how to start wifi with minimal install

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During the installation process, all network card information and wifi connection can be obtained correctly. After the installation is completed and restarted, wifi does not start normally

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I’ve found, on a minimal install, that after installation, you have to connect once through ethernet and install the NetworkManager-wifi package, After that, if I remember correctly, I had to do systemctl stop NetworkManager.service systemctl start NetworkManager.service. A simple systemctl restart NetworkManager.service didn’t work. (I may be remembering incorrectly, I may have had to restart the whole system).
Anyway, the key is installing NetworkManager-wifi. Even though it works during installation, it’s not installed if you choose minimal install.

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Yes, I also found this problem. My notebook computer does not have RJ45 network port, so it cannot be minimized.

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According to:

dnf list NetworkManager\*

the NetworkManager-wifi in in baseos. It should therefore be in the Minimal image and hence install from USB should be an option.

[el9]# dnf rq --groupmember NetworkManager-wifi
Last metadata expiration check: 0:50:09 ago on Wed 30 Nov 2022 11:14:20 AM EET.
NetworkManager-wifi-1:1.40.0-1.el9.x86_64
  @networkmanager-submodules

[el9]# dnf -q rq --groupmember NetworkManager-wifi
NetworkManager-wifi-1:1.40.0-1.el9.x86_64
  @networkmanager-submodules

[el9]# dnf -q group info networkmanager-submodules
Group: Common NetworkManager submodules
 Description: This group contains NetworkManager submodules that are commonly used, but may not be wanted in some streamlined configurations.
 Default Packages:
   NetworkManager-bluetooth
   NetworkManager-wifi
   NetworkManager-wwan
   dnsmasq
   iptables-nft

[el9]# dnf -q group info minimal-environment
Environment Group: Minimal Install
 Description: Basic functionality.
 Mandatory Groups:
   Core
 Optional Groups:
   Guest Agents
   Standard

The “Minimal Install” does not include group “Common NetworkManager submodules”. That is why NetworkManager-wifi is not installed initially.

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@zuozhehao, you can usually find an inexpensive USB-to-ethernet dongle. I just use that on a yoga2, which has no ethernet port.

From a quick search on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=usb+to+ethernet+adapter+for+laptop