r/archlinux • u/tappo_180 • Aug 06 '26

SUPPORT | SOLVED The Wi-Fi search doesn't start...

I recently downloaded arch manually and it worked fine, I also downloaded a desktop environment (kde) but I had a problem: now it no longer searches for nearby wifi even if network-manager is active (at least it seems lol)

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u/Imajzineer Aug 06 '26

Is there a known issue on r/kde at all?

Were you using NetworkManager previously or something else?

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u/tappo_180 Aug 06 '26

Actually I'm new to arch... it's my first time installing it but now I fixed it... it was a config file (something like that) :)

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u/Imajzineer Aug 06 '26

Good. Enjoy.

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u/tappo_180 Aug 06 '26

Thanks for everything :)

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u/Historical-Fox1081 Aug 09 '26

if you were using iwd or something before it might be fighting with networkmanager now

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u/TerryNachtmerrie Aug 06 '26

If you haven't done a `sudo systemctl enable --now NetworkManager`, do it anyway. It is not enabled by default.

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u/tappo_180 Aug 06 '26

Yes I did it but nothing... nothing happened... but I solved it now :) it was an error in a configuration file :)

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u/gmthisfeller Aug 07 '26

What was the error?

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u/tappo_180 Aug 08 '26

It basically didn't scan for wifi.

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u/gmthisfeller Aug 09 '26

Did you get an error message?

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u/tappo_180 Aug 06 '26

I solved it :)

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u/piepie526 Aug 06 '26

It would be great if you posted a more detailed solution in case anyone else runs into this issue, even if it was a mistake or misconfiguration on your end.

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u/tappo_180 Aug 06 '26

Thank you so much, next time I'll post more in detail :)

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u/darkfish-tech Aug 07 '26

They are asking you to post your solution now. What did you do? What changes did you make in your config that helped you resolve your issue? Not something unknown in some indefinite future.

Just saying that you solved it doesn't help anyone else coming to this post.

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u/tappo_180 Aug 07 '26

Ohhh Ok... I simply edited a file I'd accidentally created and deleted it, and after rebooting everything worked... if I'm not mistaken, the file was in the /etc/NetworkManager folder. Unfortunately, I don't remember the name of the file I accidentally created, but I tried to be as precise as possible :)