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In my sky high arrogance I thought ‘I have never let Linux grace my devices, how hard can Qubes/Whonix truly be?’ and I learned my lesson within minutes.
So I come here before you, humbly and beaten by 0s and 1s, to ask for your help.
How do I open a window where it neatly lists available connections and, if so, my current connection?
Usually when I am connected, it has a wifi symbol on the top right where the rest of my panels are. It disappeared.
I tried searching on the internet for answers. My mental capacity is basically non-existent, otherwise I wouldn’t be here (probably).
Please. I just want to connect my device via wifi. I do not own an ethernet cable.
Thank you.
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3·2 days agoYou title says whonix, but the text mentions QubesOS. Which one? This distinction is very important.
Edit: in QubesOS the networking is handled by the
sys-netqube. If the networking icon does not show up in the tray make sure the sys-net qube is started. If it is, check what programs are available for the sys-net qube in the start menu (hopefully some networking software is available. But I dont have QubesOS in front of me so I cannot check) otherwise try and start a terminal in sys-net and run the commandnmtuiBelieve me, I wish I could tell you what I’ve done :') I wanted to get Whonix, but I think the website eventually led me to QubesOS? All I can say is that at startup it shows the Qubes symbol, so it’s likely I got that.
When I try to start sys-net it can’t start and says that the Qube sys-net has shut down. I’ll provide the error message in a moment if I can’t get it up with your other suggestion. Thanks!
eta:
Cannot connect to qrexec agent for 120 seconds.
When I want to check the logs, some other qubes cannot start. Bizarre. I even tried creating a qube without the offending qubes (sys-net etc.) yet it still fails.
Is there a settings application you can open? It should have a network section in there.
Sorry for my late reply.
I have a Settings Manager, but searching for ‘network’, ‘internet’, ‘wifi’, ‘wlan’ and ‘connection’ yields no results.
When my WiFi symbol is missing in other distros it’s because my WiFi controller has shit the bed or is disabled. A cold boot (pulling power cable out for a minute) fixes it
Unfortunately it didn’t help, thanks anyway!
Switch to Fedora.
I tried switching to a different distro but that didn’t work at all, so I’m afraid I’ll have to push through. I don’t mind, there is a reason I chose Qubes initially.
