Completely reinstall NetworkManager

Sometimes i loose my cable/wifi connection. I don’t kow why!

Changed to systemd dhcpd that works fine :slight_smile:

But i think i should give NetworkManager a second chance, by completely remove and reinstall it.

Pamac tells me:
Pamac filtered NetworkManager

In Debian i would “purge” these packages to delete also configuration files. How do i “purge” with pacman|pamac … ok i can also google that.

I didn’t find any for me useful hints in journalctl when NetworkManager stopped working.

Hope i can fix that myself.

Tipps are allways welcome.

Info about my XFCE (stable)

System:    Host: manjaro Kernel: 5.10.36-2-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 81RS v: Lenovo Yoga S740-14IIL serial: <superuser required> 
           Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0J40709 WIN serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: BYCN35WW 
           date: 05/19/2020 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 63.7 Wh (97.5%) condition: 65.3/62.0 Wh (105.3%) 
CPU:       Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-1065G7 bits: 64 type: MT MCP cache: L2: 8 MiB 
           Speed: 1169 MHz min/max: 400/3900 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1169 2: 1161 3: 1136 4: 1110 5: 1158 6: 1151 7: 1148 
           8: 1155 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 driver: i915 v: kernel 
           Device-2: NVIDIA GP108M [GeForce MX250] driver: nvidia v: 460.80 
           Device-3: Chicony Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: intel,nouveau resolution: 
           1: 1920x1080~60Hz 2: 1920x1080~60Hz 
           Message: Unable to show advanced data. Required tool glxinfo missing. 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Smart Sound Audio driver: sof-audio-pci 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.36-2-MANJARO running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter driver: iwlwifi 
           IF: wlp0s20f3 state: down mac: 04:33:c2:02:de:51 
           Device-2: Realtek RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter type: USB driver: r8152 
           IF: enp0s13f0u1u4 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 4c:e1:73:42:1f:6b 
           IF-ID-1: pan1 state: down mac: ae:70:cd:8d:12:df 
Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel type: USB driver: btusb 
           Report: rfkill ID: hci0 state: up address: see --recommends 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 1.89 TiB used: 412.82 GiB (21.4%) 
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Micron model: MTFDHBA1T0TCK size: 953.87 GiB 
           ID-2: /dev/sda type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EARX-00N0YB0 size: 931.51 GiB 
           ID-3: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Kingston model: DataTraveler 2.0 size: 14.54 GiB 
           ID-4: /dev/sdc type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Extreme size: 29.25 GiB 
           ID-5: /dev/sdd type: USB model: Kindle Internal Storage size: 2.77 GiB 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 57.9 GiB used: 35.08 GiB (60.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p8 
           ID-2: /boot/efi size: 259.5 MiB used: 86.6 MiB (33.4%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 
Swap:      ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 16.67 GiB used: 4 MiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/nvme0n1p9 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 52.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:      Processes: 288 Uptime: 19h 43m Memory: 15.2 GiB used: 2.4 GiB (15.8%) Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.04

And now the issue again: no ethernet connection:

Remove NetworkManager:
yay -Rnsv networkmanager network-manager-applet blueman networkmanager-openconnect networkmanager-openvpn networkmanager-pptp networkmanager-vpnc
Reboot:
Reinstalled NetworkManager:
yay -S networkmanager network-manager-applet blueman networkmanager-openconnect networkmanager-openvpn networkmanager-pptp networkmanager-vpnc
Enable it:
Systemctl enable NetworkManager
Reboot:

Have it run one night until today it stopped again working:

-- Journal begins at Fri 2021-05-28 01:58:07 CEST, ends at Mon 2021-05-31 14:40:07 CEST. --
Mai 31 14:20:42 manjaro wpa_supplicant[1942]: wlp0s20f3: WPA: Group rekeying completed with 34:31:c4:51:9f:9d [GTK=CCMP]
Mai 31 14:23:44 manjaro kernel: INFO: task kworker/2:3:972440 blocked for more than 122 seconds.
Mai 31 14:23:44 manjaro kernel:       Tainted: P           OE     5.10.36-2-MANJARO #1
Mai 31 14:23:44 manjaro kernel: "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
Mai 31 14:23:44 manjaro kernel: task:kworker/2:3     state:D stack:    0 pid:972440 ppid:     2 flags:0x00004080
Mai 31 14:23:44 manjaro kernel: Workqueue: events rtl_work_func_t [r8152]
Mai 31 14:23:44 manjaro kernel: Call Trace:
Mai 31 14:23:44 manjaro kernel:  __schedule+0x295/0x810
Mai 31 14:23:44 manjaro kernel:  schedule+0x5b/0xc0
Mai 31 14:23:44 manjaro kernel:  rpm_resume+0x18c/0x810
Mai 31 14:23:44 manjaro kernel:  ? wait_woken+0x80/0x80
Mai 31 14:23:44 manjaro kernel:  rpm_resume+0x308/0x810
Mai 31 14:23:44 manjaro kernel:  __pm_runtime_resume+0x3b/0x60
Mai 31 14:23:44 manjaro kernel:  usb_autopm_get_interface+0x18/0x50
Mai 31 14:23:44 manjaro kernel:  rtl_work_func_t+0x69/0x2d0 [r8152]
Mai 31 14:23:44 manjaro kernel:  process_one_work+0x1d6/0x3a0
Mai 31 14:23:44 manjaro kernel:  worker_thread+0x4d/0x3d0
Mai 31 14:23:44 manjaro kernel:  ? rescuer_thread+0x3c0/0x3c0
Mai 31 14:23:44 manjaro kernel:  kthread+0x133/0x150
Mai 31 14:23:44 manjaro kernel:  ? __kthread_bind_mask+0x60/0x60
Mai 31 14:23:44 manjaro kernel:  ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
Mai 31 14:24:35 manjaro NetworkManager[480]: <info>  [1622463875.4719] policy: set 'JML-UM-FRITZ 1' (wlp0s20f3) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS
Mai 31 14:25:47 manjaro kernel: INFO: task kworker/2:3:972440 blocked for more than 245 seconds.
Mai 31 14:25:47 manjaro kernel:       Tainted: P           OE     5.10.36-2-MANJARO #1
Mai 31 14:25:47 manjaro kernel: "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
Mai 31 14:25:47 manjaro kernel: task:kworker/2:3     state:D stack:    0 pid:972440 ppid:     2 flags:0x00004080
Mai 31 14:25:47 manjaro kernel: Workqueue: events rtl_work_func_t [r8152]
Mai 31 14:25:47 manjaro kernel: Call Trace:
Mai 31 14:25:47 manjaro kernel:  __schedule+0x295/0x810
Mai 31 14:25:47 manjaro kernel:  schedule+0x5b/0xc0
Mai 31 14:25:47 manjaro kernel:  rpm_resume+0x18c/0x810
Mai 31 14:25:47 manjaro kernel:  ? wait_woken+0x80/0x80
Mai 31 14:25:47 manjaro kernel:  rpm_resume+0x308/0x810
Mai 31 14:25:47 manjaro kernel:  __pm_runtime_resume+0x3b/0x60
Mai 31 14:25:47 manjaro kernel:  usb_autopm_get_interface+0x18/0x50
Mai 31 14:25:47 manjaro kernel:  rtl_work_func_t+0x69/0x2d0 [r8152]
Mai 31 14:25:47 manjaro kernel:  process_one_work+0x1d6/0x3a0
Mai 31 14:25:47 manjaro kernel:  worker_thread+0x4d/0x3d0
Mai 31 14:25:47 manjaro kernel:  ? rescuer_thread+0x3c0/0x3c0
Mai 31 14:25:47 manjaro kernel:  kthread+0x133/0x150
Mai 31 14:25:47 manjaro kernel:  ? __kthread_bind_mask+0x60/0x60
Mai 31 14:25:47 manjaro kernel:  ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
Mai 31 14:27:50 manjaro kernel: INFO: task kworker/2:3:972440 blocked for more than 368 seconds.
Mai 31 14:27:50 manjaro kernel:       Tainted: P           OE     5.10.36-2-MANJARO #1
Mai 31 14:27:50 manjaro kernel: "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
Mai 31 14:27:50 manjaro kernel: task:kworker/2:3     state:D stack:    0 pid:972440 ppid:     2 flags:0x00004080
Mai 31 14:27:50 manjaro kernel: Workqueue: events rtl_work_func_t [r8152]
Mai 31 14:27:50 manjaro kernel: Call Trace:
Mai 31 14:27:50 manjaro kernel:  __schedule+0x295/0x810
Mai 31 14:27:50 manjaro kernel:  schedule+0x5b/0xc0
Mai 31 14:27:50 manjaro kernel:  rpm_resume+0x18c/0x810
Mai 31 14:27:50 manjaro kernel:  ? wait_woken+0x80/0x80
Mai 31 14:27:50 manjaro kernel:  rpm_resume+0x308/0x810
Mai 31 14:27:50 manjaro kernel:  __pm_runtime_resume+0x3b/0x60
Mai 31 14:27:50 manjaro kernel:  usb_autopm_get_interface+0x18/0x50
Mai 31 14:27:50 manjaro kernel:  rtl_work_func_t+0x69/0x2d0 [r8152]
Mai 31 14:27:50 manjaro kernel:  process_one_work+0x1d6/0x3a0
Mai 31 14:27:50 manjaro kernel:  worker_thread+0x4d/0x3d0
Mai 31 14:27:50 manjaro kernel:  ? rescuer_thread+0x3c0/0x3c0
Mai 31 14:27:50 manjaro kernel:  kthread+0x133/0x150
Mai 31 14:27:50 manjaro kernel:  ? __kthread_bind_mask+0x60/0x60
Mai 31 14:27:50 manjaro kernel:  ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
Mai 31 14:29:44 manjaro kernel: usb 3-3.1.3: reset high-speed USB device number 8 using xhci_hcd
Mai 31 14:29:45 manjaro udisksd[1525]: Error performing housekeeping for drive /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/drives/WDC_WD10EARX_00N0YB0_WD_WMC0T0774640: Error updating SMART data: Error sending ATA command CHECK POWER MODE: Unexpected sense data returned:
                                       0000: 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00    ................
                                       0010: 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00    ................
                                        (g-io-error-quark, 0)
Mai 31 14:29:53 manjaro kernel: INFO: task kworker/2:3:972440 blocked for more than 491 seconds.
Mai 31 14:29:53 manjaro kernel:       Tainted: P           OE     5.10.36-2-MANJARO #1
Mai 31 14:29:53 manjaro kernel: "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
Mai 31 14:29:53 manjaro kernel: task:kworker/2:3     state:D stack:    0 pid:972440 ppid:     2 flags:0x00004080
Mai 31 14:29:53 manjaro kernel: Workqueue: events rtl_work_func_t [r8152]
Mai 31 14:29:53 manjaro kernel: Call Trace:
Mai 31 14:29:53 manjaro kernel:  __schedule+0x295/0x810
Mai 31 14:29:53 manjaro kernel:  schedule+0x5b/0xc0
Mai 31 14:29:53 manjaro kernel:  rpm_resume+0x18c/0x810
Mai 31 14:29:53 manjaro kernel:  ? wait_woken+0x80/0x80
Mai 31 14:29:53 manjaro kernel:  rpm_resume+0x308/0x810
Mai 31 14:29:53 manjaro kernel:  __pm_runtime_resume+0x3b/0x60
Mai 31 14:29:53 manjaro kernel:  usb_autopm_get_interface+0x18/0x50
Mai 31 14:29:53 manjaro kernel:  rtl_work_func_t+0x69/0x2d0 [r8152]
Mai 31 14:29:53 manjaro kernel:  process_one_work+0x1d6/0x3a0
Mai 31 14:29:53 manjaro kernel:  worker_thread+0x4d/0x3d0
Mai 31 14:29:53 manjaro kernel:  ? rescuer_thread+0x3c0/0x3c0
Mai 31 14:29:53 manjaro kernel:  kthread+0x133/0x150
Mai 31 14:29:53 manjaro kernel:  ? __kthread_bind_mask+0x60/0x60
Mai 31 14:29:53 manjaro kernel:  ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
Mai 31 14:30:42 manjaro wpa_supplicant[1942]: wlp0s20f3: WPA: Group rekeying completed with 34:31:c4:51:9f:9d [GTK=CCMP]
Mai 31 14:31:56 manjaro kernel: INFO: task kworker/2:3:972440 blocked for more than 614 seconds.
Mai 31 14:31:56 manjaro kernel:       Tainted: P           OE     5.10.36-2-MANJARO #1
Mai 31 14:31:56 manjaro kernel: "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
Mai 31 14:31:56 manjaro kernel: task:kworker/2:3     state:D stack:    0 pid:972440 ppid:     2 flags:0x00004080
Mai 31 14:31:56 manjaro kernel: Workqueue: events rtl_work_func_t [r8152]
Mai 31 14:31:56 manjaro kernel: Call Trace:
Mai 31 14:31:56 manjaro kernel:  __schedule+0x295/0x810
Mai 31 14:31:56 manjaro kernel:  schedule+0x5b/0xc0
Mai 31 14:31:56 manjaro kernel:  rpm_resume+0x18c/0x810
Mai 31 14:31:56 manjaro kernel:  ? wait_woken+0x80/0x80
Mai 31 14:31:56 manjaro kernel:  rpm_resume+0x308/0x810
Mai 31 14:31:56 manjaro kernel:  __pm_runtime_resume+0x3b/0x60
Mai 31 14:31:56 manjaro kernel:  usb_autopm_get_interface+0x18/0x50
Mai 31 14:31:56 manjaro kernel:  rtl_work_func_t+0x69/0x2d0 [r8152]
Mai 31 14:31:56 manjaro kernel:  process_one_work+0x1d6/0x3a0
Mai 31 14:31:56 manjaro kernel:  worker_thread+0x4d/0x3d0
Mai 31 14:31:56 manjaro kernel:  ? rescuer_thread+0x3c0/0x3c0
Mai 31 14:31:56 manjaro kernel:  kthread+0x133/0x150
Mai 31 14:31:56 manjaro kernel:  ? __kthread_bind_mask+0x60/0x60
Mai 31 14:31:56 manjaro kernel:  ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
Mai 31 14:33:59 manjaro kernel: INFO: task kworker/2:3:972440 blocked for more than 737 seconds.
Mai 31 14:33:59 manjaro kernel:       Tainted: P           OE     5.10.36-2-MANJARO #1
Mai 31 14:33:59 manjaro kernel: "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
Mai 31 14:33:59 manjaro kernel: task:kworker/2:3     state:D stack:    0 pid:972440 ppid:     2 flags:0x00004080
Mai 31 14:33:59 manjaro kernel: Workqueue: events rtl_work_func_t [r8152]
Mai 31 14:33:59 manjaro kernel: Call Trace:
Mai 31 14:33:59 manjaro kernel:  __schedule+0x295/0x810
Mai 31 14:33:59 manjaro kernel:  schedule+0x5b/0xc0
Mai 31 14:33:59 manjaro kernel:  rpm_resume+0x18c/0x810
Mai 31 14:33:59 manjaro kernel:  ? wait_woken+0x80/0x80
Mai 31 14:33:59 manjaro kernel:  rpm_resume+0x308/0x810
Mai 31 14:33:59 manjaro kernel:  __pm_runtime_resume+0x3b/0x60
Mai 31 14:33:59 manjaro kernel:  usb_autopm_get_interface+0x18/0x50
Mai 31 14:33:59 manjaro kernel:  rtl_work_func_t+0x69/0x2d0 [r8152]
Mai 31 14:33:59 manjaro kernel:  process_one_work+0x1d6/0x3a0
Mai 31 14:33:59 manjaro kernel:  worker_thread+0x4d/0x3d0
Mai 31 14:33:59 manjaro kernel:  ? rescuer_thread+0x3c0/0x3c0
Mai 31 14:33:59 manjaro kernel:  kthread+0x133/0x150
Mai 31 14:33:59 manjaro kernel:  ? __kthread_bind_mask+0x60/0x60
Mai 31 14:33:59 manjaro kernel:  ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
Mai 31 14:36:02 manjaro kernel: INFO: task kworker/2:3:972440 blocked for more than 860 seconds.
Mai 31 14:36:02 manjaro kernel:       Tainted: P           OE     5.10.36-2-MANJARO #1
Mai 31 14:36:02 manjaro kernel: "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
Mai 31 14:36:02 manjaro kernel: task:kworker/2:3     state:D stack:    0 pid:972440 ppid:     2 flags:0x00004080
Mai 31 14:36:02 manjaro kernel: Workqueue: events rtl_work_func_t [r8152]
Mai 31 14:36:02 manjaro kernel: Call Trace:
Mai 31 14:36:02 manjaro kernel:  __schedule+0x295/0x810
Mai 31 14:36:02 manjaro kernel:  schedule+0x5b/0xc0
Mai 31 14:36:02 manjaro kernel:  rpm_resume+0x18c/0x810
Mai 31 14:36:02 manjaro kernel:  ? wait_woken+0x80/0x80
Mai 31 14:36:02 manjaro kernel:  rpm_resume+0x308/0x810
Mai 31 14:36:02 manjaro kernel:  __pm_runtime_resume+0x3b/0x60
Mai 31 14:36:02 manjaro kernel:  usb_autopm_get_interface+0x18/0x50
Mai 31 14:36:02 manjaro kernel:  rtl_work_func_t+0x69/0x2d0 [r8152]
Mai 31 14:36:02 manjaro kernel:  process_one_work+0x1d6/0x3a0
Mai 31 14:36:02 manjaro kernel:  worker_thread+0x4d/0x3d0
Mai 31 14:36:02 manjaro kernel:  ? rescuer_thread+0x3c0/0x3c0
Mai 31 14:36:02 manjaro kernel:  kthread+0x133/0x150
Mai 31 14:36:02 manjaro kernel:  ? __kthread_bind_mask+0x60/0x60
Mai 31 14:36:02 manjaro kernel:  ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
Mai 31 14:38:05 manjaro kernel: INFO: task kworker/2:3:972440 blocked for more than 983 seconds.
Mai 31 14:38:05 manjaro kernel:       Tainted: P           OE     5.10.36-2-MANJARO #1
Mai 31 14:38:05 manjaro kernel: "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
Mai 31 14:38:05 manjaro kernel: task:kworker/2:3     state:D stack:    0 pid:972440 ppid:     2 flags:0x00004080
Mai 31 14:38:05 manjaro kernel: Workqueue: events rtl_work_func_t [r8152]
Mai 31 14:38:05 manjaro kernel: Call Trace:
Mai 31 14:38:05 manjaro kernel:  __schedule+0x295/0x810
Mai 31 14:38:05 manjaro kernel:  schedule+0x5b/0xc0
Mai 31 14:38:05 manjaro kernel:  rpm_resume+0x18c/0x810
Mai 31 14:38:05 manjaro kernel:  ? wait_woken+0x80/0x80
Mai 31 14:38:05 manjaro kernel:  rpm_resume+0x308/0x810
Mai 31 14:38:05 manjaro kernel:  __pm_runtime_resume+0x3b/0x60
Mai 31 14:38:05 manjaro kernel:  usb_autopm_get_interface+0x18/0x50
Mai 31 14:38:05 manjaro kernel:  rtl_work_func_t+0x69/0x2d0 [r8152]
Mai 31 14:38:05 manjaro kernel:  process_one_work+0x1d6/0x3a0
Mai 31 14:38:05 manjaro kernel:  worker_thread+0x4d/0x3d0
Mai 31 14:38:05 manjaro kernel:  ? rescuer_thread+0x3c0/0x3c0
Mai 31 14:38:05 manjaro kernel:  kthread+0x133/0x150
Mai 31 14:38:05 manjaro kernel:  ? __kthread_bind_mask+0x60/0x60
Mai 31 14:38:05 manjaro kernel:  ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
Mai 31 14:40:07 manjaro kernel: INFO: task kworker/2:3:972440 blocked for more than 1105 seconds.
Mai 31 14:40:07 manjaro kernel:       Tainted: P           OE     5.10.36-2-MANJARO #1
Mai 31 14:40:07 manjaro kernel: "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
Mai 31 14:40:07 manjaro kernel: task:kworker/2:3     state:D stack:    0 pid:972440 ppid:     2 flags:0x00004080
Mai 31 14:40:07 manjaro kernel: Workqueue: events rtl_work_func_t [r8152]
Mai 31 14:40:07 manjaro kernel: Call Trace:
Mai 31 14:40:07 manjaro kernel:  __schedule+0x295/0x810
Mai 31 14:40:07 manjaro kernel:  schedule+0x5b/0xc0
Mai 31 14:40:07 manjaro kernel:  rpm_resume+0x18c/0x810
Mai 31 14:40:07 manjaro kernel:  ? wait_woken+0x80/0x80
Mai 31 14:40:07 manjaro kernel:  rpm_resume+0x308/0x810
Mai 31 14:40:07 manjaro kernel:  __pm_runtime_resume+0x3b/0x60
Mai 31 14:40:07 manjaro kernel:  usb_autopm_get_interface+0x18/0x50
Mai 31 14:40:07 manjaro kernel:  rtl_work_func_t+0x69/0x2d0 [r8152]
Mai 31 14:40:07 manjaro kernel:  process_one_work+0x1d6/0x3a0
Mai 31 14:40:07 manjaro kernel:  worker_thread+0x4d/0x3d0
Mai 31 14:40:07 manjaro kernel:  ? rescuer_thread+0x3c0/0x3c0
Mai 31 14:40:07 manjaro kernel:  kthread+0x133/0x150
Mai 31 14:40:07 manjaro kernel:  ? __kthread_bind_mask+0x60/0x60
Mai 31 14:40:07 manjaro kernel:  ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30

Giving up … systemctl disable NeworkManager; systemctl enable dhcpd

HexChat tells me disconnected at 14:21:00