Re: Problem with nm-applet icon in system tray

[Lampropoulos Anastasios <alampropoul gmail com>]

Hi,

Great, disabling dhcpcd solved the issue (systemctl disable dhcpcd).
Thank you Dan!

Regards,
alam


On 09/12/2014 11:52 PM, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Fri, 2014-09-12 at 22:49 +0300, Lampropoulos Anastasios wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > ● NetworkManager.service - Network Manager
> >      Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled)
> >      Active: active (running) since Thu 2014-09-11 18:27:21 EEST; 1 day
> > 4h ago
> >    Main PID: 1312 (NetworkManager)
> >      CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service
> >              └─1312 /usr/bin/NetworkManager --no-daemon
> >
> > Sep 11 18:27:23 archonacer NetworkManager[1312]: <info> Activation
> > (wlp3s0) Stage 4 of 5 (IPv4 Configure Timeout) complete.
> > Sep 11 18:27:23 archonacer NetworkManager[1312]: dhcpcd[1319]: sending
> > commands to master dhcpcd process
> Ok, this is the issue.  NM expects to receive a response from dhcpcd,
> but the dhcpcd that NM spawns is just talking to a master instance which
> does not communicate back to NM at all.
>
> If you disable the main system dhcpcd service, I'm betting that will
> solve the problem.  It won't prevent NetworkManager from using dhcpcd at
> all, because NM spawns a private instance.
>
> systemd mask dhcpcd
>
> Dan
>
> > Sep 12 18:56:28 archonacer NetworkManager[1312]: <warn> Connection
> > disconnected (reason -3)
> > Sep 12 18:56:28 archonacer NetworkManager[1312]: <info> (wlp3s0):
> > supplicant interface state: completed -> disconnected
> > Sep 12 18:56:28 archonacer NetworkManager[1312]: <info> (wlp3s0):
> > supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanning
> > Sep 12 18:56:29 archonacer NetworkManager[1312]: <info> (wlp3s0):
> > supplicant interface state: scanning -> authenticating
> > Sep 12 18:56:29 archonacer NetworkManager[1312]: <info> (wlp3s0):
> > supplicant interface state: authenticating -> associating
> > Sep 12 18:56:29 archonacer NetworkManager[1312]: <info> (wlp3s0):
> > supplicant interface state: associating -> associated
> > Sep 12 18:56:29 archonacer NetworkManager[1312]: <info> (wlp3s0):
> > supplicant interface state: associated -> 4-way handshake
> > Sep 12 18:56:29 archonacer NetworkManager[1312]: <info> (wlp3s0):
> > supplicant interface state: 4-way handshake -> completed
> > ● dhcpcd.service - dhcpcd on all interfaces
> >      Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/dhcpcd.service; enabled)
> >      Active: active (running) since Thu 2014-09-11 20:58:39 EEST; 1 day
> > 1h ago
> >     Process: 202 ExecStart=/usr/bin/dhcpcd -q -b (code=exited,
> > status=0/SUCCESS)
> >    Main PID: 206 (dhcpcd)
> >      CGroup: /system.slice/dhcpcd.service
> >              └─206 /usr/bin/dhcpcd -q -b
> >
> > Sep 12 18:56:28 archonacer dhcpcd[206]: wlp3s0: deleting default route
> > via 192.168.1.1
> > Sep 12 18:56:29 archonacer dhcpcd[206]: wlp3s0: carrier acquired
> > Sep 12 18:56:29 archonacer dhcpcd[206]: wlp3s0: IAID b9:79:57:96
> > Sep 12 18:56:29 archonacer dhcpcd[206]: wlp3s0: soliciting an IPv6 router
> > Sep 12 18:56:30 archonacer dhcpcd[206]: wlp3s0: soliciting a DHCP lease
> > Sep 12 18:56:33 archonacer dhcpcd[206]: wlp3s0: offered 192.168.1.5 from
> > 192.168.1.1 `HG520c'
> > Sep 12 18:56:38 archonacer dhcpcd[206]: wlp3s0: leased 192.168.1.5 for
> > 86400 seconds
> > Sep 12 18:56:38 archonacer dhcpcd[206]: wlp3s0: adding route to
> > 192.168.1.0/24
> > Sep 12 18:56:38 archonacer dhcpcd[206]: wlp3s0: adding default route via
> > 192.168.1.1
> > Sep 12 18:56:41 archonacer dhcpcd[206]: wlp3s0: no IPv6 Routers available
> >
> >
> > DEVICE    TYPE      STATE CONNECTION
> > wlp3s0    wifi      connecting (getting IP configuration) m00min
> > enp4s0f0  ethernet  unavailable --
> > lo        loopback  unmanaged --
> > STATE       CONNECTIVITY  WIFI-HW  WIFI     WWAN-HW  WWAN
> > connecting  none          enabled  enabled  enabled  enabled
> >
> > I am sending this mail from the "connecting" network.
> > Here is also the tray.
> >
> >
> > I can't figure out what's wrong.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > alam
> >
> > On 09/12/2014 01:24 AM, Dan Williams wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2014-09-11 at 19:10 +0300, Lampropoulos Anastasios wrote:
> > > > Hello there,
> > > >
> > > > I am using an Arch linux box without an environment but with Openbox as
> > > > window manager and tint2 panel.
> > > >
> > > > NetworkManager is my choice for controlling my network connections.
> > > > The network is operational and there is no functional problem.
> > > > The problem is about the icon of nm-applet in system tray. It remains in
> > > > a connecting state.
> > > > The tip informs me that my network is trying to request a wi-fi network
> > > > address but that's not true.
> > > > I believe that NetworkManager and nm-applet do not communicate properly
> > > > and nm-applet is never informed about nm' connected state.
> > > > BUT I don't know how to debug it or...
> > > > Could you please guide me?
> > > If you run "nmcli dev" and "nmcli gen" in a terminal, what do those
> > > report?  That should tell you exactly what NetworkManager things is
> > > going on, and we can use that to figure out where the problem is.
> > >
> > > Dan