Enable IWD to be used as back-end in network selection #4025
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svartkanin
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archinstall/lib/models/network.py
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| case NicType.NM: | ||
| return tr('Use NetworkManager (necessary to configure internet graphically in GNOME and KDE Plasma)') | ||
| case NicType.NM_IWD: | ||
| return tr('Use NetworkManager with iwd backend (copies ISO config, enables graphical tools)') |
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I'd be very happy if we can rename the whole thing to
Network Manager (default backend)
Network Manager (iwd backend)
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| installation.copy_iso_network_config(enable_services=False) | ||
| # Configure NetworkManager with iwd backend | ||
| installation.add_additional_packages('networkmanager') | ||
| if profile_config and profile_config.profile: |
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should we also install the applet on default NM?
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This PR should solve a lot of issues for Intel users among other legacy hardware.
Issue originally from user: Coda_Phi : On a surface pro 7 (Notoriously Intel contributes to IWD dev, and has bad support with default wpa_supplicant default backend) This notably results in "No networks" in desktops.
So I tested a little on a
Intel AX211similar to user'sAX201It follows https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NetworkManager#Using_iwd_as_the_Wi-Fi_backend
And https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NetworkManager#iwd_support_for_captive_portal_support_on_legacy_hardware
By setting enable services to
Falsethen enabling onlyNetworkManagerand writing the necessary config file to use IWD as back-end. It also still copies from ISO re-using existing definitions too.Simply makes it so that you configure in ISO env before or during archinstall => Still works in DE