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Network Manager Not Starting At Boot

Post by sudowhammy »

All,

I am noticing an issue with LM18.2 & network manager at boot where network manager does not always start after a user logs in. This issue happens on the base LM18.2 image and any update with network manager has not addressed it. I am thinking it is race condition at boot because the issue does not happen all the time.

In order to temporarily fix the issue, I have restarted the network manger service via sudo. A reboot of LM18.2 will sometimes also addresses the issue. However, it is not a permanent solution. I have also tried changing the power management setting on wifi without any success. The laptop in question is a new Dell XPS Developer Edition (9350). The laptop unfortunately is my parents laptop I got for them and is not my personal laptop. Consistently restarting network manager via sudo is not possible because they do not have sudo access.

Any thoughts on how to identify & resolve this?

Thanks!
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sudowhammy

Re: Network Manager Not Starting At Boot

Post by sudowhammy »

Anyone have ideas? Re-installing the package also does not resolve the issue.
sudowhammy

Re: Network Manager Not Starting At Boot

Post by sudowhammy »

Bump....any ideas?
kukamuumuka

Re: Network Manager Not Starting At Boot

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sudowhammy

Re: Network Manager Not Starting At Boot

Post by sudowhammy »

administrollaattori wrote:A chewing-gum solution. :?
viewtopic.php?f=42&t=184265&p=955481#p955481
Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of that solution.
sudowhammy

Re: Network Manager Not Starting At Boot

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Any other ideas?
sudowhammy

Re: Network Manager Not Starting At Boot

Post by sudowhammy »

Still looking for more information to help solve this. Here is the inxi info:

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System:    Host: xps Kernel: 4.10.0-37-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
           Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 (Gtk 2.24.28) Distro: Linux Mint 18.2 Sonya
Machine:   System: Dell (portable) product: XPS 13 9360
           Mobo: Dell model: 01KT0M v: A00
           Bios: Dell v: 2.1.0 date: 08/02/2017
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i5-7200U (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 10848
           clock speeds: max: 3100 MHz 1: 600 MHz 2: 599 MHz 3: 600 MHz
           4: 632 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Device 5916 bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1920x1080@59.93hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 620 (Kabylake GT2)
           GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 17.0.7 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel Device 9d71 driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1f.3
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.10.0-37-generic
Network:   Card-1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
           driver: ath10k_pci bus-ID: 3a:00.0
           IF: wlp58s0 state: up mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Atheros usb-ID: 001-003
           IF: null-if-id state: N/A speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 128.0GB (16.4% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: SK_hynix_SC308_S size: 128.0GB temp: 26C
Partition: ID-1: / size: 37G used: 8.7G (25%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
           ID-2: /home size: 73G used: 3.5G (6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 8.35GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda4
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 35.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 196 Uptime: 8 min Memory: 488.6/3833.9MB
           Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.481) inxi: 2.2.35 
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Re: Network Manager Not Starting At Boot

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I would try disabling wifi power management as it can cause the wireless module to crash

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sudo sed -i "s/wifi.powersave = 3/wifi.powersave = 2/g" /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf
We should also check to see if the firmware is the latest

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sudo apt-get install linux-firmware
Reboot
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