Polybar: module/wlan: Failed to query interface 'wlp6s0'

Created on 8 Feb 2017 · 4Comments · Source: polybar/polybar

Hello!

I'm having some issues with displaying wlan info. It is configured as follows:

[module/wlan]
type = internal/network
interface = wlp6s0
interval = 3.0

format-connected = <label-connected>
format-connected-underline = #9f78e1
format-disconnected-underline = ${self.format-connected-underline}

label-connected = %essid%
label-disconnected = %ifname% disconnected
label-disconnected-foreground = ${colors.foreground-alt}

ifconfig gives the following output so it is configured correctly as far as I can tell.

wlp6s0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.2.173 netmask 255.255.252.0 broadcast 192.168.3.255
inet6 fe80::ce3d:82ff:fef5:5c0d prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>

When starting polybar I get:
warn: module/wlan: Failed to query interface 'wlp6s0'
and the interface shows as disconnected..

Source

oquinena

Most helpful comment

Just found a temporary solution for this myself:

[module/wifi]
type = custom/script
interval = 60
exec = "nmcli d show wlp2s0 | grep 'GENERAL.CONNECTION' | awk '{ print $2 }'"
format-prefix = " "
format-prefix-foreground = ${colors.foreground}

This works, if you're using NetworkManager.
@oquinena maybe this helps you as well.

mrusme on 18 Feb 2017

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All 4 comments

Hi, please see the comment at https://github.com/jaagr/polybar/issues/402

jaagr on 9 Feb 2017

Ahh, I see. Thanks for the reply!

oquinena on 10 Feb 2017

Subscribed to this issue as I'm also experiencing an inoperable wlan module with the latest version (3.0.4) on Gentoo. @jaagr any idea for a workaround meanwhile? Thank you. :-)

mrusme on 18 Feb 2017

Just found a temporary solution for this myself:

[module/wifi]
type = custom/script
interval = 60
exec = "nmcli d show wlp2s0 | grep 'GENERAL.CONNECTION' | awk '{ print $2 }'"
format-prefix = " "
format-prefix-foreground = ${colors.foreground}

This works, if you're using NetworkManager.
@oquinena maybe this helps you as well.

mrusme on 18 Feb 2017

👍3

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