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28 12/10 — 2019 28 12/10 — 2019
29 <div class="stats"> 29 <div class="stats">
30 <span class="stats-number"> 30 <span class="stats-number">
31 18.37 31 18.38
32 </span> 32 </span>
33 <span class="stats-unit">cm</span> 33 <span class="stats-unit">cm</span>
34 &nbsp 34 &nbsp
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42 WPA Woes 42 WPA Woes
43 </h1> 43 </h1>
44 <div class="post-text"> 44 <div class="post-text">
45 <p>I finally got around to installing Void GNU/Linux on my main computer. Rolling release, non-systemd, need I say more?</p> 45 <p>I finally got around to installing Void GNU/Linux on my main
46<p>As with all GNU/Linux distributions, wireless networks had me in a fix. If you can see this post, it means I’ve managed to get online. It turns out, <code>wpa_supplicant</code> was detecting the wrong interface by default (does it ever select the right one?). Let us fix that:</p> 46computer. Rolling release, non-systemd, need I say more?</p>
47<p>As with all GNU/Linux distributions, wireless networks had me in a
48fix. If you can see this post, it means I’ve managed to get online. It
49turns out, <code>wpa_supplicant</code> was detecting the wrong interface
50by default (does it ever select the right one?). Let us fix that:</p>
47<pre><code>$ sudo rm -r /var/service/wpa_supplicant 51<pre><code>$ sudo rm -r /var/service/wpa_supplicant
48$ sudo killall dhcpcd</code></pre> 52$ sudo killall dhcpcd</code></pre>
49<p>What is the right interface though?</p> 53<p>What is the right interface though?</p>
@@ -51,7 +55,8 @@ $ sudo killall dhcpcd</code></pre>
51 ... 55 ...
52 Interface wlp2s0 56 Interface wlp2s0
53 ...</code></pre> 57 ...</code></pre>
54<p>Aha! Let us run <code>wpa_supplicant</code> on that interface, as a background process:</p> 58<p>Aha! Let us run <code>wpa_supplicant</code> on that interface, as a
59background process:</p>
55<pre><code>$ sudo wpa_supplicant -B -i wlp2s0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf 60<pre><code>$ sudo wpa_supplicant -B -i wlp2s0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
56$ sudo dhcpcd -B wlp2s0 61$ sudo dhcpcd -B wlp2s0
57$ ping google.com 62$ ping google.com