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I'm getting an error called (32) insufficient privileges while trying to connect to my wifi network. The existing solutions don't seem to work.

bhagirath@bhagirath-HP-ProBook-440-G2:~$ rfkill list
0: hci0: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no

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Lorenz Keel
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  • How do you try to connect? – Pilot6 Feb 25 '16 at 18:37
  • Generally it is an automatic connection. otherwise i go to topleft corner of the desktop, tap the netwrk connections and then select my netwrks manually, however after trying one of the solutions which involved 'pkill nm-applet', i lost the symbol completely and could not retrieve it back. Ultimately i had to reinstall the entire OS –  Feb 26 '16 at 06:49
  • And what happened after you re-installed the OS? – Pilot6 Feb 28 '16 at 15:38
  • Initially i was able to provide my wifi network while installation, however eventually, now it is failing to reconnect. –  Feb 28 '16 at 15:42
  • I thought it must be a kernel issue or a drivers issue as one of my previous problems dealt with the same problem, I tried to install all updates using sudo apt-get install update and upgrade commands. This could not finish entirely as the final message read certain packages could not be installed due to lack of access. –  Feb 28 '16 at 15:45
  • Please [edit] your question and add output of lspci -knn | grep Net -A2 terminal command. – Pilot6 Feb 28 '16 at 16:32
  • You run a wrong command. – Pilot6 Feb 28 '16 at 20:05
  • Please use a "dash" (key right of the 0) and not another char. – Rinzwind Feb 28 '16 at 20:15
  • He used ~ instead of |. – Pilot6 Feb 28 '16 at 20:26
  • Apologies however my keyboard for some reason is not typing ' | '. I endup typing tilde wen I press the same on Ubuntu. –  Mar 03 '16 at 18:05
  • Solved the prob. Dead keys! posting the output for the asked command –  Mar 03 '16 at 18:43
  • i re -edited my question with the appropriate output! please which way to proceed. –  Mar 04 '16 at 04:37
  • Please instruct me further @Pilot6 –  Mar 07 '16 at 18:28
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    Possible duplicate of Realtek 8723BE Wifi problem – Pilot6 Mar 07 '16 at 18:30
  • I edited the question again with new results @Pilot6. –  Mar 07 '16 at 19:02
  • Hey it seems like it worked. although I request you to tell me why such a problem came. despite regular updates why is it tht drivers are causing problem. there was an earlier question by me regarding wifi problem where you suggested a kernel problem and it worked. –  Mar 07 '16 at 19:28

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I found the following instructions, give them a shot

  • pkill nm-applet
  • then become root
  • start nm-applet
  • set up connection and check "Available to all users."
  • Kill nm-applet again
  • Exit root
  • start nm-applet as a normal user

Source: http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=21636

Evandro Silva
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