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network-manager package

network-manager crashes when trying to configure 802.1x TLS network

Bug #882432 reported by Florian Echtler on 2011-10-27

This bug affects 3 people

	Status	Importance	Assigned to
NetworkManager	Fix Released	Medium	gnome-bugs #662836
network-manager (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned
Oneiric	Won't Fix	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

When trying to join a wireless network secured with WPA Enterprise (802.1x TLS ), the network-manager process crashes.

Relevant lines from syslog:

Oct 27 10:30:11 colorado modem-manager[4065]: <info> Caught signal 15, shutting down...
Oct 27 10:30:11 colorado kernel: [96323.598146] init: network-manager main process (4067) killed by ABRT signal
Oct 27 10:30:11 colorado kernel: [96323.598215] init: network-manager main process ended, respawning
Oct 27 10:30:11 colorado modem-manager[5617]: <info> ModemManager (version 0.5) starting...
Oct 27 10:30:11 colorado NetworkManager[5619]: <info> NetworkManager (version 0.9.1.90) is starting...

The same problem also occurs when trying to create the network in the "Edit Connections..." panel.

Additional info:
1. Ubuntu Release: 11.10
2. network-manager:
  Installed: 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu4
  Candidate: 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu4
  Version table:
*** 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.9.1.90-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages
3. System should join the wireless LAN or add a connection entry.
4. network-manager process crashes.

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Florian Echtler (floe) wrote on 2011-10-27:

Update: when running "NetworkManager --no-daemon --log-level=DEBUG --log-domains=WIFI,SUPPLICANT" from the console, I get the following error message:

**
ERROR:writer.c:718:cert_writer: code should not be reached
Aborted

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Florian Echtler (floe) wrote on 2011-10-27:

network-manager-8021x-config-writer.patch Edit (484 bytes, text/plain)

OK, I think I've fixed the issue - please see attached patch.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2011-10-27

Changed in network-manager:
importance:	Unknown → Medium
status:	Unknown → New

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2011-11-02

Changed in network-manager:
status:	New → Fix Released

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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote on 2011-11-02:

The attachment "network-manager-8021x-config-writer.patch" of this bug report has been identified as being a patch. The ubuntu-reviewers team has been subscribed to the bug report so that they can review the patch. In the event that this is in fact not a patch you can resolve this situation by removing the tag 'patch' from the bug report and editing the attachment so that it is not flagged as a patch. Additionally, if you are member of the ubuntu-sponsors please also unsubscribe the team from this bug report.

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tags:

added: patch

Evan Broder (broder) on 2012-01-05

Changed in network-manager (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-01-05:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in network-manager (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Evan Broder (broder) wrote on 2012-01-05:

This patch was accepted upstream as 2938243e251dc10b22fecc4fd50c675f9c2ca1c4 on master, which is included in the git snapshot of network-manager currently in precise, so I'll close the precise bugtask and open one for oneiric, where this bug still occurs.

Changed in network-manager (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Fix Released
tags:	added: patch-accepted-upstream

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Matthew Piatkowski (progone) wrote on 2012-01-06:

I have this problem. How do I apply this patch? Do I open 'src/settings/plugins/keyfile/writer.c.orig' and paste the patch in.

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Florian Echtler (floe) wrote on 2012-01-09:

You'll need to get the source code ("apt-get source network-manager") and apply the patch using "patch -p0 < network-manager-8021x-config-writer.patch". Then rebuild the package using debuild.

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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote on 2014-12-03:

oneiric has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the oneiric task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".