43 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.1.35/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute enp2s0
       valid_lft 78490sec preferred_lft 78490sec
    inet6 fe80::21e1:3848:5137:4f5c/64 scope link noprefixroute 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether a6:5e:4b:c9:01:b0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff permaddr f0:77:c3:5d:5f:07
default via 192.168.1.1 dev enp2s0 proto dhcp src 192.168.1.35 metric 100 
192.168.1.0/24 dev enp2s0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.35 metric 100

artwheat · 2023-10-01 14:55:14

What are you trying to use to configure the wifi and what is the actual error message you get for that?

Sorry, I missed this:

I'm using the Budgie System Settings.
The error I get is: Connection failed. Secrets were required but not provided.

seth · 2023-10-01 14:58:08

The NIC is there but you've no carrier, do you get asked for a password when trying to connect to the AP?
Do you have any https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Polkit … ion_agents installed?

artwheat · 2023-10-01 15:17:40

seth wrote:

The NIC is there but you've no carrier, do you get asked for a password when trying to connect to the AP?
Do you have any https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Polkit … ion_agents installed?

I do not get asked for a password.

I did not have polkit installed.

Just installed it and rebooted. No change with wifi.

I did not do anything to configure it. I'm not familiar with it outside of what I quickly read from your link.
Trying to be respectful of your time while you are helping me. I've got a lot of reading & studying of the wiki and forums ahead of me!

seth · 2023-10-01 15:23:07

Try to connect using https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Networ … i_examples and post the I/O.

artwheat · 2023-10-01 15:37:03

seth wrote:

Try to connect using https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Networ … i_examples and post the I/O.

nmcli device wifi list
IN-USE  BSSID              SSID                MODE   CHAN  RATE        SIGNAL  BARS  SECURITY  
        D6:40:D0:4F:D9:5B  --                  Infra  1     270 Mbit/s  100     ▂▄▆█  WPA2      
        CC:40:D0:4F:D9:5D  --                  Infra  157   270 Mbit/s  100     ▂▄▆█  WPA2      
        D2:40:D0:4E:D7:9A  SSI                 Infra  1     130 Mbit/s  95      ▂▄▆█  WPA2      
        CC:40:D0:4E:D7:9D  SSI                 Infra  48    270 Mbit/s  82      ▂▄▆█  WPA2      
        D2:40:D0:4E:D8:71  SSI                 Infra  1     270 Mbit/s  54      ▂▄__  WPA2      
        AC:DF:9F:07:D7:44  WT2001              Infra  3     540 Mbit/s  45      ▂▄__  WPA2 WPA3 
        2E:30:33:E3:1A:2F  NETGEAR-5G-2-Guest  Infra  153   405 Mbit/s  35      ▂▄__  WPA2      
        2C:30:33:E3:1A:31  NETGEAR86-5G-2      Infra  153   405 Mbit/s  34      ▂▄__  WPA2      
        AE:DF:9F:77:D7:44  --                  Infra  3     540 Mbit/s  30      ▂___  WPA2 WPA3 
        2C:30:33:E3:1A:30  NETGEAR86           Infra  11    195 Mbit/s  29      ▂___  WPA2      
        CC:40:D0:4F:D9:5E  SSI                 Infra  48    270 Mbit/s  29      ▂___  WPA2      
        C2:A5:11:2F:DE:3B  ORBI84              Infra  7     130 Mbit/s  27      ▂___  WPA2      
        2E:30:33:E3:1A:31  NETGEAR-Guest       Infra  11    195 Mbit/s  27      ▂___  WPA2      
        D2:40:D0:4F:D9:5B  SSI                 Infra  1     270 Mbit/s  22      ▂___  WPA2

nmcli device wifi connect SSI password ************
Device 'wlan0' successfully activated with '3ac3e8b2-28b0-487c-a6bf-f9eb92cc23d0'.

nmcli device wifi connect SSI password ************** hidden yes
Device 'wlan0' successfully activated with '3ac3e8b2-28b0-487c-a6bf-f9eb92cc23d0'.

nmcli device wifi connect SSID_or_BSSID password password ifname wlan1 profile_name  <-- not aware of a profile name

nmcli device disconnect ifname eth0   <-- didn't do this, wasn't sure if that would disconnect my wired connection. Will await confirmation you want me to do this before moving forward.

nmcli connection show
NAME                UUID                                  TYPE      DEVICE 
Wired connection 1  20b08816-14f8-3a3c-ad31-101b9a56d441  ethernet  enp2s0 
lo                  d07cc18e-acf0-4889-b65d-c45e705e5aa4  loopback  lo     
SSI                 3ac3e8b2-28b0-487c-a6bf-f9eb92cc23d0  wifi      wlan0  
NETGEAR86           4a28a067-4bff-46fd-a2dc-24fdea309974  wifi      --     
WT2001              401b95b7-1a28-4ab1-a33b-37c69e87fd00  wifi      --

nmcli connection up SSI
Connection successfully activated (D-Bus active path: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/11)

nmcli connection delete name_or_uuid  <-- should I do this one?

nmcli device
DEVICE         TYPE      STATE                   CONNECTION         
enp2s0         ethernet  connected               Wired connection 1 
lo             loopback  connected (externally)  lo                 
wlan0          wifi      connected               SSI

I hope this was helpful!

artwheat · 2023-10-01 16:02:11

I hope this was helpful!

lol, actually what you shared was very helpful -- to me!!!
Wifi is up and running after reboot. I can see details on the connection in the GUI now as well.

Thank you very much!

If you have time (fine if you don't). Can you walk me through your troubleshooting thoughts? Just some bullet points.
Not only would I like to be able to do this on my own in the future, I'd like to be able to pay your help forward someday.

Last question, was this the command that did the trick?
nmcli device wifi connect SSI password ************

Again, grateful for your help Seth. It's going to be much easier reading up on the wiki and forums without the RJ-45 leash!
I have much to learn!

seth · 2023-10-01 16:13:05

Last question, was this the command that did the trick?
nmcli device wifi connect SSI password ************

Yes.

There's something foul w/ the Budgie NM frontend then, you can probably resort to https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x8 … er-applet/ (thoug NM can store known connections and autoconnect w/o manual interventions) though I'd suspect it's a missing polkit agent (nb. that merely polkit won't do, you explicitly need to install an agent)

Troubleshooting is to first figure where things fail (ie. whether the NIC shows up, whether it has a carrier etc) then ballpark why, then blame your desktop environment

Edit: Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

Last edited by seth (2023-10-01 16:13:25)

artwheat · 2023-10-01 16:30:00

Awesome!

Marked as solved.

I debated on Budgie or I3.
Budgie looks beautiful, but I do like a tiling window manager and was used to using Pop OS's implementation.

Now I'm not sure if I should reinstall with I3 or attempt to install I3 on top of Budgie. Both are out of the scope of this thread. I should probably work with what I have for now, get comfortable with pacman and learn the AUR and level up my Arch skills. I just hate to start customizing if I'm going to wipe it all out anyway. Good practice though I'm sure. Thanks again Seth!

seth · 2023-10-01 20:53:30

You can install serveral DEs/WMs in parallel and switch between them as you like.
The problem in this case however isn't Budgie-the-desktop-shell or Budgie-the-window-manager, but the NM frontend in its settings and the i3 alternative to that would likely be nm-applet anyway.

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