[solved]wifi goes down in init 3

[mithat]

When I # init 3 for dist-upgrades, my wifi goes down. I've tried various things with nmcli and nmtui to bring it back up, but no luck. Is this a common problem and if so is there an easy fix?

This is on a fresh install using paintitblack Xfce, which comes with NetworkManager.

[towo]

You don't need changing runlevel for a dist-upügrade.
You can easy stop your $Dm and then do what ever you want.

[musca]

Hello mithat,

instead of "init 3" you can do:

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systemctl stop display-manager.service

Another possibility is dist-upgrading in X11, most team members do it this way since a long time.
You should avoid restarting the systemd-logind or dbus-service.

greetings
musca

[mithat]

Thanks. Two follow up questions:

1. Assuming I have performed

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systemctl stop display-manager.service should I then

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systemctl start display-manager.service && exit or

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init 5 && exit?

2. Should the Siduction Manual be updated to reflect this change?

[piper]

We will use sddm as an example
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ctrl+alt+del

login as root

systemctl stop sddm

apt update && apt dist-upgrade

systemctl start sddm

If a kernel or graphics blob has been installed or updated you can do

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systemctl reboot

[absolut]

depends on  what has been upgraded... e.g. if there was a new kernel installed, a reboot might also make sense.

[piper]

depends on  what has been upgraded... e.g. if there was a new kernel installed, a reboot might also make sense.

That is true, I just look at that as a "no-brainer", but, something that should have been posted, thank you.

[devil]

mithat,
to answer your 2nd question:
the siduction manual will be updated at some not too far point in time. Right now under the hood it is more less a construction site.


Dear Users, that being said: either please bear with us at this point or step up and volunteer to get the manual back in shape.


greetz
devil

[mithat]

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ctrl+alt+F1
# login as root #
systemctl stop display-manager.service
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
systemctl start display-manager.service

totally worked for me.

Is there a thread regarding work on the manual? I'm willing to help with it if I stick with this distro.

[absolut]

just a side note... if you are not eager typing the commands for stopping and starting the displays server every time, feel free to define short nice aliases (e.g. in /root/.bashrc file)

e.g., you could try those (self-explanatory) aliases.
obviously, make sure that you do not define aliases that have the same name as existing commands in /usr/bin or /usr/sbin

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alias updd='apt update && apt full-upgrade -d'
alias stop_dm='systemctl stop display-manager.service'
alias start_dm='systemctl start display-manager.service'


[mithat]

just a side note... if you are not eager typing the commands for stopping and starting the displays server every time, feel free to define short nice aliases (e.g. in /root/.bashrc file)

For my debian testing and aptosid systems, I wrote a script to encapsulate the whole process and dropped it into /usr/local/sbin.