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The network manager is missing in Debian 11 LXDE. How to connect to a wireless network?
The network manager is missing in Debian 11 LXDE. How to connect to a wireless network?
There is no GUI to connect to a wireless network. I don't have wired connection at the moment, so I have to use wi-fi
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Re: The network manager is missing in Debian 11 LXDE. How to connect to a wireless network?
What is the output from and
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lspci |grep Network
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lsusb
Re: The network manager is missing in Debian 11 LXDE. How to connect to a wireless network?
1st command:
2nd:
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02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak] (rev 10)
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Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:57b3 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Acer 640 × 480 laptop camera
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 8087:0aa7 Intel Corp. Wireless-AC 3168 Bluetooth
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8564:1000 Transcend Information, Inc. JetFlash
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Re: The network manager is missing in Debian 11 LXDE. How to connect to a wireless network?
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$me@acer:~$ cat /etc/debian_version
11.0
$me@acer:~$ aptitude search network-manager
p budgie-network-manager-applet - Network Manager Applet for the budgie-desktop
p network-manager - network management framework (daemon and userspace tools)
p network-manager-config-connectivity-debian - NetworkManager configuration to enable connectivity checking
p network-manager-dev - network management framework (development files)
p network-manager-fortisslvpn - network management framework (Fortinet SSLVPN plugin core)
p network-manager-fortisslvpn-gnome - network management framework (Fortinet SSLVPN plugin GNOME GUI)
p network-manager-gnome - network management framework (GNOME frontend)
p network-manager-l2tp - network management framework (L2TP plugin core)
p network-manager-l2tp-gnome - network management framework (L2TP plugin GNOME GUI)
p network-manager-openconnect - network management framework (OpenConnect plugin core)
p network-manager-openconnect-gnome - network management framework (OpenConnect plugin GNOME GUI)
p network-manager-openvpn - network management framework (OpenVPN plugin core)
p network-manager-openvpn-gnome - network management framework (OpenVPN plugin GNOME GUI)
p network-manager-pptp - network management framework (PPTP plugin core)
p network-manager-pptp-gnome - network management framework (PPTP plugin GNOME GUI)
p network-manager-ssh - network management framework (SSH plugin core)
p network-manager-ssh-gnome - network management framework (SSH plugin GNOME GUI)
p network-manager-strongswan - network management framework (strongSwan plugin)
p network-manager-vpnc - network management framework (VPNC plugin core)
p network-manager-vpnc-gnome - network management framework (VPNC plugin GNOME GUI)
Re: The network manager is missing in Debian 11 LXDE. How to connect to a wireless network?
Install wicd (a GTK graphical network manager application)
Once you've installed and launched Wicd network manager click 'Switch On Wi-Fi' then click 'Refresh' and you should see a list of available networks in your area.# Become root
$ su
# Install Wicd
$ apt-get install wicd
# Launch Wicd
$ wicd-gtk
If you can't see any networks offered by wicd then your wifi chip probably requires firmware to work, install the required firmware first as others pointed in previous comments, you may need to enable the non-free repos to do that.
Re: The network manager is missing in Debian 11 LXDE. How to connect to a wireless network?
wicd was removed from bullseye because of python 2 dependency.
Re: The network manager is missing in Debian 11 LXDE. How to connect to a wireless network?
It seems Wicd was indeed removed from Debian 11 bullseye as pointed by @4D696B65, I suggest you use nmtui instead, another semi-graphical tool
Select 'Activate a connection' to get a list of available wireless networks in your area.
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# Become root
$ su
# Install nmtui (the package itself is called network-manager)
$ apt-get install network-manager
# Launch it by typing in terminal
$ nmtui
Select 'Activate a connection' to get a list of available wireless networks in your area.
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Re: The network manager is missing in Debian 11 LXDE. How to connect to a wireless network?
Can you even connect yet?I don't have wired connection at the moment, so I have to use wi-fi
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Re: The network manager is missing in Debian 11 LXDE. How to connect to a wireless network?
I did not know this
Used to be a big fan but wicd was always slow to connect for me. connman is making me happy these days.
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Re: The network manager is missing in Debian 11 LXDE. How to connect to a wireless network?
connman works
NO need for network-manager and its heavy overhead.Description: Intel Connection Manager daemon
The Linux Connection Manager project provides a daemon for managing
Internet connections within embedded devices running the Linux
operating system. The Connection Manager is designed to be slim and to
use as few resources as possible. It is fully modular system that
can be extended through plug-ins. The plug-in approach allows for
easy adaption and modification for various use cases.
.
ConnMan provies IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity via:
* ethernet
* WiFi, using wpasupplicant
* Cellular, using oFono
* Bluetooth, using bluez
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ConnMan implements DNS resolving and caching, DHCP clients for both IPv4 and
IPv6, link-local IPv4 address handling and tethering (IP connection sharing)
to clients via USB, ethernet, WiFi, cellular and Bluetooth.
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This package contains the connman daemon and its plugins.
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Re: The network manager is missing in Debian 11 LXDE. How to connect to a wireless network?
No need for connman either, but it is good.
Just use systemd, no package required.
Re: The network manager is missing in Debian 11 LXDE. How to connect to a wireless network?
Absolutely. Here are instructions.
Use CLI to get on line and then download whatever you need.
BTW, a computer that never moves, such as a desktop tower, only needs one connection. In this case configuring /etc/network/interfaces is all that is needed. I'm typing this on a computer that does not have a network GUI and the connection is flawless.
Re: The network manager is missing in Debian 11 LXDE. How to connect to a wireless network?
Not even /etc/network/interfaces is needed, when I upgraded my desktop tower to Bullsey, it made /etc/systemd/network/20-wired.network
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[Match]
Name=enp0s7
[Network]
Address=192.168.1.33/24
Gateway=192.168.1.1
DNS=192.168.1.1
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Re: The network manager is missing in Debian 11 LXDE. How to connect to a wireless network?
...any number or type actually.
Functionally the same thing; both are systemd configuration.
Re: The network manager is missing in Debian 11 LXDE. How to connect to a wireless network?
I am having the same problem. Fresh install of Debian 11 LXDE, followed the advice in this thread and I cannot get the wifi to work. Why doesn't Debian 11 LXDE come with wifi enabled by default? Not everyone is a Linux geek.
and so on and so forth. The advice given here doesn't work. Please help me try something else. Thank you.
BTW, I installed nm-tray, but Enable wifi is greyed out.
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$ lspci |grep Network
07:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter (rev ff)
$ lsusb
bash: lsusb: command not found
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$ sudo apt install firmware-iwlwifi
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package firmware-iwlwifi
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$ /usr/sbin/connmanctl
bash: /usr/sbin/connmanctl: No such file or directory
$ connmanctl> enable wifi
Error 'wifi': Unknown command
BTW, I installed nm-tray, but Enable wifi is greyed out.
Re: The network manager is missing in Debian 11 LXDE. How to connect to a wireless network?
OK, upon reboot, nm-tray shows Enable Wifi with a check mark next to it. When I click on Edit connections nmtui-edit pops up, I put in my network name and password, click add, ok, but nothing happens when I try to switch from wired to wifi in nm-tray. What am I missing?
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Re: The network manager is missing in Debian 11 LXDE. How to connect to a wireless network?
Installing firmware-iwlwifi is not going to help as that is a Realtek chip. And you need to enable non-free repository to install firmware.
The one you need is firmware-realtek.
The one you need is firmware-realtek.
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Re: The network manager is missing in Debian 11 LXDE. How to connect to a wireless network?
To install missing firmware:
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# apt install isenkram-cli
# isenkram-autoinstall-firmware
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