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FS#71863 - [networkmanager] Wifi not auto starting and random disconnections

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Matias Paredes (Matipa456) - Wednesday, 18 August 2021, 14:30 GMT
Last edited by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Saturday, 03 June 2023, 00:15 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)
Architecture x86_64
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Basically, once I started my computer it had no Internet. After some troubleshooting I found the WiFi interface name randomly changed from wlan0 to wlp1s0, so I started the WiFi card, wpa_supplicant and dhcpcd manually and Internet came back, but with random disconnections. Then, after I did some stuff on the computer, I changed the systemd units to reflect the new name and restarted, but for some reason wpa_supplicant was unable to start properly (after some research I found the /run/wpa_supplicant/wlp1s0 file wasn't deleted after reboot). I tried using iwd instead of wpa_supplicant and also tried changing the interface name to what it was before the problem happened (and more stuff from the wiki), but nothing changed. As a last attempt to solve the problem by myself I changed Network Manager to netctl and that finally solved both problems.

Package versions:
- networkmanager 1.32.8-1
- wpa_supplicant 2:2.9-8
- dhcpcd 9.4.0-1
- iwd 1.16-1
- netctl 1.25-1
- linux-lts 5.10.56-1
- linux-lts-headers 5.10.56-1 (the two last may be relevant)

Hardware (may be relevant):
-WiFi card: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 (kernel module ath9k)

PS: My networking knowledge is pretty elemental. Also, I didn't saw this problem in the upstream forums or in the Arch's ones
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Closed by  Toolybird (Toolybird)
Saturday, 03 June 2023, 00:15 GMT
Reason for closing:  No response
Comment by mattia (nTia89) - Friday, 25 February 2022, 16:12 GMT
Is this issue still valid?

I have had the same issues with a totally different hardware combination... at the end I discovered it was not a problem of networkmanager at all...

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