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NetworkManager on Kubuntu doesn't run on startup (piefed.social)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by Monkey@piefed.social to c/linux4noobs@programming.dev

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I installed some updates and after a restart the network manager thing in the taskbar said NetworkManager wasnt running so i tried to run it in terminal and it said i didnt have permission so i ran it with sudo and it worked. How do I get it to automatically start?

(I also posted this here: https://piefed.social/c/linuxquestions@lemmy.zip/p/2244268/networkmanager-on-kubuntu-doesn-t-run-on-startup)

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[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

sudo systemctl enable NetworkManager

In a terminal should just add it to start up when the service is enabled.

[–] Monkey@piefed.social 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I get an error:

Failed to enable unit: Unit NetworkManager.service does not exist

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Oof,

sudo apt install --reinstall network-manager

Thats what I'd do instead of recrafting the service or whatever. Kubuntu ships with network manager so it seems broken to me but maybe someone who actually uses Kubuntu can be more insightful.

Edit: wait I am dumb, you can't get to the internet huh?

If you can't get to the internet, at least grep for the package

dpkg -l | grep network-manager

to see if it didnt get nuked somehow. If it prints to the console its there.

Then you need to check the services in etc/systemd/system/ for one called NetworkManager. Its probably not there.

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago

Edit: wait I am dumb, you can't get to the internet huh?

They mention that they can start NM manually, so they likely have internet.

[–] moonpiedumplings@programming.dev 2 points 3 days ago

If you don't have internet, which you may need for some of the fixes mentioned here, you can try tethering, which is where you share a phone's internet with a computer over a wired connection.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Android_tethering

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/IPhone_tethering

Although, these might depend on NetworkManager, although they might not.