Wifi connection is n't saving my password ( nmtui) | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 4:23 PM

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I am tryiing to connect with my wifi but it's saving my password whenever i reboot my system i have to put password again which is frustrating

normal yew Aug 30, 2025, 4:25 PM

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surreal socket I am tryiing to connect with my wifi but it's saving my password whenever i rebo...

"It's saving"

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Or not saving

charred yacht Aug 30, 2025, 4:26 PM

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did u try deleting the connecting with nmcli con delete <name> restart networkmaanger systemctl restart NetworkManager.service then create it new

surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 4:29 PM

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Wifi connection is n't saving my password ( nmtui)

surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 4:29 PM

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normal yew "It's saving"

not saving

normal yew Aug 30, 2025, 4:29 PM

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Ok

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Restarting service may solve issue as above said

surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 4:33 PM

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normal yew Restarting service may solve issue as above said

done

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still same problem

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charred yacht Aug 30, 2025, 4:34 PM

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when u delete it try connecting with the tray applet in KDE instead of using nmtui

surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 4:34 PM

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surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 4:35 PM

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charred yacht when u delete it try connecting with the tray applet in KDE instead of using nmt...

when i use to tray applet and put my password it discoonnect

charred yacht Aug 30, 2025, 4:35 PM

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even if u delete first?

surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 4:35 PM

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yup

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I delete and put password through tray

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but some issue happen & it doesn't even connect

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and it's not saving my password in nmtui connection

surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 4:37 PM

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charred yacht even if u delete first?

do you have any idea ?

normal yew Aug 30, 2025, 4:38 PM

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I c gnome-keyring, they say it stores passwords, but idk if this works

surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 4:39 PM

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normal yew I c gnome-keyring, they say it stores passwords, but idk if this works

what you mean?

charred yacht Aug 30, 2025, 4:39 PM

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do u got a wallet/keyring to save credentials to?

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what u got if u open kwalletmanager assuming it's installed

surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 4:42 PM

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charred yacht do u got a wallet/keyring to save credentials to?

nope i dont know what is that

charred yacht Aug 30, 2025, 4:43 PM

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do u got an app called kwalletmanager if u just search for that in kde?

surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 4:43 PM

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charred yacht do u got an app called kwalletmanager if u just search for that in kde?

I am installing rn

surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 4:45 PM

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charred yacht do u got an app called kwalletmanager if u just search for that in kde?

now tell me

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I have install kwalletmanager5

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what should i do

charred yacht Aug 30, 2025, 4:46 PM

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open kwalletmanager and create a wallet, use blowfish and set the password to the same thing as ur user login so it will auto unlock when u login

surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 4:47 PM

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charred yacht open kwalletmanager and create a wallet, use blowfish and set the password to th...

can you tell me in steps

charred yacht Aug 30, 2025, 4:48 PM

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what do u see when u open kwalletmanager

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ye just put a password, put the same one as ur user login so it'll auto unlock when u login

surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 4:49 PM

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tell me name for wallet or should i choose random

charred yacht Aug 30, 2025, 4:49 PM

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kdewallet

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that's the default mine is called but i dont think it matters tbh

surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 4:50 PM

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charred yacht ye just put a password, put the same one as ur user login so it'll auto unlock w...

you mean my arch user password ?

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or my wifi password?

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charred yacht Aug 30, 2025, 4:51 PM

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arch user

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or just put no password so it'll always unlock

surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 4:52 PM

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what should i do now?

charred yacht Aug 30, 2025, 4:52 PM

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u are using kde plasma, right?

surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 4:53 PM

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charred yacht u are using kde plasma, right?

nope

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I am just using hyprland

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nothing else

charred yacht Aug 30, 2025, 4:53 PM

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oh

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the applet wifi applet was the same as plasma so i thought u were :P

surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 4:54 PM

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lmao

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now what?

charred yacht Aug 30, 2025, 4:54 PM

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idk if kwallet gonna work properly then

surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 4:54 PM

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aHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

charred yacht Aug 30, 2025, 4:54 PM

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u can try anyway, click open and then delete connection again and make it

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then see if it added something to the wallet

surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 4:55 PM

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it shows me this when i open it

charred yacht Aug 30, 2025, 4:55 PM

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actually looking online kwallet should work on hyprland too

surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 4:56 PM

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ookie

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could you tell me steps

charred yacht Aug 30, 2025, 4:56 PM

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surreal socket it shows me this when i open it

if u create ur wifi connection now does it put an entry in there?

surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 4:57 PM

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charred yacht if u create ur wifi connection now does it put an entry in there?

using nmtui?

charred yacht Aug 30, 2025, 4:57 PM

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ye

surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 4:58 PM

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I delete my connection

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surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 4:59 PM

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charred yacht ye

love you man !

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now it's workinn

charred yacht Aug 30, 2025, 4:59 PM

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nice

surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 4:59 PM

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😭 finally

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what was the issue btw ?

charred yacht Aug 30, 2025, 4:59 PM

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networkmanager didnt have any wallet or keyring serivce to save the password to

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now u installed one so it put it in there

surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 5:01 PM

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charred yacht networkmanager didnt have any wallet or keyring serivce to save the password to

lmao I reboot the system it's not working anymore

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idk what the heck happened

charred yacht Aug 30, 2025, 5:02 PM

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if u open kwallet does it have a Network Management thing inside?

surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 5:04 PM

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it's empty

charred yacht Aug 30, 2025, 5:04 PM

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shet

surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 5:05 PM

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what to do now?

charred yacht Aug 30, 2025, 5:07 PM

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try manually add the password to the nmconnection file maybe

surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 5:07 PM

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charred yacht try manually add the password to the nmconnection file maybe

How?

charred yacht Aug 30, 2025, 5:07 PM

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sudo nano /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Vivek.nmconnection

surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 5:08 PM

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then

charred yacht Aug 30, 2025, 5:09 PM

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do u see it inside there already or nah?

surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 5:09 PM

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charred yacht Aug 30, 2025, 5:09 PM

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it's already in there

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so idk why it dont remember the password when clearly it's right there lol

surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 5:10 PM

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yess ! maybe because I connect to wifi with nmtui

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but when i disconnect to tray wifi & try reconnect it dooesn't let me now

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as you can see my password isn't save

charred yacht Aug 30, 2025, 5:12 PM

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ye that's weird

surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 5:14 PM

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😭

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charred yacht Aug 30, 2025, 5:16 PM

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nyanpuppu_sob

surreal socket Aug 30, 2025, 5:17 PM

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charred yacht <:nyanpuppu_sob:1404750683302789182>

do something

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what is that ?

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https://github.com/end-4/dots-hyprland

GitHub

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anyone is here ?

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yup !

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i am able to connect with my other wifi

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idk what is that

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oo

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problem is that I have to put password everytime using nmtui

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and for some tray wifi doesn't let me connect with my main wif but it let's me connect with my other wifi

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I don't have plasma

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I just have hyprland

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do you found the problem

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??

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