Wifi not starting

[wynnmc]

I have installed wpa_supplicant and filled out wpa_supplicant.conf as it is working on another machine. I have linked net.wlp0s20f3 to net.lo in /etc/init.d and copied /etc/conf.d from the working machine but it doesn't show anything in the list appearing before the "login:" and dmesg doesn't show anything except two or three references to iw and ifconfig shows wlp0s20f3 hasn't got a connection.

Can anybody see what I have missed?

[NeddySeagoon]

wynnmc,

With no information, we can only guess.
1. did you install linux-firmware?
2 did you add net.wlp0s20f3 to the default runlevel, so it auto starts
3 Is the interface called wlp0s20f3 on both systems or did you forget te rename it inside /etc/conf.d/net ?
4. Can you start the interface manually?

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/etc/init.d/net.wlp0s20f3 start

What errors does that return?

If its says that the interface is already started, use restart rather than start.

[wynnmc]

Thanks for replying, Neddy.

Yes, I installed linux-firmware and I have checked that it is there
Yes, it is

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/etc/init.d/net.wlp0s20f3->net.lo

On the old system it's called wlp3s0
Yes, with

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/etc/init.d/net.wlp0s20f3 start

it runs but ends with

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WARNING: net.wlp0s20f3 has started but is inactive

... however, pinging gentoo.org works!!

You have given me a way out of the mire -- thank you, Neddy

wynnmc

[NeddySeagoon]

wynnmc,

That warning is expected. It is correct at the time it appears as the wifi is still in the process of starting.

You need to poke at it a bit deeper to find out why it does not auto start.