#Networkmanager help

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ember gust
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nmcli device wifi connect GenericSSID password "thisismypassword"
this is the syntax I use but it says Error: Connection activation failed: Secrets were required, but not provided

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if I put my password in without the quotes it says
bash: !backofpassword: event not found

inland socket
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Does your password have characters that might need to be escaped like ? or "?

ember gust
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yes

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!

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how do I escape them

inland socket
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using \

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you can also use single quotes

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with that you don't need to escape anything

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(and you can't)

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so you are safe if you don't have any single quote (')

ember gust
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doesnt work

inland socket
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sadge

ember gust
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i changed my password to password just to see what would happen and i get the same error

fervent badger
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if you wont just use networkmanager for nmtui, then you might as well switch to iwctl/directly using wpa_supplicant

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for wpa_supplicant, the entire process is just wpa_passphrase ssid password >> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

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once you enable the service

ember gust
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Does it matter that I'm doing it in a terminal on hyprland?

inland socket
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prob not

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but you could try doing it in the tty to be certain

viral inlet
ember gust
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You are probably right since iwd is what I wanted to use originally but I forgot what it was called

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I will have to try when I get home

ember gust
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turns out its not on my device

fervent badger
fervent badger
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also are you using a de

ember gust
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just hyprland

fervent badger
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oh

ember gust
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i have plasma installed as well

fervent badger
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yeah maybe switch to wpa_gui

ember gust
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but im trying to switch

fervent badger
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or iwctl

ember gust
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i installed iwctl and when I try to use it it says waiting for iwd to start

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and just sits there

fervent badger
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also disable nm

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systemctl disable --now networkmanager

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ohhhhh

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wait

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you probably never enabled it

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ok before doing anything else

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can you show the output of systemctl status NetworkManager

ember gust
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yeah i just tried to disable network manager and it said there was no instance

fervent badger
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might as well use iwd though imo

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if you're on arch it should be easy enough

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highly likely it's just iwctl station wlan0 connect <ssid> and then you're done forever

ember gust
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still waiting for it to start

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nvm

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im dumb

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had to start the service

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how do I see if has connected? I tried to pin 1.1.1.1 and it didnt go through

fervent badger
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oh yeah you need one more thing

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i forgor about that

ember gust
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i dont understand

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it says its enabled and active yet I cant use it

fervent badger
ember gust
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Ye

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What's the param to do shutdown instantly?

fervent badger
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sudo or systemctl or loginctl

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last 2 only work with polkit installed

ember gust
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i did shutdown -r

fervent badger
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oh to reboot its just reboot

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shutdown works too but i dont use it cause theres really no point

ember gust
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same thing

fervent badger
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hibernation would be systemctl hibernate

ember gust
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i mean I get the same error

fervent badger
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@ember gust idk what that means tbh

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should i show how to use wpa_supplicant instead

ember gust
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sure

fervent badger
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you were using that anyway when you were on plasma tbf

fervent badger
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@ember gust do you know the name of your network interface

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if not, can you show output of ip a

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it should be there

ember gust
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wlan0

fervent badger
ember gust
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ye

fervent badger
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oh ok

ember gust
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lo and wlan0

fervent badger
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systemctl enable --now [email protected]
config=/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-wlan0.conf
echo ctrl_interface=/run/wpa_supplicant > $config
wpa_passphrase <ssid> <password> >> $config```
ember gust
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is wpa installed already?

fervent badger
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yea

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again you were already using it when on plasma

ember gust
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oh

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ok

fervent badger
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and theres no way you uninstalled it since you still have nm

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btw is this a laptop

proven lantern
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Can you not connect using iwctl?

fervent badger
ember gust
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tis a laptop

fervent badger
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oh

proven lantern
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Um does ethernet connection work

ember gust
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i have an adapter but i dont want to use it

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when i do the systemctl enable wpa it hangs after it created the symlink

proven lantern
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Try enable --now

fervent badger
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huh

fervent badger
ember gust
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yeah

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it says created symlink and then the path and then the next line it hangs

fervent badger
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ctrl c

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then keep going

ember gust
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ok

fervent badger
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you can add a network with no password like this

   ssid="MYSSID"
   key_mgmt=NONE
}```
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otherwise just use that last command i mentioned, but replace $config with that file from earlier

ember gust
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permission denied on the scho command

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i tried sudo but still the same thing

fervent badger
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i just use wpa_passphrase <ssid> <password> |doas tee /etc/wpa_supplicant/whatever.conf

fervent badger
ember gust
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ok

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i cant mess with this anymore I have to go to bed

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thank you for your help

fervent badger
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ok yw

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... close

shell wingBOT
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ember gust
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ill be back tomorrow

fervent badger
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k

ember gust
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should I make a new thread?

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or keep this one

midnight kayak
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you can keep this one

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I actually had the same issue

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you have to delete the connection and then reconnect

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the thing is that networkmanager keeps track of the passwords you passed in earlier in the background, so even if you use a new password, if it was given before, it will use that one, even if its wrong

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or if u accidentally tried to connect without a password, it will just try without a password over and over again no matter if you pass in a password now