A question about ARM computers.

[nixnerd]

Si senor. I do mean that dialog. That’s what I used to set up my wifi.

I hear that. I probably did 10 Arch installs from scratch so after awhile… it took like 10 minutes.

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That’s what I used to set up my wifi.

hm. Do you have to do it each time you connect?

[nixnerd]

No. I don’t. When you’re chrooted, do this:

This will show you your interface. Should start with “wlp”

iw dev

Once you have that which I think you said you do, type this:

ip link set <your_interface> up

To verify that it’s up:

ip link show <your_interface>

Now use the netctl wifi-menu:

wifi-menu <your_interface>

Ok, great! Now you have connectivity. Now use Pacman to get the stuff you need!

Download iw, wpa_supplicant and dialog:

pacman -S iw wpa_supplicant dialog

Now, reboot. When you’re no longer chrooted, pull up the wifi-menu for your interface like this:

wifi-menu <your_interface>

Now, you should be good to go. You don’t ever have to connect again… UNLESS you go to Starbucks or some other wifi hotspot. Plus, once you have it working, there’s probably a GUI client that would work but I’m going to guess you won’t even have a WM on this bad boy.

[nixnerd]

Here is the link where it goes over the TWO separate times during install that the network needs to be configured:

Arch Wiki

If you don’t get the utilities you need when you’re chrooted… you’ll be stuck in a recursive hell. You’ll need those utilities to set up wifi. But you’ll need wifi for pacman to get those utilities.

I don’t know how this is going to work because Arch Linux ARM has a different install process.

[nixnerd]

you’ll be stuck in a recursive hell.

Of course, chrooting again provides quick and easy deliverance from this hell.

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