[opensuse] network manager suddenly stopped working for no reason
On my dell XPS 13, I have a dual boot system with Windows 10. I had just restored a backup with Windows 10 and gotten it back up an running. Then I booted into opensuse (42.1, on laptop #2 below) and everything was running fine. The network was working as far as I could tell - it showed that it was connected via network manager. So I connected a backup drive, and decided to run ntfsclone on my windows partition to the backup windows partition. I don't know why this would have anything to do with what happened next, as it seems completely unrelated, but it seemed to happen right at the same time. I typed in the command ntfsclone --overwrite /dev/sdb3 /dev/sda3 and as soon as I hit enter, network manager gave me an indication that the network dropped off and it was trying to reconnect. It would not reconnect. It kept trying over and over, but it would not connect to the local network. (the ntfsclone operation ran without a problem, but it just seemed to trigger the network falling off) I tried first doing a systemctl restart NetworkManager.service, and it restarted, but it still would not connect to the network. Then I went into yast and switched over to wicked service. It found the network, and I entered the password, but it still would not connect to the network. So I did a google search (on my other computer next to me, which is running on the network just fine), and someone suggested that I enter the command netconfig update -f So I did that, and it generated a resolv.conf backup file, and suddenly the network worked again while I was using wicked! So I thought, great, now I can switch back to network manager in yast, and make network manager work again. But alas, no such easy help. When I switched back to network manager, it did the same thing as before. It would try and try to connect, but it wouldn't connect. So I tried running netconfig update -f while network manager was running, and it didn't help. Same problem still. So I switched back to wicked, and the network is running now, but only on wicked. I would really prefer to be able to use network manager. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. -- George Box: 42.1 | KDE Plasma 5 | AMD Phenom IIX4 | 64 | 32GB Laptop #1: 42.1 | KDE Plasma 5 | Core i7-4710HQ | 64 | 16GB Laptop #2: 42.1 | KDE Plasma 5 | Core i5 | 64 | 8GB -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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So I thought, great, now I can switch back to network manager in yast, and make network manager work again. But alas, no such easy help. When I switched back to network manager, it did the same thing as before. It would try and try to connect, but it wouldn't connect.
So I tried running netconfig update -f while network manager was running, and it didn't help. Same problem still.
So I switched back to wicked, and the network is running now, but only on wicked. I would really prefer to be able to use network manager.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
No, but I see similar but different. My systems are all running wicked, wired and wireless, as networkmanager cannot obtain or maintain a network connection. Happy with wicked. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 05/21/2016 10:14 AM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
No, but I see similar but different. My systems are all running wicked, wired and wireless, as networkmanager cannot obtain or maintain a network connection.
Happy with wicked.
The *only* issue I have with wicked is that of having to find and re-enter a network password at the different locations where I travel around, which can be a real pain in the neck. On my other laptop, which runs network manager fine, it remembers the password from the different places I have visited and it connects right up. If there were some interface for wicked that could help manage passwords, that would make things a little more convenient, even if I had to just manually switch the network. If that were available, I would be happy sticking with wicked. -- George Box: 42.1 | KDE Plasma 5 | AMD Phenom IIX4 | 64 | 32GB Laptop #1: 42.1 | KDE Plasma 5 | Core i7-4710HQ | 64 | 16GB Laptop #2: 42.1 | KDE Plasma 5 | Core i5 | 64 | 8GB -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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On 05/21/2016 10:14 AM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
No, but I see similar but different. My systems are all running wicked, wired and wireless, as networkmanager cannot obtain or maintain a network connection.
Happy with wicked.
The *only* issue I have with wicked is that of having to find and re-enter a network password at the different locations where I travel around, which can be a real pain in the neck. On my other laptop, which runs network manager fine, it remembers the password from the different places I have visited and it connects right up. If there were some interface for wicked that could help manage passwords, that would make things a little more convenient, even if I had to just manually switch the network. If that were available, I would be happy sticking with wicked.
yast network scan -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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[05-20-16 23:40]: On 05/21/2016 10:14 AM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
No, but I see similar but different. My systems are all running wicked, wired and wireless, as networkmanager cannot obtain or maintain a network connection.
Happy with wicked.
The *only* issue I have with wicked is that of having to find and re-enter a network password at the different locations where I travel around, which can be a real pain in the neck. On my other laptop, which runs network manager fine, it remembers the password from the different places I have visited and it connects right up. If there were some interface for wicked that could help manage passwords, that would make things a little more convenient, even if I had to just manually switch the network. If that were available, I would be happy sticking with wicked. yast network scan Well it turned out all I needed to do was reset the router. It was strange because on one laptop, connected to the wifi on the router, also running opensuse 42.1 and network manager, it stayed connected without a
On 05/21/2016 07:15 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote: problem, but on the 2nd laptop, it wouldn't connect if I was using network manager, only with wicked. Then after awhile, while running wicked, the 2nd laptop lost the connection, and it wouldn't even see the SSID of the router. So I reset the router, and then it came back and connected without a problem. The 1st laptop never had a problem connecting to that router, but the 2nd one did until I reset the router. -- George Box: 42.1 | KDE Plasma 5 | AMD Phenom IIX4 | 64 | 32GB Laptop #1: 42.1 | KDE Plasma 5 | Core i7-4710HQ | 64 | 16GB Laptop #2: 42.1 | KDE Plasma 5 | Core i5 | 64 | 8GB -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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