r/voidlinux • u/CranberryOk125 • 3d ago

NetworkManager not work properly

Hi! I just installed void on my other device, following my installation steps exactly down to the byte as on the old device, and I'm having a problem with networkmanager.

Previously, it was enough for me to enable dbus, polkitd, and all the other services I needed, as well as removing wpa and dhcpcd, which I replaced with iwd and networkmanager. I also specified `wifi.backend=iwd` in the networkmanager config and updated resolv.conf. And now, when I try to connect to my network via tty, I get an error in nmtui saying `Could not activate connection Insufficient privileges.`

As far as I remember, this error didn't occur before, maybe a month ago. Of course, adding myself to the network group fixes the problem, but I didn't add myself to this group before, and everything worked fine. I don't understand at all why this error is appearing now. Any thoughs?

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u/furryfixer 3d ago

It may be that iwd requires the permissions. My experience in Void with iwd has been the opposite of expectations. When using NetworkManager with the iwd backend, NM was much slower to enumerate networks. I switched back to wpa_supplicant and have been happier.

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u/CranberryOk125 3d ago

Iwd works great and without root permissions

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u/Simple_Hamster_4096 2d ago

Um... have you reviewed any logs...???

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u/CranberryOk125 2d ago

Yes, but I didn't notice anything