Is there a Network Manager to install for Sparky? For some reason on occasion on startup my wifi interface is discovered. Several reboots later it is discovered. I don't find a network manager in my default installation of Sparky but I have to believe one exists. I tried searching APTus for one without success.
Sparky 4 or Sparky 5 What DE? Do you have a network widget on your panel?
Are you posting on the Sparky install via wireless?
probably network-manager
command line for it is nmcli
lxqt has connman - ncureses cli is connmanctl
Problems, via command line post output of lspci if usb dongle also post output of lsusb or - simpler (if inxi is installed)
inxi -Nnx example
inxi -Nnx
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
IF: enp2s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 40:8d:5c:72:9d:65
Card-2: Realtek RTL8812AU 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WLAN Adapter usb-ID: 003-007
IF: N/A state: N/A mac: N/A
recent post
http://sparkylinux.org/forum/index.php/topic,4739.0.html
post output of
"systemctl status NetworkManager"
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http://sparkylinux.org/forum/index.php/topic,4672.msg11959.html#msg11959
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Sparky 5 Openbox
nmcli exists & works
I don't find connman - ncureses cli is connmanctl
Wireless is working, it usually does but on occasion it does not, when that happens the OS doesn't find the wireless interface. Then after a few reboots everything works again.
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 05)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 05)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 05)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 05)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev 05)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation QS57 Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 05)
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 (rev 35)
03:00.0 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd MMC/SD Host Controller (rev 01)
3f:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPsystemctl status NetworkManager
● NetworkManager.service - Network Manager
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service
Active: active (running) since Wed 2019-01-16 18:37:08 EST
Docs: man:NetworkManager(8)
Main PID: 674 (NetworkManager)
Tasks: 4 (limit: 4507)
Memory: 7.3M
CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service
├─ 674 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon
└─10678 /sbin/dhclient -d -q -sf /usr/lib/NetworkM
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● NetworkManager.service - Network Manager
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Wed 2019-01-16 18:37:08 EST; 1 weeks 6 days ago
Docs: man:NetworkManager(8)
Main PID: 674 (NetworkManager)
Tasks: 4 (limit: 4507)
Memory: 7.3M
CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service
├─ 674 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon
└─10678 /sbin/dhclient -d -q -sf /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-helper -pf /run/dhclient-wlan0.pid -lf /var/lib/NetworkMan
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● NetworkManager.service - Network Manager
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service
Active: active (running) since Wed 2019-01-16 18:37:08 EST
Docs: man:NetworkManager(8)
Main PID: 674 (NetworkManager)
Tasks: 4 (limit: 4507)
Memory: 7.3M
CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service
├─ 674 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon
└─10678 /sbin/dhclient -d -q -sf /usr/lib/NetworkM
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● NetworkManager.service - Network Manager
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Wed 2019-01-16 18:37:08 EST; 1 weeks 6 days ago
Docs: man:NetworkManager(8)
Main PID: 674 (NetworkManager)
Tasks: 4 (limit: 4507)
Memory: 7.3M
CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service
├─ 674 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon
└─10678 /sbin/dhclient -d -q -sf /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-helper -pf /run/dhclient-wlan0.pid -lf /var/lib/NetworkMan
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~systemctl status NetworkManager
● NetworkManager.service - Network Manager
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service
Active: active (running) since Wed 2019-01-16 18:37:08 EST
Docs: man:NetworkManager(8)
Main PID: 674 (NetworkManager)
Tasks: 4 (limit: 4507)
Memory: 7.3M
CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service
├─ 674 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon
└─10678 /sbin/dhclient -d -q -sf /usr/lib/NetworkM
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● NetworkManager.service - Network Manager
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Wed 2019-01-16 18:37:08 EST; 1 weeks 6 days ago
Docs: man:NetworkManager(8)
Main PID: 674 (NetworkManager)
Tasks: 4 (limit: 4507)
Memory: 7.3M
CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service
├─ 674 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon
└─10678 /sbin/dhclient -d -q -sf /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-helper -pf /run/dhclient-wlan0.pid -lf /var/lib/NetworkMan
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3f:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
3f:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
3f:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
3f:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor Reserved (rev 02)
3f:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor Reserved (rev 02)
The important stuff
Network
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 05) ##ethernet
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 (rev 35) ##wireless
from systemctl status NetworkManager
Active: active (running) since Wed 2019-01-16 18:37:08 EST
Mine is ( mine differs because I have connman - LXQT DE)
systemctl status connman.service
● connman.service - Connection service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/connman.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Wed 2019-01-30 09:45:34 CST; 45min ago
Main PID: 792 (connmand)
Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915)
CGroup: /system.slice/connman.service
└─792 /usr/sbin/connmand -n
I see your machine as having been running for almost 2 weeks without a reboot or poweroff. I could be wrong. If it has been 13 days, power it down completely and bring it back up. Laptop? You may have just been hibernating or suspending it. Again, I could be wrong.
Intel wifi info
https://wiki.debian.org/iwlwifi Note - it it a little stale - old. You are in Buster, not Stretch.
Double check to see if firmware-iwlwifi in installed ( should be automatically installed in Sparky)
"aptitude show firmware-iwlwifi | less" ## or use aptus or syanptic
Have you performed any full-upgrades in the last 2 weeks? Some of the upgrades will not take effect until after you have rebooted or powered down.
And finally, do you have a problem with network access via ethernet.