Re: Base install with wifi only?
Reply #1 –
Artix base ISO is wonderfully packed with delicious ConnMan connection manager. With ConnMan, Internet connection may be established from pure bash shell, without Xorg, without installed DE, without any graphical frontend.
ConnMan remembers established connection and reconnects automagically on subsequent reboots. Backup installed base ISO, without any DE, and restore it later to add any desired DE.
Once DE is installed, ConnMan continues to autoconnect to Internet. For GUI lovers, it has connman-gtk graphical frontend. NetworkManager and ModemManager aren't needed, ConnMan does everything what they do.
Full ConnMan description is offered by ArchWiki here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/ConnMan
ConnMan's use is very simple, there's nothing complicated. Below is a quick list of main Connman commands, which I use to connect to Internet from base ISO. Once you're in (root) bash shell, use them to connect. Example uses my WiFi ID - use yours instead:
# connmanctl technologies
# connmanctl enable wifi
# connmanctl services
# connmanctl
connmanctl> agent on
connmanctl> connect wifi_bc743749b87b_4137422f64526f6d+managed_psk
[--> agent asks for passphrase to connect <--]
connmanctl> quit
# ping artixlinux.org
Edit: Typos