Hello evryone, I need help with this annoying problem where I can’t connect to some specific wifi even though I’m entering the correct password.
I went to a coffee house near my in-laws for some alone time where I got this annoying problem again. I was able to connect normally to their wifi (TP VSTM) using my phone but not on my laptop. So I made a QR image of that wifi (on my phone while connecting to it) and read it online (on my laptop) to make sure I’m entering the correct password. I tried connecting using nmtui at first but it kept prompting me to re-enter the password, then using nmcli which showed a message about a secret not provided.
screenshot https://ibb.co/MSqtmPZ
journalctl -b 0 -f -u NetworkManager.service | tee networkmanager.log
The log shows :
Activation: (wifi) asking for new secrets
device (wlp2s0): no secrets: No agents were available for this request.
device (wlp2s0): state change: need-auth -> failed (reason 'no-secrets', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
<info> [1704445064.8171] manager: NetworkManager state is now DISCONNECTED
but I didn’t get any prompt other than the one asking my root password for connecting.
What I have: I’m running OpenSUSE Slowroll (latest upgrade as of today) with Sway WM (the openSUSEway pattern)
Infos about my system:
Do u have installed gnome-keyring or kwallet and running it on the system? Also from know cases,nm-applet should installed and executed. https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=246698
Maybe the wifi card your laptop is too old for new gen wifi routers (n, ac, ad, ax, 6E). I’ve seen that with old Dell laptops.
lspci shows Realtek RTL8852AE which is a Wifi6 (ax) adapter, It may not support the latest standard but I don’t think it’s that old.
This sounds like the same issue I went into on my old account multiple times: @BiggestBulb@kbin.social
Edit: found my comment on it: https://kbin.social/m/technology@lemmy.world/t/716519/-/comment/4237782
Have a look at this section from the Arch wiki. It fixed some problems I had connecting to certain WiFi networks. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Network_configuration/Wireless#Respecting_the_regulatory_domain
