Although not strictly Ubuntu, I can confirm this bug happens on Linux
Mint 18.3 "Sylvia", Cinnamon 64-bit. This helped me fix it:
sudo apt-get purge runit
sudo apt-get purge git-daemon-run
sudo apt-get install -f
It is not necessary to purge git-all or git packages. Keep the rest,
only get rid of
This happens with me, as well.
What's worse, sometimes the wireless network will *stay disconnected*
until I answer the dialog box!
That's really bad, for a PC that is oftentimes left unattended.
I can't reproduce this, though. It will only happen at the most
frustrating times, usually when I'm
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
This is the same root cause as other bugs. The problem is that
NetworkManager keeps displaying the "Authentication required for
wireless network" dialog box, even though there's nothing wrong with the
previous password. Since there is no way on a Wi-Fi network to tell the
difference between "out
pranith: I have the same problem. I connect to a weak access point.
When it flakes out, even for a moment, NetworkManager spams that hated
dialog box up to the middle of the screen again. The password is
correct, it's already prepopulated within the dialog box, but
NetworkManager still insists on
Public bug reported:
I'm running Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS, on a wireless netbook.
NetworkManager keeps asking for the password to my wireless connection
repeatedly, if the signal gets weak, or interrupted for any reason.
The password is unchanged. However, NetworkManager keeps believing that
the pass
This bug affects me too. I'm running Ubuntu Netbook Remix.
The "Connect" choice, from the cloud icon, does nothing. No user
feedback whatsoever.
The right-click menu seems to work just fine. This problem only affects
the "Connect" choice, from the left-click menu.
My Ubuntu One login is worki