Is your dhcpcd daemon active? Have you enabled it to start on bootup? If dhcpcd is active, network is detected by it.
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I don't seem to have dhcpcd installed on my system (systemctl status dhcpcd says it is not found). Is this a required package that I managed to live without for a few months by pure luck?
You probably use Network Manager so dhcpcd isn't needed.
But doesnβt it still use dhclient in the backend?
Maybe. IDK exactly but i know that on arch you don't need dhcpcd to use NM.
Network Manager is too heavy, just mount and pacstrap dhcpcd to the partition, make dhcpcd run on bootup using systemctl or rc-update. NetworkManager is not needed.
What does sudo systemctl status NetworkManager.service say?
Hey, I was able to kind of recover my computer and the status is kind of wekrd. It only shows 2 lines and when running systemctl start NetworkManager it simply waits for a few seconds and I get kicked out to my login prompt
I can't test anymore since I'll try to get some sleep and I downgraded the kernel and now the computer doesn't boot. So tomorrow when (if) I get it back up, I could try and get that info. But from memory before I broke everything more (I had checked just to be sure), it looked pretty fine to me, no flashing red errors or warnings.
I'd check /var/log/pacman.log for anything you recently updated which might give a hint. Maybe check that you can reach your local router via a browser or network devices using ping?
Thanks. I tried that before I saw your comment and I downgraded 2 network related packages (networkmanagwr applet and networkmanager openvpn), but that did not work. I saw the kernel got updated so I downgraded that but now my system doesn't get past the boot screen. I'll try again tomorrow and I'll probably just install vanillaos to still have access to the AUR but on a very stable base and with good defaults. I had tried doing a ping but it just immediately said no host found or something like that. Sorry if I am vague, I don't remember exactly and my computer doesn't start anymore loll
It's a cliche, but have you tried turning your router off and on again?
Do you remember what network management software you picked when you first installed Arch?
Lastly, do you have LAN access when it shows as connected? See if you get any responses with ping 192.168.1.1 (and push ctrl-c to stop it pinging).
I would suggest looking back through what packages were installed / updated / removed when you performed the -Syu - maybe that will give you a clue.
Thanks, do you know what packages names that are not so obvious could be causing this? I downgraded the two Networkmanager entries that appeared but that doesn't seem to help much (network manager applet and networkmanagee-openvpn)
Sorry - not offhand. I am not an Arch user presently, so my help there is pretty much zero.
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