Just to confirm, for me the problem is fixed if you have downloaded the latest ISO version 16.04.2, installed the operating system, then once installed you MUST manually run the Software Updater & do all the updates & reboot. Unfortunately ticking the box during the installation to say do the updates during the install isn't enough!! You'll find then that the Hidden Wireless Network isn't greyed out.
It's just a shame the update wasn't applied before the 16.04.2 ISO release because at the moment if you install & don't do the full updates you will have the problem. It's annoying too because during the installation of the operating system if you've connected to your Wifi then reboot, it will be greyed out because you haven't had the chance to run the software updater ... When that happens to save time I click on the network connections applet & select edit network connections, then under Wifi delete my initial Wifi connection I made during the install, close it & make a new connection to my Wifi & do all the updates via Software Updater. This will be fixed by the time 16.04.3 is released but that's a while down track which is why I was hoping the patch was done before 16.04.2 ISO was released but it just missed out... The only thing I don't know is what Christopher rightly mentioned on #43 is if you installed Ubuntu from either ISO version 16.04 or 16.04.1 & you have done all the updates if the problem is fixed.. For me I only install Ubuntu LTE version from .2 onwards because it has the rolling kernel release for newer hardware (HWE) which I prefer personally but if people choose to use the fixed linux kernel version 4.4 which is under either ISO version 16.04 or 16.04.1 then thats fine but someone will need to test. I've done at least half a dozen machines using the 16.04.2 ISO & using the procedure above it's fine but as mentioned just annoying.. Sorry for the long comment.. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager-applet in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1542733 Title: Connect to Hidden Wi-Fi Network, "Connect" grayed out Status in Network Manager Applet: Confirmed Status in network-manager-applet package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Reproduce: 1. Create a static, connection to hidden Wi-Fi connection using nm-connection-editor 2. click nm-applet icon click "Connect to Hidden Wi-Fi Network" click pre-existing connection "Connect" is grayed out Work around is using terminal. nmcli c up id <WiFiSSID> ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: network-manager 1.0.4-0ubuntu9 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-2.16-generic 4.4.0 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-2-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.19.4-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Sat Feb 6 15:58:22 2016 IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-06 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160206) IpRoute: default via 192.168.0.1 dev wlp2s0 proto static metric 600 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlp2s0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.0.0/24 dev wlp2s0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.0.55 metric 600 JournalErrors: Error: command ['journalctl', '-b', '--priority=warning', '--lines=1000'] failed with exit code 1: Hint: You are currently not seeing messages from other users and the system. Users in the 'systemd-journal' group can see all messages. Pass -q to turn off this notice. No journal files were opened due to insufficient permissions. NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true RfKill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) WifiSyslog: nmcli-con: NAME UUID TYPE TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT AUTOCONNECT-PRIORITY READONLY DBUS-PATH ACTIVE DEVICE STATE ACTIVE-PATH Wired connection 1 7c22db8e-2026-413b-86cd-0c796f177dd5 802-3-ethernet 1454790964 Sat 06 Feb 2016 02:36:04 PM CST yes 0 no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/1 no -- -- -- jjjGFQQZi0U43GQNlkbUFr0j8ZXA2A d57103a5-d3d7-4fb0-a2a0-469894e184ab 802-11-wireless 1454795858 Sat 06 Feb 2016 03:57:38 PM CST yes 0 no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0 yes wlp2s0 activated /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/4 nmcli-dev: DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH CONNECTION CON-UUID CON-PATH wlp2s0 wifi connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 jjjGFQQZi0U43GQNlkbUFr0j8ZXA2A d57103a5-d3d7-4fb0-a2a0-469894e184ab /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/4 enp1s0 ethernet unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2 -- -- -- lo loopback unmanaged /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 -- -- -- nmcli-nm: Error: command ['nmcli', '-f', 'all', 'nm'] failed with exit code 2: Error: Object 'nm' is unknown, try 'nmcli help'. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/network-manager-applet/+bug/1542733/+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
