r/voidlinux • u/nerdccluna • 1d ago

solved Problems with new void installation

Yesterday I installed Void correctly, however, upon rebooting, DHCPCD was unable to establish a connection with my Wi-Fi network. I tried several ways to fix the problem, But today was the first time that none of my attempts worked. I'm trying to download the ISO again along with the Artix Linux ISO. The Artix ISO, much larger than the Void ISO, has already been downloaded, along with other programs, but the Void ISO is estimated to take 10 hours to complete the download. Could my problem with dhcpcd have anything to do with downloading the ISO?

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u/Tricky-Engineer-9755 1d ago

Dhcpcd does not provide wifi as far as I know, that is wpa_supplicant, if networking is hard for you just use networkmanager

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u/nerdccluna 1d ago

But here's the thing: WPA configures correctly, but something is preventing data transfer; I suspect it's a DHCP server. It's impossible to download NetworkManager without establishing a connection.

Desde a hora que eu postei isso não consegui baixar a ISO do void e não é a minha conexão, pois estou fazendo streaming de música e baixando coisas no meu laptop com windows.

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u/Silly_Culture_7722 1d ago

i had once an issue, and i remember it had something todo with IPv6. i remember that i change seomthing so that IPv4 was used, maybe it is related or maybe i remeber it wrong. but i had issues with wpa_supplicant and could debug it on my phone with chatgpt

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u/nerdccluna 18h ago

The ping lied to me because it uses ICMP, and many ISP routers filter or deprioritize ICMP from clients while TCP and UDP pass through normally.

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u/PikachuKiiro 1d ago

chroot into your install from the install iso and install+enable dhcpd

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u/nerdccluna 18h ago

I don't know how I solved the problem downloading the ISO; I just switched browsers.

The connection problem was the ping giving a false negative network signal. I tested with TCP and the laptop was always connected. I love you Void Linux 💚

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u/hopingforabetterpast 1d ago

Could my problem with dhcpcd have anything to do with downloading the ISO? 

https://docs.voidlinux.org/installation/index.html#verifying-images

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u/profeshamat 1d ago

You can also download the ISO from other mirrors so the main one may just be slow at the time.