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Using startx on Fedora 17, a non-root user cannot join new wireless networks -- how to fix?

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http://unix.stackexchange.com – I have Fedora 17 installed on a Lenovo X230, and if I leave it configured to boot into Gnome using systemd's runlevel5.target (or graphical.target), which is the default, networking seems to work just fine -- a local user can join a new wireless network, authenticating and saving a network password as needed. So far, so good. However, this laptop's owner prefers to boot into a non-graphical display (systemd's runlevel3.target or multi-user.target); when desired, he runs startx to get Gnome started. When Gnome is started this way, the user cannot join any new wireless network; you can select (HowTos)

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default.target is just a link to either /usr/lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target or /usr/lib/systemd/system/graphical.target or another target.It should do no harm and is probably not the cause of the problem.graphical.target wants display-manager.service which is an alias for kdm.service if it is enabled.

berbae https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=9555

2013-03-07T16:10:18Z

F16 during boot up I want to see the loading. I had this set up by having

/etc/systemd/system/default.target -> /lib/systemd/system/runlevel3.target

And making sure "rhgb" was removed from /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

I do have the FS encrypted.

display-manager.service 35 weeks 4 hours ago

You have graphical.target set as the default target. Switch multi-user.target (systemctl enable multi-user.target).

Stebalien https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=36461

2012-09-18T14:46:39Z

As far as I know the [Install] section just decides where the symlink gets put WHEN you enable, it does not automatically enable the unit. After a fresh boot, try searching for ntpd.service in /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants, which is the list which actually is enabled by you the user.

I normally prefer my system to boot in text mode and manually start Gnome with startx but if I do that with Gnome 3.6.1, I get many errors and a basically unusable operating system. After installing gdm however, Gnome works perfectly fine again. Why is that and how can I return to my startx?

Hi people,

Just like the title says:

Wireless network access to any wireless network without a password for any user but without giving that user administrative privileges.

In short, I'm interested to allow any user on my laptop to connect to any desired networks but not give him administrative privileges. I've googled with no success.

This works for me, YMMV:/etc/systemd/system/screen.service[Unit] Description=Detached screen session After=network.target

[Service] Type=oneshot RemainAfterExit=yes User=tomk ExecStart=/usr/bin/screen -dm

[Install] Wants=network.target WantedBy=multi-user.target ~/.screenrc... screen -t rtorrent 5 /usr/bin/rtorrent ...

tomk https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=1822

2013-03-

eDio wrote:Hi.Recently I've performed arch installation in UEFI mode onto Lenovo x220 laptop.Right after the installation I've failed to boot, refind just stucked on "loading bla-bla" message.Please post exactly what this message is when it fails."Boot to X" "root=/dev/sda2 ro rootfstype=ext4 systemd.unit=graphical.target" "Boot to console&q

I'm on Arch Linux running, linux-3.3.5-1 and the my Wireless card is the Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter. I'm trying to connect to a secured Wifi network at work using the GNOME network-manager.