[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1005839] Re: NM prompts user for Wi-Fi password when a (dial-up) connection is already established

2013-05-10 Thread Krellan
Steve White: I completely agree with you. I have the same thing happen to me on my Ubuntu system (although I don't use DUN). NetworkManager pops up the dreaded "Authentication required for wireless network" dialog box incessantly, right in the middle of the screen, stealing the keyboard focus. T

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1005839] Re: NM prompts user for Wi-Fi password when a (dial-up) connection is already established

2013-02-22 Thread George Gill
** Description changed: Scenario: I'm in a place that has a WLAN, but either I don't have authorization for it, or it's somehow broken. I make a connection through my phone using DUN (other protocols are possible I think, but that's how I do it.) This works pretty well in itself,

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1005839] Re: NM prompts user for Wi-Fi password when a (dial-up) connection is already established

2012-08-03 Thread Steve White
Hi, Mathieu and Thomas, It is clear to me that I have not communicated the problems to you. So I'll try again. Problem 1 is that it nags with *dialogs* that interfere with work. It should never do that, unless my work really needs to be stopped. This is a user interface issue, not a logi

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1005839] Re: NM prompts user for Wi-Fi password when a (dial-up) connection is already established

2012-08-02 Thread Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre
that wireless prompt will come back because after marking the connection as failed for a while, it will be automatically re-attempted by NM. We'll fix this soon, there's another bug report for it, but I haven't found it again just yet. The fix for your issue though is simply to delete the connecti

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1005839] Re: NM prompts user for Wi-Fi password when a (dial-up) connection is already established

2012-08-02 Thread Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre
This bug needs further triaging to match it with the other similar reports, marking this one a duplicate of the master bug. -- 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/1005839

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1005839] Re: NM prompts user for Wi-Fi password when a (dial-up) connection is already established

2012-07-22 Thread Steve White
Hi Thomas, I outlined in the original report practical situations in which the current behaviour is bad. Obviously WLAN connections are usually faster. If they were *always* faster and better in every way, maybe nobody would object (maybe). But often the WLAN connection is not working righ

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1005839] Re: NM prompts user for Wi-Fi password when a (dial-up) connection is already established

2012-07-12 Thread Thomas Hood
** Summary changed: - NM keeps asking for WLAN auth when dial-up networking connection is established + NM prompts user for Wi-Fi password when a (dial-up) connection is already established -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed