This is a well-known bug. If you search for it on the Internet, it shows up everywhere.
The actual behavior varies according to what desktop one has installed. For instance, KDE uses Kwallet instead of gnome-keyring. The KDE daemon wipes the password field so that it must be reentered, but the behavior is otherwise identical. I believe that network-manager back-ends make incorrect system calls when it cannot immediately connect with the current password. It does not know whether the password is missing or incorrect, if the connection is unavailable, if the connection was stopped due to a suspend, lock, or shutdown, or if the connection was temporarily lost. Frequently suggested work-arounds include deleting the connection, rebooting the computer, or deleting the connection and rebooting the computer. These are stopgap measures and hacks at best. It is also suggested that this is a driver issue, but for many the system is using the best or only network driver available. The obvious alternative is Wicd, but it has yet been updated to the long awaited version 2.0. The current version is simply not capable of making all types of modern wireless connections. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1084364 Title: Network-Manager Repeatedly Asks for Authorization (WPA2 Password) Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: System: ------- – Fresh clean installation of xubuntu 12.10 using the xubuntu .iso from the official xubuntu web site, fully updated using the xubuntu Software Updater. – network-manager fully set up for an internet connection using WiFi with WPA2-Personal, including SSID and WPA2 password. Boxes "automatically connect" and "available to all users" ticked. In Settings > Start-Up Applications, the network-manager box is ticked. – The internet connection through this access point is routinely used by other PCs (including ubuntu 11.04 and xubuntu 11.10, all using the same settings for network-manager) without any connectivity or stability problems. Access point signal strength is over 80%. Bug: ---- – On system start-up, network-manager attempts to connect. – After a significant delay, a panel pops up requesting authorization. The WPA2 password is already filled in in this panel and it is correct. – Press the authorization panel's connect button. The panel disappears. The network indicator icon rotates. – After a significant delay, the authorization panel pops up again. – Press the authorization panel's connect button again. – This cycle may repeat itself several more times, until network-manager finally makes a successful connection. What should happen: ------------------- On start-up, network-manager should establish the internet connection without any user interaction and without delay. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1084364/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
