Cannot configure wi-fi in a live-session without logging out and back in again

[Paul White]

I am using the daily build 20140802 of Xubuntu in a live session and cannot setup a wi-fi connection as I am told I do not have the authority. See attached screenshot of error.

If I log out and then back in again I can setup wifi without a problem.

I first saw this problem with 20140801 but did not report it.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: network-manager 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu23
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-6.11-generic 3.16.0-rc7
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-6-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.5-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.340build1
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Sat Aug 2 10:41:23 2014
IfupdownConfig:
 # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.0.1 dev wlan0 proto static
 192.168.0.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.0.10 metric 9
LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20140802)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RfKill:
 0: samsung-wlan: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: network-manager
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
nmcli-con:
 NAME UUID TYPE TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT READONLY DBUS-PATH
 virginmedia8170894 21b2f951-16f3-4abf-b20c-90d33ad3caf0 802-11-wireless 1406976080 Sat 02 Aug 2014 10:41:20 AM UTC yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/1
 Wired connection 1 1bcd9f7f-a0b6-421e-aadb-7d200a9e52de 802-3-ethernet 1406975781 Sat 02 Aug 2014 10:36:21 AM UTC yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0
nmcli-dev:
 DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH
 eth0 802-3-ethernet unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1
 wlan0 802-11-wireless connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
nmcli-nm:
 RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
 running 0.9.8.8 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled disabled

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

As an afterthought - I'm not seeing this problem with Kubuntu, Ubuntu, Lubuntu or Ubuntu GNOME, only Xubuntu.

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1351590

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

No problem with daily build 20140804 so will mark invalid or similar if problem doesn't reappear in the next few days.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

No problem with daily build 20140806 so will mark the bug report as being incomplete as no-one else has provided any further info to confirm the bug and I no longer see it myself.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

As of daily build 20140809, I'm seeing this an an intermittent bug.

Booting the same live USB several times will sometimes produce this bug and sometimes it won't.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

I'm also now seeing this with the "official" Kubuntu Plasma5 image.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Bug now seen in Ubuntu GNOME daily build 20140825 but no error message displayed. Logging out and back in again allows a wi-fi connection to be set-up

[Shuhao (shuhao)]

So the proper way to attempt to reproduce this bug is to get a live disk and see if the wifi works on the first try? I can try this on 14.10 beta 2 sometime today.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Marking this bug as "Incomplete" as no-one else has reported/confirmed the bug in over two months and I have not seen this bug for sometime. Certainly it hasn't been seen in any of the tests that I've done on Utopic's final images so far.

If anyone else sees the bug, please confirm so making the bug active again.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for network-manager (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]