iwd is not running

[peat734]

when trying to launch iwgtk it says iwd is not running

[J-Lentz]

1. What's the output of systemctl status iwd (or some equivalent command if you don't use systemd)?
2. Assuming that iwd is in fact running, does iwctl work in your non-root user account?
3. Which version of iwd do you have installed?

[peat734]

1.○ iwd.service - Wireless service Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/iwd.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: inactive (dead) 2.no 3.1.27-1

[J-Lentz]

The first thing you need to do is disable and stop wpa_supplicant (I'm assuming you're using it currently, since you have iwd disabled), and then enable and start iwd: # systemctl disable --now wpa_supplicant # systemctl enable --now iwd

Because you're using a recent version of iwd (>=1.23), you'll also need to add your user account to the netdev group: # usermod -a -G netdev YOUR_USER_ACCOUNT

You might need to log out and back in afterward for the netdev group membership to take effect. Hopefully this helps.

[peat734]

when I try to usermod it says that group netdev does not exist

[J-Lentz]

In that case, you'll need to issue # groupadd netdev before the usermod command.

[peat734]

It is working now ty very much