Hi...I made my WiFi a personal hotspot.with its own security code.and have it come on as soon as I logged in...no more authentication problems..thanks
On Mar 26, 2012 12:50 PM, "Asaf Bartov" <912...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: Same symptoms here, but it has always been that way ever since installing 11.10 -- whenever the machine can't connect to the wireless access point (there are some genuine wifi issues where I am), it pops up a new authentication window every few minutes. Could it be the window is not appropriately application-modal? (or whatever it's called these days...) -- You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/912702 Title: the window "Wireless Network Authentication Required" keeps popping up until "the end of times" even though the previous one was not closed Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I left the computer turned on for the night and in the morning I found not less than 65, yes 65!!!!!! instances of the same window. my system was responding very slowly. and closing one took more than a minute, so I had to kill it manually. take a look on my screenshots, they look really weird. this is very annoying!!!! solution: this window shouldn't pop up when the previous one was not closed! ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: network-manager-gnome 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic i686 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Date: Fri Jan 6 11:38:28 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nm-applet Gconf: IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110921.2) IpRoute: default via 158.195.192.1 dev eth0 proto static 158.195.192.0/19 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 158.195.196.69 metric 1 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000 Keyfiles: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SourcePackage: network-manager-applet UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/912702/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/912702 Title: the window "Wireless Network Authentication Required" keeps popping up until "the end of times" even though the previous one was not closed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/912702/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs