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network-manager package

WPA2 connection fails if nm-applet retrieves password from keyring

Bug #127373 reported by Ludovico Fischer
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
network-manager (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
Brian Murray

Bug Description

I'm using ndiswrapper 0n 7.10, on a wpa2 protected hidden network.
When I first connect to the network, everything works. nm-applet asks to add the password to the keyring. If I click yes, on subsequent tries it always fails to connect. If I do not allow it to store the password in the keyring, and instead each time type again the network name, password etc., it works.
On 7.04 behaviour was the following: If I tried to connect to the network, specifying wpa2, the dialog box asking for the password appeared three times, each time asking to retype the password. The fourth time the dialog box reappeared, it was somehow switched to WPA. If I selected WPA2 again and retyped the password a fourth time, it eventually worked.

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Paul Dufresne (paulduf) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at [WWW] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage. I have classified this bug as a bug in network-manager.

I see no question to ask, so I marked it as confirmed.

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

which driver/chipset are you using?

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Ludovico Fischer (ludovicofischer) wrote :

I'm using ndiswrapper with a broadcom wireless card (I'm on another computer now, I can't check the precise model, it's the one found on Intel iMacs).

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

please test if this particular issue still persists in latest gutsy network-manager (>= 0.6.5-0ubuntu15)

Changed in network-manager:
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Ludovico Fischer (ludovicofischer) wrote :

With the latest install, nm-applet did not ask to store my password in the keyring. I type the network password each time.

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

pleaset do:

# gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /system/networking/wireless

to unset whatever was saved in your gconf for your wireless networks.

Maybe it helps?

 - Alexander

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

We are closing this bug report as it lacks the information, described in the previous comments, we need to investigate the problem further. However, please reopen it if you can give us the missing information and feel free to submit bug reports in the future.

Changed in network-manager:
assignee: nobody → brian-murray
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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