[SOLVED] "not authorized to control networking"

Mr_Miyagi · 2012-05-13 12:29:30

I have installed archbang from the 2012-05-10 image. When running from the live image there is no problem in connecting to wireless networks and being able to edit the connections. However, after installation it is no longer possible to do this. It can automatically connects to a wired dhcp network but as soon as I try to connect to another (wireless) network I get an error saying: "not authorized to control networking"
Running nm-applet as root works, but this is not the way it is supposed to be used.

Solution:
So after spending the entire day reading the entire internet I finally found a solution on the arch-forums, thought I'd share it here if someone else is having this very irritating issue.

- Open up ~/.xinitrc
- On the line that says "exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch" remove the "ck-launch-session"
- Restart slim

What's really annoying is that this is contrary to what some of the documentation is saying >:(
This should be fixed in the archbang installation.

pablokal · 2012-05-13 12:59:07

Thanks for reporting back.
You could have found the solution here on the forums though, quite quickly.
See this post: http://bbs.archbang.org/viewtopic.php?id=2744
So the solution was under your nose if you would have made the connection to permission issues:
not authorized

What you can learn: always spell the update warnings thread when you are having update trouble...

Mr_Miyagi · 2012-05-13 15:13:55

Oh, wish I had seen that. Spent many hours on this. New to arch and archbang and not used to the forum sections. I did search the forum but didn't see it.
Oh well, now I know until next time.
Cheers!

rayburn · 2012-05-15 12:39:31

Just another note on this subject as I had problems discovering how to overcome the "not authorised to control networking" message. I found that even after editing the ~/.xinitrc file as advised above, I still could not connect to my wireless. The solution was to log out and log in as root, give the password and then restart. Logging in as normal, it then connected automatically.

I am only posting this in case someone else unfamiliar with Arch (like me!) needs help.

pablokal · 2012-05-15 12:53:29

Did you try a simple reboot before that; that should be enough or even just killing the present session and starting a new one.

rayburn · 2012-05-15 13:53:13

I had tried a reboot last night after editing the file, but it made no difference, and that was what was foxing me. Only today did I think of logging in as root and trying that, and on a reboot logging in as normal it connected automatically.

I guess the normal user is not permitted to edit wireless connections still.

Forgive my naivety please, I am a long time Linux user, but new to all things Arch!

nodus · 2012-06-16 14:51:00

Oh man, this drove me crazy. Thanks!

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