13.10: Multiple network manager authentication dialogs for saved network
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
network-manager (Ubuntu) |
In Progress
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Medium
|
Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre |
Bug Description
I'm using 13.10 on a Dell XPS13. Network Manager will sometimes put up multiple (10+) authentication dialogs asking me for the password to reconnect to my wireless network. Network Manager already knows the password for the network, and automatically joins the network after reboot/resume/etc.
I think there are 2 issues:
1) Network Manager asks for the password even though it already knows the password
2) Network Manager puts up too many dialogs (this issue is reported elsewhere, for example bug 1059529)
Steps to reproduce:
1) Connect to a wireless network
2) Leave the machine idle for awhile
3) Unlock the machine from the lock screen
Expected results:
After unlocking the machine, the desktop and all windows are onscreen. There are no authentication dialogs from network manager
Actual results:
After unlocking the machine, the desktop and all windows are onscreen. There are 10+ authentication dialogs from network manager
Regression info: I thought this was fixed in 12.10/13.04 but it's happening for me in 13.10.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: network-manager 0.9.8.0-0ubuntu20
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-5-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Sep 11 14:11:40 2013
DistributionCha
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canonical-
IfupdownConfig:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-29 (286 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20120703-15:08
IpRoute:
default via 10.0.1.1 dev wlan0 proto static
10.0.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.1.55 metric 9
10.0.3.0/24 dev lxcbr0 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.3.1
192.168.122.0/24 dev virbr0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.122.1
MarkForUpload: True
NetworkManager.
[main]
NetworkingEnab
WirelessEnable
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true
SourcePackage: network-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-07-19 (54 days ago)
nmcli-dev:
DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH
wlan0 802-11-wireless connected /org/freedeskto
nmcli-nm:
RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
running 0.9.8.0 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled disabled
Changed in network-manager (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
assignee: | nobody → Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (mathieu-tl) |
Confirming/Triaged.
Seems like there are still some issues with asking for the wifi password and possibly a race between NM getting that information and when the keyring is ready to hand over the information; this is the only way it could work sometimes after a reboot.