Current using XFCE, every time I start up my PC it has trouble connecting to wifi. I usually connect through the gui in the bottom right, where it spins for a bit and says “Network connection has been disconnected.” Occasionally, it will prompt me for my password, and very rarely will I actually be able to connect to the wifi, which works perfectly fine. I’m currently dual booting this with windows, and what I’ve noticed is my windows is also sharing a bit of the same characteristics, where it doesn’t connect to wifi on startup, but windows is actually able to connect to wifi quickly afterwards. I know its not a driver issue because the wifi actually works once connected, and inxi -N displays my driver, which is rtl8821cu. When I try nmcli, I get that “Connection activation failed: (53) The Wi-Fi network could not be found”
Can anyone solve this issue? It’s been plaguing me for weeks and it legit takes me like 30 minutes just to connect to wifi.
inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width output:
Kernel: 5.13.15-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.13-x86_64
root=UUID=837a8f88-f9f2-4913-8773-75d5219b53e6 rw quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.29 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.16.1 vt: 7
dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: B450M Steel Legend serial: <filter>
UEFI-[Legacy]: American Megatrends v: P2.60 date: 07/31/2019
Battery:
Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
RAM: total: 15.56 GiB used: 1.58 GiB (10.2%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2
family: 17 (23) model-id: 71 (113) stepping: 0 microcode: 8701013 cache:
L2: 3 MiB bogomips: 91069
Speed: 4292 MHz min/max: 2200/3800 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz):
1: 4292 2: 2140 3: 2190 4: 2196 5: 2145 6: 2194 7: 2189 8: 2194 9: 4292
10: 2146 11: 2146 12: 2194
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy
constant_tsc cpb cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total cqm_occup_llc
cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid
fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb ibs irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm
mba mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc
nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq
pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse
pse36 rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep sev sev_es sha_ni
skinit smap smca sme smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp
succor svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale umip v_spec_ctrl
v_vmsave_vmload vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall wbnoinvd wdt xgetbv1 xsave
xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, STIBP:
always-on, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU116 [GeForce GTX 1660 Ti] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nvidia v: 470.63.01 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 06:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:2182 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: AVerMedia Live Streamer CAM 313 type: USB
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 5-1:2 chip-ID: 07ca:313a
class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.16.1 driver:
loaded: nvidia display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 677x381mm (26.7x15.0")
s-diag: 777mm (30.6")
Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 2560x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 92 size: 708x399mm (27.9x15.7")
diag: 813mm (32")
OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 470.63.01 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU116 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 06:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:1aeb
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 08:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: AVerMedia Live Streamer CAM 313 type: USB
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 5-1:2 chip-ID: 07ca:313a
class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.13.15-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: sndio v: N/A running: no
Sound Server-3: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
Sound Server-4: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-5: PipeWire v: 0.3.35 running: no
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASRock driver: r8169 v: kernel port: f000 bus-ID: 04:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek 802.11ac NIC type: USB driver: rtl8821cu bus-ID: 1-2:2
chip-ID: 0bda:c811 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
IF: wlp1s0f0u2 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: enp8s0f3u4 state: unknown speed: -1 duplex: half mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Broadcom BCM92046DG-CL1ROM Bluetooth 2.1 Adapter type: USB
driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-7.3:7 chip-ID: 0a5c:2148 class-ID: fe01
serial: <filter>
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Device-2: Samsung Galaxy series misc. (tethering mode) type: USB
driver: rndis_host v: kernel bus-ID: 5-4:5 chip-ID: 04e8:6863 class-ID: 0a00
serial: <filter>
Report: This feature requires one of these tools: hciconfig/bt-adapter
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 588.73 GiB used: 22.55 GiB (3.8%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 120GB
size: 111.79 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1B6Q scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Intel model: SSDSC2KW512G8
size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 004C scheme: MBR
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 111.79 GiB size: 109.47 GiB (97.93%)
used: 22.55 GiB (20.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
uuid: 837a8f88-f9f2-4913-8773-75d5219b53e6
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 579 MiB fs: ntfs label: System Reserved
uuid: 7E40E7A140E75E81
ID-2: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 size: 476.37 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: 8626ECAE26ECA103
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 10 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-2:2 info: Realtek 802.11ac NIC type: Network driver: rtl8821cu
interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:c811
class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 1-4:3 info: EVGA TORQ X3 EVGA TORQ X3 Gaming Mouse
type: Mouse,Keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 3842:2403 class-ID: 0301
Hub-2: 1-7:4
info: Broadcom BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth) ports: 3
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 94mA chip-ID: 0a5c:4500 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-7.1:5 info: Broadcom Keyboard (Boot Interface Subclass)
type: Keyboard driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s power: 2mA chip-ID: 0a5c:4502 class-ID: 0301
Device-2: 1-7.2:6 info: Broadcom Mouse (Boot Interface Subclass) type: Mouse
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 2mA
chip-ID: 0a5c:4503 class-ID: 0301
Device-3: 1-7.3:7 info: Broadcom BCM92046DG-CL1ROM Bluetooth 2.1 Adapter
type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
power: 2mA chip-ID: 0a5c:2148 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-5: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-6: 5-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 5-1:2 info: AVerMedia Live Streamer CAM 313 type: Video,Audio
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
power: 500mA chip-ID: 07ca:313a class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 5-3:3 info: KBDfans kbd67mkiirgb v2 type: Keyboard,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
power: 500mA chip-ID: 4b42:1225 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: 5-4:5 info: Samsung Galaxy series misc. (tethering mode)
type: Bluetooth,CDC-Data driver: rndis_host interfaces: 2 rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 04e8:6863 class-ID: 0a00
serial: <filter>
Hub-7: 6-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 30 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 43%
Info:
Processes: 293 Uptime: 3m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 249 tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 12.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1157 lib: 335
flatpak: 0 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.8 running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.06```
What should I do in this situation?
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