Re: [qubes-users] Replacing the wpa_supplicant wifi daemon with iwd
On 3/18/21 12:46 PM, haaber wrote: > On 3/3/21 5:19 PM, 'qtpie' via qubes-users wrote: >> Due to mysterious, unsolvable Wifi issues, I decided to replace the >> wpa_supplicant wifi daemon with iwd. > -- snip -- >> $ dnf remove wpa_supplicant >> $ echo -e "[device] \nwifi.backend=iwd" | tee -a >> /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf >> $ systemctl enable iwd.service >> $ systemctl start iwd.service > > interesting. I tried that in my debian-minimal-net but I cannot start > iwd with systemctl. Errors similar to here > > https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=250220 > > but the proposed "solution" does not work. The thread suggests > > sudo cp /usr/lib/systemd/system/iwd.service /etc/systemd/system/ > > but that file does simply not exist, so I cannot copy it. So I stopped > that experiment for the moment. Maybe @unman has a suggestion for a > well-working debian-based 'minimal' solution without networkmanager > and/or wpa_applicant ? Best, > > For those who want to stick to NetworkManager, II found out that the $ systemctl enable iwd.service $ systemctl start iwd.service from my initial post, should not be necessary and can cause conflict. Because NetworkManager is supposed to handle starting iwd, after iwd is added to the NetworkManager config file. That networkmanager does not handle iwd correctly, is a known issue with NetworkManager. We can only wait for it to get updated with future Fedora releases I guess. https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/issues/101 I am now also curious about non-networkmanager alternatives and their usability though. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/73c466a3-2c9e-6227-343b-be8197d2b618%40disroot.org.
Re: [qubes-users] Replacing the wpa_supplicant wifi daemon with iwd
On 3/3/21 5:19 PM, 'qtpie' via qubes-users wrote: Due to mysterious, unsolvable Wifi issues, I decided to replace the wpa_supplicant wifi daemon with iwd. -- snip -- $ dnf remove wpa_supplicant $ echo -e "[device] \nwifi.backend=iwd" | tee -a /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf $ systemctl enable iwd.service $ systemctl start iwd.service $ systemctl restart NetworkManager interesting. I tried that in my debian-minimal-net but I cannot start iwd with systemctl. Errors similar to here https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=250220 but the proposed "solution" does not work. The thread suggests sudo cp /usr/lib/systemd/system/iwd.service /etc/systemd/system/ but that file does simply not exist, so I cannot copy it. So I stopped that experiment for the moment. Maybe @unman has a suggestion for a well-working debian-based 'minimal' solution without networkmanager and/or wpa_applicant ? Best, -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/d6331118-ec61-9e6d-dc28-f1c1220c317c%40web.de.
[qubes-users] Replacing the wpa_supplicant wifi daemon with iwd
Hi, Due to mysterious, unsolvable Wifi issues, I decided to replace the wpa_supplicant wifi daemon with iwd. iwd itself is excellent and a definite improvement over wpa_supplicant. I can't find Fedora working on this though. In the Fedora 33 template, it currently comes down to: $ dnf remove wpa_supplicant $ echo -e "[device] \nwifi.backend=iwd" | tee -a /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf $ systemctl enable iwd.service $ systemctl start iwd.service $ systemctl restart NetworkManager There are just two integration issues remaining that I hope people can help me with. I am using the standard Qubes Fedora template, and want to stay as close to it as possible, so I'm not interested in ditching NetworkManager unless it is unavoidable. 1. /etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.freedesktop.GeoClue2.conf: this is the only other file in /etc/ that mentions wpa_supplicant. It contains policy to allow wpa_supplicant to be used for geolocation. Since I don't care for geolocation, I just removed it (don't comment it out. But if someone cares to adapt this to iwd, it would be nice. 2. Occasionally, NetworkManager says 'device not ready' under wifi, and wifi stops working. It is solved temporarily by ``$ systemctl restart iwd.service && systemctl restart NetworkManager.service`` in sys-net. I don't get from the log what the exact issue is though. -- Resources: - I used this howto from Josh Stoik as a starter: https://blobfolio.com/2019/replacing-wpa-supplicant-with-iwd-in-ubuntu-eoan/ - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Iwd GeoClue2 policy: -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/a92da205-6c3d-5ae7-3a9e-78ad19cefaaa%40disroot.org.
