It boots
the screen works
the keyboard works
the mouse/touchpad works
the NIC or WiFi works
With these items working the user can get help to answer questions and find solutions to problems. If one or more is not working the newbie will move on.
I know what you're trying to tell me beny, and I appreciate it, but I don't know, yet, how to do those things. ie install isomething from repos.beny wrote:you have to install iw from repos is a tool to scan wifi device,with ip link you have the name of your wifi device the arch wiki wireless network config is a good start point
Yes, I understand brokenman.brokenman wrote:Ed_P Do you mean the little applet in the panel doesn't let you connect to wifi? Please give more information if you are going to post in the bug reports section. Very difficult to troubleshoot without information.
Mousing over the little applet in the panel bring up "No network connection". Clicking on the applet, which I can now do with v3.2, brings up a window that says:
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Ethernet Network
disconnected
VPN Connections >
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Configure VPN...
Disconnect VPN