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Can't select network in GNOME Settings

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Tommimon

I connected my Wi-Fi when installing Ubuntu and it is still working; I'm using it right now to write this question. After that, I never opened network settings until now.

That said I'm unable to choose another network. The GNOME Wi-Fi settings lists no visible network (not even the one I'm using).

I tried nmcli and it is not showing networks as well:

sudo nmcli dev wifi list
IN-USE  BSSID  SSID  MODE  CHAN  RATE  SIGNAL  BARS  SECURITY

I think the problem is that wlo1 is listed as unavailable:

sudo nmcli d
DEVICE   TYPE      STATE        CONNECTION 
wlo1     wifi      unavailable  --         
docker0  bridge    unmanaged    --         
enp3s0   ethernet  unmanaged    --         
lo       loopback  unmanaged    --

This is nmcli radio output:

sudo nmcli radio
WIFI-HW  WIFI     WWAN-HW  WWAN    
enabled  enabled  enabled  enabled

I tried rfkill with no luck:

sudo rfkill list
0: hci0: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no

I was able to list available networks with wpa_cli so I suppose the device is working properly. How do I make nmcli see other networks or how do I make them appear in the gnome settings?

Before you ask, yes, I tried to restart NetworkManager and I also rebooted several times after trying solutions from other similar questions that didn't work for me.

Edit:

Here are the outputs as requested in comments.

sudo cat /etc/netplan/*.yaml
# This is the network config written by 'subiquity'
network:
  version: 2
  wifis:
    wlo1:
      access-points:
        ASUS_60:
          password: MY_WIFI_PASSWORD
      dhcp4: true
# This is the network config written by 'subiquity'
network:
  ethernets:
    enp3s0:
      dhcp4: true
  version: 2


sudo cat /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
[main]
plugins=ifupdown,keyfile

[ifupdown]
managed=false

[device]
wifi.scan-rand-mac-address=no
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chili555
Please edit your question to show the results of these terminal commands: `cat /etc/netplan/*.yaml` and also: `cat /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf ` Welcome to Ask Ubuntu.
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chili555

Network Manager won't manage any interfaces, including your wireless, that are managed in Netplan. If you want the more convenient in a desktop setting, Network Manager to control all interfaces, then replace your netplan files.

It appears that you may have two netplan files. Find out:

ls /etc/netplan

Rename it or them:

sudo mv /etc/netplan/<name you found>.yaml /etc/netplan/<name you found>.bak

Do this for any and all files found.

Next, create a new file:

sudo nano /etc/netplan/01-network-manager-all.yaml

Add the following:

# Let NetworkManager manage all devices on this system
network:
  version: 2
  renderer: NetworkManager

Netplan is very specific about spacing, indentation, etc., so proofread carefully twice. Save (Ctrl+o followed by Enter) and exit (Ctrl+x followed by Enter).

Follow with:

sudo netplan generate
sudo netplan apply

Reboot and tell us if there is any improvement.

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Tommimon
After reboot everything started working: both `nmcli` and GNOME Wi-Fi GUI,
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