[02:40] <friendlyGoat> i need help with my dumb wifi. it was working and able to connect before but while trying to fix my unknowable error that was spamming my console, i am now in a situation where i type in the password for my wifi and it just never connects.
[18:39] <mnemoc> hi, what's the panel plugin to see the applications running? I lost it when upgrading to xfce 4.14 (ppa)
[19:55] <Spass[m]> hello mnemoc it's called Window Buttons
[20:08] <mnemoc> Spass[m]: thanks!
[23:28] <friendlyGoat> looked further into what my problem was yesterday. after experimenting a bit i realized i can connect to my wifi if i turn off its password but when i have my password turned on i cant connect on ubuntu at all.
[23:28] <friendlyGoat> whenever i have the password turned on on my router my network manager plugin just stays at "requesting a network address for (wifi name)" but i can connect just fine if i remove my router's password.
[23:29] <friendlyGoat> perhaps its a problem with WPA Supplicant? i have no idea but jeeez
[23:31] <genii> Does the router broadcast it's SSID?
[23:32] <friendlyGoat> yes it does.
[23:32] <genii> .. I remember there used to be some weirdness with WPA when the access point is hidden
[23:33] <friendlyGoat> i can see my network is available but when i try to connect to it and put in the right password and everything it just laods forever saying its requesting a network address
[23:33] <friendlyGoat> this started a few days ago and bugs me immensely
[23:34] <friendlyGoat> i can connect if i turn off the router's password completely but thats not sustainable
[23:34] <genii> Yes, it would be annoying
[23:36] <genii> Does the router have some feature like captured portal?
[23:36] <friendlyGoat> no
[23:41] <genii> friendlyGoat: You could try command-line method like: wpa_passphrase your-ESSID your-passphrase | sudo tee /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf   then sudo wpa_supplicant -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -i adapter-name-here
[23:43] <genii> ( and then sudo dhclient adapter-name-here to get an actual IP from the router)
[23:44] <genii> If the wpa_supplicant command fails, it may at least give some useful error
[23:52] <friendlyGoat> gonna try it now thanks
[23:54] <friendlyGoat> what do you mean adapter name here