Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1010745
Title:
network-manager forgets my password when an error occurs
Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
My home wifi is slightly flaky, and stops working when there's a
lightning storm or excessive traffic. It comes back after a while. But
in the meantime, network-manager can still identify it but can no
longer connect.
What happens: For some reason network-manager decides this means the
password must have changed and prompts me for a new one, forgetting
the old. This does not work, of course, and it means that network-
manager can't reconnect automatically when the wifi starts working
again; in fact it can't even tell me whether it is working again, and
it forces me to dig up the password I use.
What should happen: The dialog box that comes up contains an error
message. It offers "Retry", "Change Password", and "Cancel". Ideally
the error message would contain some sort of information about what
went wrong, perhaps including a "more information" section that lets
me see detailed technical information. I realize getting this extra
information can be a problem, since the network system is running as
root, but at least it would be nice if network-manager did not assume
that the network had changed its password, and especially if it didn't
forget my old password.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: network-manager-gnome 0.9.4.1-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.31-lowlatency 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-lowlatency x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jun 8 21:08:06 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
IfupdownConfig:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
IpRoute:
default via 192.168.2.1 dev eth0 proto static
10.0.3.0/24 dev lxcbr0 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.3.1
169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000
192.168.2.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.2.13 metric 1
NetworkManager.state:
[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: network-manager-applet
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-27 (42 days ago)
nmcli-dev:
DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH
eth0 802-3-ethernet connected
/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1
wlan0 802-11-wireless connecting (need authentication)
/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
nmcli-nm:
RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE
WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
running 0.9.4.0 connected enabled enabled
enabled enabled disabled
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