I keep getting prompted to enter my wifi password [SOLVED] | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

drowsy robin Apr 29, 2024, 4:27 PM

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It happens randomly and often in clusters of a few separated by 5 mins every few hours or so.
Haven't made any changes it just started happening one day

crystal vine Apr 29, 2024, 4:28 PM

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@drowsy robin laptop or desktop?

drowsy robin Apr 29, 2024, 4:28 PM

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laptop

crystal vine Apr 29, 2024, 4:28 PM

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what laptop?

drowsy robin Apr 29, 2024, 4:29 PM

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one sec

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lemme double check

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XPS something or other

crystal vine Apr 29, 2024, 4:31 PM

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@drowsy robin neofetch please

drowsy robin Apr 29, 2024, 4:31 PM

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crystal vine Apr 29, 2024, 4:33 PM

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Dell XPS 15 2-in-1 (9575)

drowsy robin Apr 29, 2024, 4:34 PM

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yeah

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thats it

crystal vine Apr 29, 2024, 4:34 PM

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https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dell_XPS_15_2-in-1_(9575)

drowsy robin Apr 29, 2024, 4:36 PM

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on a neighbouring page

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i went through all of this

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and this somehow slipped the cracks

crystal vine Apr 29, 2024, 4:38 PM

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@drowsy robin did that work?

drowsy robin Apr 29, 2024, 4:40 PM

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hold up

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havent tried yet tryna find what to do

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how do i degress my firmware

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re*

drowsy robin Apr 29, 2024, 4:44 PM

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crystal vine Dell XPS 15 2-in-1 (9575)

oh im stupid i forgot neofetch showed host

crystal vine Apr 29, 2024, 4:47 PM

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@drowsy robin show pacman -Syu

drowsy robin Apr 29, 2024, 4:50 PM

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??

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everything is up to date just ran it mere minutes ago

crystal vine Apr 29, 2024, 4:52 PM

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@drowsy robin did you reboot after?

drowsy robin Apr 29, 2024, 4:52 PM

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no

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but this isnt a new issue

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ive rebooted countless times since this began

crystal vine Apr 29, 2024, 4:53 PM

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Downgrading one package may require that its dependencies be downgraded as well. When the number of packages to downgrade is large, consider using a snapshot.

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If a downgrade involves a soname change, all dependencies may need downgrading or rebuilding too.

drowsy robin Apr 29, 2024, 4:54 PM

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i see

crystal vine Apr 29, 2024, 4:56 PM

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@drowsy robin sudo pacman -U https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/l/linux-firmware/linux-firmware-20190118.a8b75ca-1-any.pkg.tar.xz

drowsy robin Apr 29, 2024, 5:01 PM

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command was successsful

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should i restart

drowsy robin Apr 29, 2024, 5:40 PM

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crystal vine <@897131170960134154> sudo pacman -U https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/l/li...

thank you!

tropic lindenBOT Apr 29, 2024, 5:40 PM

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crystal vine Apr 29, 2024, 5:52 PM

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you're welcome

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@drowsy robin did it work?

drowsy robin Apr 29, 2024, 5:53 PM

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i think

crystal vine Apr 29, 2024, 5:59 PM

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now make the pacman hook @drowsy robin https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=2003523#p2003523

drowsy robin Apr 29, 2024, 6:00 PM

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shall i just copy paste it

crystal vine Apr 29, 2024, 6:00 PM

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yes

drowsy robin Apr 29, 2024, 6:03 PM

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do i need to modify pacman config

crystal vine Apr 29, 2024, 6:04 PM

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drowsy robin do i need to modify pacman config

/etc/pacman.d/hooks/firmware-6.hook

drowsy robin Apr 29, 2024, 6:04 PM

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i did that

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ohhh

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are you saying i need to append that

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to the config

crystal vine Apr 29, 2024, 6:05 PM

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@drowsy robin screenshot /etc/pacman.d/hooks/firmware-6.hook please

drowsy robin Apr 29, 2024, 6:05 PM

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crystal vine Apr 29, 2024, 6:05 PM

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that's it now reboot

drowsy robin Apr 29, 2024, 6:06 PM

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thumbeline

crystal vine Apr 29, 2024, 6:08 PM

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drowsy robin [thumbeline](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1058538360534216714.webp?size=256...

celeste emote

drowsy robin Apr 29, 2024, 6:08 PM

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yeah

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back

crystal vine Apr 29, 2024, 6:09 PM

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now test it

drowsy robin Apr 29, 2024, 6:10 PM

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okay

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it ran

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lemme see if its updates it

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crystal vine Apr 29, 2024, 6:13 PM

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yes

drowsy robin Apr 29, 2024, 6:14 PM

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evidently didnt work

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jsut lost wifi

crystal vine Apr 29, 2024, 6:15 PM

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@drowsy robin downgrade that package again

drowsy robin Apr 29, 2024, 6:15 PM

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okay

crystal vine Apr 29, 2024, 6:15 PM

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add IgnorePkg=linux-firmware

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in /etc/pacman.conf

drowsy robin Apr 29, 2024, 6:16 PM

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yeah i wondered why that wasnt beign done

crystal vine Apr 29, 2024, 6:16 PM

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then check in a few months if the newer package works

drowsy robin Apr 29, 2024, 6:19 PM

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crystal vine Apr 29, 2024, 6:20 PM

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@drowsy robin it should be there already

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line 26

drowsy robin Apr 29, 2024, 6:21 PM

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yeah

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i added it on line 27

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below the comment

crystal vine Apr 29, 2024, 6:22 PM

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screenshot please

drowsy robin Apr 29, 2024, 6:23 PM

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oh my god

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oh my god

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i am so stupid

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i forgot to get rid of the add 😭

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crystal vine Apr 29, 2024, 6:26 PM

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yes

drowsy robin Apr 29, 2024, 6:26 PM

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yea should work now :3

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tahnbks

crystal vine Apr 29, 2024, 6:26 PM

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crystal vine then check in a few months if the newer package works

see above

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... solved

dusk onyxBOT Apr 29, 2024, 6:30 PM

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crystal vine Apr 29, 2024, 6:30 PM

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@drowsy robin

drowsy robin Apr 29, 2024, 6:30 PM

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thank you

crystal vine Apr 29, 2024, 6:30 PM

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you're welcome

drowsy robin Apr 29, 2024, 6:31 PM

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I keep getting prompted to enter my wifi password [SOLVED]

drowsy robin May 16, 2024, 4:33 PM

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@crystal vine we're back

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as in

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its back

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:c

crystal vine May 16, 2024, 5:15 PM

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@drowsy robin ?

drowsy robin May 16, 2024, 5:19 PM

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crystal vine <@897131170960134154> ?

the issue is back

crystal vine May 16, 2024, 5:19 PM

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@drowsy robin are you still on the old linux-firmware?

drowsy robin May 16, 2024, 5:19 PM

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yeah

crystal vine May 16, 2024, 5:20 PM

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@drowsy robin try the newer package

drowsy robin May 16, 2024, 5:20 PM

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yep

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itry

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illl try*

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done

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no idea if it did anywat

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anything

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I'll wait until anythign happens I guess

crystal vine May 16, 2024, 5:26 PM

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@drowsy robin reboot to let it load

drowsy robin May 16, 2024, 5:31 PM

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yeah

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update if i get a popup

#I keep getting prompted to enter my wifi password [SOLVED]