cant get wifi to connect

23 July 2021, 06:47:55

hello, i am unable to connect to wifi, here are some outputs

[anon@artix vivaldi]$ ifconfig -a
eth0: flags=-28605<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DYNAMIC>  mtu 1500
        inet 10.0.0.69  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 10.0.0.255
        inet6 2601:345:8302:4780:8e8c:aaff:fed6:d223  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x0<global>
        inet6 fe80::8e8c:aaff:fed6:d223  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 8c:8c:aa:d6:d2:23  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 231983  bytes 337281513 (321.6 MiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 90756  bytes 7444467 (7.0 MiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
        loop  txqueuelen 1000  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 22  bytes 1764 (1.7 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 22  bytes 1764 (1.7 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

wlp4s0: flags=-28669<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,DYNAMIC>  mtu 1500
        ether 40:1c:83:08:7f:5a  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

[anon@artix vivaldi]$

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04:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless-AC 9260 (rev 29)
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 0014
        Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
        Kernel modules: iwlwifi
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Picasso (rev
c2)
        Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad E595
        Kernel driver in use: amdgpu
        Kernel modules: amdgpu
05:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang HDMI/DP Audio Controller
        Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad E595
        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: Lenovo ThinkPad E595
        Kernel driver in use: ccp
        Kernel modules: ccp
05:00.3 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven USB 3.1
        Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad E595
        Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
        Kernel modules: xhci_pci
05:00.4 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven USB 3.1
        Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad E595
        Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
        Kernel modules: xhci_pci
05:00.5 Multimedia controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2/FireFlight/Renoir Audio Processor
        Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad E595
        Kernel driver in use: snd_pci_acp3x
        Kernel modules: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x
05:00.6 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 10h-1fh) HD Audio Controller
        Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad E595
        Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
        Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
[anon@artix vivaldi]$

i tried to connect by running ifconfig wlp4s0 up, then ifconfig wlp4s0 nwid MYSSID wpakey MYPASSWORD but it said hostname not available. i tried running nmtui but no networks were showing. it seems that my driver is setup but nothing will work. please help me with this, thank you.

Re: cant get wifi to connect

Reply #1 – 23 July 2021, 06:56:05

so i tried using conmanctl and it did find wifi but when i try to connect it says net/connman/service/"thelongwifithing" Not registered. how can i fix this?

Re: cant get wifi to connect

Reply #2 – 23 July 2021, 07:18:59

i think the problem is with my wifi interface name, it was wlan0 in the install so i set it as that in conf.d net then after reboot it was wlp4s0 so i changed it to that, after another reboot its back to wlan0. this is from ifconfig i mean