Using Ubuntu focal lts server edition. I manually installed Xorg.
I have a new install on my Dell XPS 7590. I want a light weight wifi manager so I installed wpa_supplicant and wpa_gui. I can run sudo iwlist wlp58s0 scan
with no issues...it will show a list of wifi connection points successfully.
However, when I run sudo wpa_gui
the GUI shows no network adapter. Any ideas on how to get wpa_gui running?
The wifi hardware is Wi-Fi 6 AX200 by Intel
wpa_gui
works by connecting to an instance ofwpa_supplicant
for a particular adapter. Let's see if this works -1. Stop your currently running instance of
wpa_supplicant
with2. Create a file
wpa_supplicant.conf
with the following3. Startup
wpa_supplicant
specifying your interface name and your conf file4. Startup wpa_gui as root
And you should see
wlp58s0
as the interface. Automating this completely depends on the rest of your networking setup. You could make your ownsystemd
service or modify the default one forwpa_supplicant
, you could add some lines to/etc/network/interfaces
, or you also achieve this withnetplan
.