[SOLVED] Wireless Connectivity Woes

Question

I've been using Arch since November of last year, and I've finally come across one of those problems that is so irritating it's difficult to find the answer.
THE PROBLEM: Both myself and a friend of mine have found ourselves unable to connect to a wireless network on our laptops. We use wifi-menu to connect to a network which saves a netctl profile to use at a later date. We have wpa_supplicant installed.
SYMPTOMS: When we select any wireless network from wifi-menu, we are immediately returned "Job for '[email protected]' failed" and are told to check the service's status or journalctl -xn for more information. The information to be gathered there is null and void. Essentially just says that the service failed, but not why. I've attempted using DHCP_DEBUG='yes' and also setting the dhcp timeout to 30, but it had no effect. In fact, it didn't even wait for the timeout.
ATTEMPTS: I attempted to use NetworkManager and nmcli to resolve the issue to no avail. nmcli simply failed to connect. Enabling NetworkManager.service with systemd worked temporarily. Essentially, I could plug in a cable or connect to wifi with no problems, but the connection would only last around 30 seconds before giving up. Unplugging and replugging the cable would have the same effect, or I could restart NetworkManager.
NOTES: Not sure when it started happening (so don't know if it was an update problem). I have not RTFM for netctl, mostly because it's low priority (I use a wired connection most often).
This is something that's worked just fine for me since I started using Arch. Was there an update that caused this to happen? I use the latest version of everything, so I would have any of the newest bug fixes, but also the newest bugs.
If there's any information you need, I'll be happy to give it. Networking isn't my forte; it's always worked out for me.
Last edited by 2mac (2014-04-09 02:20:24)

Answer 1

UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION
proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount loaded active running Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System Automount Point
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sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:03.0-sound-card0.device loaded active plugged Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller
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bumblebeed.service loaded active running Bumblebee C Daemon
colord.service loaded active running Manage, Install and Generate Color Profiles
dbus.service loaded active running D-Bus System Message Bus
dhcpcd.service loaded active running dhcpcd on all interfaces
[email protected] loaded active running Getty on tty1
kmod-static-nodes.service loaded active exited Create list of required static device nodes for the current kernel
ntpd.service loaded active running Network Time Service
polkit.service loaded active running Authorization Manager
rtkit-daemon.service loaded active running RealtimeKit Scheduling Policy Service
slim.service loaded active running SLiM Simple Login Manager
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systemd-backlight@backlight:intel_backlight.service loaded active exited Load/Save Screen Backlight Brightness of backlight:intel_backlight
systemd-binfmt.service loaded active exited Set Up Additional Binary Formats
systemd-hostnamed.service loaded active running Hostname Service
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systemd-localed.service loaded active running Locale Service
systemd-logind.service loaded active running Login Service
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systemd-remount-fs.service loaded active exited Remount Root and Kernel File Systems
[email protected] loaded active exited Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status of rfkill0
[email protected] loaded active exited Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status of rfkill1
systemd-sysctl.service loaded active exited Apply Kernel Variables
systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service loaded active exited Create Static Device Nodes in /dev
systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service loaded active exited Create Volatile Files and Directories
systemd-udev-trigger.service loaded active exited udev Coldplug all Devices
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systemd-user-sessions.service loaded active exited Permit User Sessions
systemd-vconsole-setup.service loaded active exited Setup Virtual Console
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[email protected] loaded active running User Manager for UID 1000
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user.slice loaded active active User and Session Slice
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slices.target loaded active active Slices
sockets.target loaded active active Sockets
sound.target loaded active active Sound Card
swap.target loaded active active Swap
sysinit.target loaded active active System Initialization
timers.target loaded active active Timers
systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer loaded active waiting Daily Cleanup of Temporary Directories
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