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network-manager package

Wireless connections in network-manager-applet not editable -- "No agents were available for this request"

Bug #951464 reported by Benji on 2012-03-10

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This bug affects 19 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	network-manager (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

Right-click on the network manager applet --> edit connections
On the tab wireless is the current network shown, I'd like to connect. In order to do so, I need to edit the connection.
If I click on edit, the following "error" appears as a dialog:

Error initializing editor
No agents were available for this request.
<Close>

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: network-manager-gnome 0.9.2.0+git.20120126t000800.5151959-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.28-generic-pae 3.2.9
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Date: Sat Mar 10 12:20:20 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nm-connection-editor
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120228)
IpRoute:
default via 132.176.143.126 dev eth0 proto static
132.176.143.96/27 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 132.176.143.98 metric 1
169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000
NetworkManager.state:
[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
RfKill:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: network-manager-applet
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-10 (0 days ago)
nmcli-con:
NAME UUID TYPE TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT READONLY DBUS-PATH
Wired connection 1 cc30221a-025d-4302-9360-b6e3e63ab9e4 802-3-ethernet 1331377520 Sat 10 Mar 2012 12:05:20 PM CET yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0
FU-StZ 6e673f08-626e-4293-b943-753fa944b0d3 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/3
nmcli-dev:
DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH
wlan0 802-11-wireless disconnected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1
eth0 802-3-ethernet connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
nmcli-nm:
RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
running 0.9.3.0 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled disabled

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lp:~network-manager/network-manager/ubuntu.precise

lp:ubuntu/precise/network-manager

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Benji (benjim) wrote on 2012-03-10:

#1

Dependencies.txt Edit (5.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IfupdownConfig.txt Edit (283 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IpAddr.txt Edit (683 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IwConfig.txt Edit (250 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
NetDevice.eth0.txt Edit (494 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
NetDevice.lo.txt Edit (206 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
NetDevice.wlan0.txt Edit (506 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
NetworkManager.conf.txt Edit (69 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciNetwork.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcMaps.txt Edit (30.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcStatus.txt Edit (799 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
WifiSyslog.txt Edit (116.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XsessionErrors.txt Edit (2.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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s.yurax (s-yurax) wrote on 2012-03-10:

#2

I have also this problem! Want to fix it!!!

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-03-10:

#3

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

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

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Jane Atkinson (irihapeti) wrote on 2012-03-12:

#4

I found this bug when trying to set up a connection using network-manager in Openbox.

I think this is a recent bug. I set up a very similar system a few days ago without this problem.

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Benji (benjim) wrote on 2012-03-12:

#5

Simmilar for me: It only appers with Ubuntu 12.04 Beta. But it would be really announing if this bug would ship out with 12.04 LTS.

The bug does not apply on all wireless connections.

For me the connection was a "eduroam" network (roaming network in the education and research area in whole Germany). In order to connect to the network, you need to configure a "WPA & WPA2 Enterprise Security" with a "Protected EAP". In order to do so, it schould be possible to edit the connection, which is currently not possible.

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schlady (schlady) wrote on 2012-03-13:

#6

Had the same problem with 'eduroam' with 'WPA & WPA2 Enterprise Security' and also a local wireless network, that has WPA2 encryption.

I fixed my problems by deleting these network and readded them again.

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Benji (benjim) wrote on 2012-03-13:

#7

> I fixed my problems by deleting these network and readded them again.
True, this is a work-arround. But you have to enter the SSID. Most Ubuntu users would not expect the aboved described behavior, which is especially anouing, when there is a "cyrpical" network-name like "Net-343-St-12".

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Haggai Eran (haggai-eran) wrote on 2012-03-13:

#8

I'm also affected by this bug. After upgrading to precise, my laptop keeps asking for password when connecting to a previously saved EAP network. Trying to edit this network resulted in the error described in the bug. I haven't had problems connecting or editing WPA networks.

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CENTSOARER (centsoarer) wrote on 2012-03-13:

#9

3 of 4 networks I have in network manager applet are working properly, one of them is the problem. I didn't configure properly the settings of this one, canceled, and now can't edit.

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Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox) wrote on 2012-03-14:

#10

Fixed in precise with a network-manager patch.

affects:	network-manager-applet (Ubuntu) → network-manager (Ubuntu)
Changed in network-manager (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium
status:	Confirmed → Fix Released

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hockeyshaun (shaun-m-ferguson) wrote on 2012-06-18:

#11

so I just upgraded to 12.04 this past week, and now I am seeing this issue. I have removed network-manager-kde and installed the Wicd as I saw in another post and this did not resolve. I have put network-manager-kde back into play but still see this issue, I can edit the connections it is just very annoying to have to re-enter the password everytime in network manager to get connected. Attempting an apt-get update now so we'll see what happens, if that doesn't work how can I acquire the patch?

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papukaija (papukaija) wrote on 2012-06-18:

#12

You should already have the fixed package installed. Please open a new bug if the problem persists after installing all updates. Thanks.

Thomas Hood (jdthood) on 2012-06-23

summary:

- Wireless connections in network-manager-applet not editable
+ Wireless connections in network-manager-applet not editable -- "No
+ agents were available for this request"

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