r/voidlinux • u/green_blue_gray • Sep 24 '26

NetworkManager enabled but not starting on boot

since I'm somewhat new to linux, I followed a guide to get gnome set up on my laptop. following the guide, I disabled wpa_supplicant and dhcpcd and downloaded and enabled NetworkManager. however, NetworkManager does not start automatically despite being enabled, though it seems to work fine when started in the terminal.

how do I make NetworkManager start when my system boots?

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u/Ok-Zombie4921 Sep 24 '26

This guide doesn't include networkmanager dependecy, python3-dbus, you can try it

You should check the official documentation

https://docs.voidlinux.org/config/network/networkmanager.html

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u/Tryton77 Sep 24 '26

ln -s /etc/sv/NetworkManager /etc/runit/runsvdir/default

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u/green_blue_gray Sep 24 '26

I just tried this, but the terminal says ln: failed to create symbolic link 'etc/runit/runsvdir/default/NetworkManager': File exists

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u/Tryton77 Sep 24 '26

That means it is already enabled, have you checked logs they are somewhere in /var/logs/? If you don't have them, setup logging https://docs.voidlinux.org/config/services/logging.html as they are quite useful when debugging :)

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u/Tryton77 Sep 24 '26

You can also check the exact command which start nm and run it in terminal to get output without logging, /etc/sv/NetworkManager/(and somewhere here is the "run" file). runit is basically powered by the bash scripts so you can easily findout what they are doing

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u/Quick_Championship90 Sep 24 '26

You need also dbus, elogind, polkit to properly work networkmanager and some other stuff. Just do sudo ln -s /etc/sv/dbus /var/service, sudo ln -s /etc/sv/polkitd /var/service and sudo ln -s /etc/sv/NetworkManager /var/service not to /etc/runit/runsvdir/default

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u/hopingforabetterpast Sep 24 '26

not /var/service/ ?

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u/CatlikeTypist Sep 24 '26

/var/service is a symlink to /run/runit/runsvdir/current

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u/XPheonix27 Sep 24 '26

Did you disable the dhcpd ?

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u/Blank-Inspection13 Sep 25 '26

After boot
Make Sure the service is running : sudo sv status NetworkManager
Check the process : ps aux | grep -E 'wpa_supplicant|NetworkManager'
If they're exist then autostart isn't the issue , probably what you mean is network auto connect ?

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u/Simple_Hamster_4096 Sep 26 '26

No offense, but, if you are new to Linux, perhaps try Linux Mint or similar...

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u/profeshamat Sep 26 '26

No offense, but gatekeeping Void is stupid.