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I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

I connected to Ethernet to install Network Manager using the following command

sudo apt-get install network-manager

All went perfectly with no errors. I then start Network Manager with

service network-manager start

Then finally I go to connect to my Wifi with the following command

nmcli d wifi connect <Wifi Name> Password <Password>

When I do this I get the following error:

Error: Connection activation failed: (5) IP configuration could not be reserved (no available address, timeout, etc.).

I found another thread suggesting to use the command journalctl -f

to see the logs on the error. Nothing appears strange here, nowhere does it say anything is missing or broken.

lspci -nnk | grep 0280 -A3 returns

02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. RT5390 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe [1814:5390]
        Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. RT5390 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe [105b:e088]
        Kernel driver in use: rt2800pci
        Kernel modules: rt2800pci

nmcli dev status returns

(Device)wlp2s0 (Type)wifi (State)disconnected (Connection)--

Ethernet and Loopback devices are unmanaged

What is going on here? Does anybody know how I can fix this, or at least how I can connect to my Wifi at all?

Zanna
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vain_alibi
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  • @kashish I cannot follow those steps because I do not have a desktop interface on my system – vain_alibi Jul 13 '20 at 20:43
  • Did you: sudo apt update and then: sudo apt install wireless-tools wpasupplicant and finally, the steps here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1164074/how-to-connect-to-wifi-using-just-the-terminal/1164095#1164095 – chili555 Jul 13 '20 at 21:02

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