From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8567513838B for ; Fri, 3 Oct 2014 19:21:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 018B5E08A2; Fri, 3 Oct 2014 19:21:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-f47.google.com (mail-wg0-f47.google.com [74.125.82.47]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 81262E0887 for ; Fri, 3 Oct 2014 19:21:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f47.google.com with SMTP id x13so2287000wgg.30 for ; Fri, 03 Oct 2014 12:21:08 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Rfqahr2Vp6/qvzbjjXokP6xyrTB/zitTtI8baaXa/UQ=; b=eFFZslRKbPgHloNVYEkid6E7UwNKBSPSR7j4SyG4hwjhuVlSSpQb8xDUMRCCYduf3p Nszqu9YQlcdzPr2e+CU97pNVxg5KuiIHyNKeTDd++xLh/RVE2lgVn9HgPFYuK8cum1eT C2f6tLU+quGRPeXnYgpaZHaIGzOdi26GqHeIbeJpTYGSKQa8ufG73hweUpMeuP5GRbO7 2FKWL9JsnBbfAh2DFtThSgUcGxRdTS/BmvRGsuKdAHfPGnhWAdUHuAQKuedFLvWpfoT+ +YQ8P5Jrs7mZKq0MUgvu9njUhVwigXJElI7kNye1qF0LdRqCvKujignfpboxYWXo58cA GrsA== X-Received: by 10.194.58.229 with SMTP id u5mr6810531wjq.133.1412364068795; Fri, 03 Oct 2014 12:21:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [172.20.0.41] (105-237-231-134.access.mtnbusiness.co.za. [105.237.231.134]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id fa7sm8859146wjd.27.2014.10.03.12.21.07 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 03 Oct 2014 12:21:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <542EF71F.5020703@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 21:21:03 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.1.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Noob WiFi question (yes-or-no answer will suffice) [SOLVED] References: <542E08F3.8080602@alectenharmsel.com> <2480371.OdIyU8vMPH@andromeda> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 5a7f41d8-1355-4b3e-8282-52b3d53190e4 X-Archives-Hash: 265341d09b3b3b361760710fbcd6f738 On 03/10/2014 19:24, walt wrote: > On 10/03/2014 07:21 AM, walt wrote: >> On 10/02/2014 09:39 PM, J. Roeleveld wrote: >> NetworkManager gets wlan0 working normally, but the problem is the >> network doesn't come up until I log in and use the NetworkManager >> panel applet to enter the psk manually. Ugh. > > The Arch wiki was very helpful once I knew where to start looking: > > The solution was to disable NetworkManager (per Alan's oft-posted advice) > and enable wpa_supplicant.service and dhcpcd.service. I suppose my earlier > wpa_supplicant problem was caused by a conflict with NetworkManager. You'll be surprised to hear NetworkManager is now what I use :-) I couldn't get wicd to connect using this new-fangled usb 3G dongle thing work supplied, whereas nm just worked. And there's a really nice KDE plasma widget for a front-end. nm has come a long way of late it seems. Perhaps I should revise my stance on it :-) -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com