REGRESSION: NetworkManager unable to connect to WPA Enterprise networks

[Kristian Rasmussen]

Binary package hint: network-manager

Since the 0.7.0 included in intrepid, I have been unable to connect to a WPA2 Enterprise/PEAP network, and others have reported not being able to connect to other types of WPA/WPA2 Enterprise networks. The option to enter a user certificate has been removed, and others are reporting that they are being dropped back at the authentication screen. There are corresponding bugs in upstream and Red Hat bugzilla here:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=388471
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=560398

The bug seems to have been fixed in the Red Hat bugzilla, and probably also upstream, so the question is whether the fix has been included in Ubuntu yet? And is there someone who is willing to take the time to package a patched version for intrepid (fixing this blocking problem for everyone using http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduroam networks on European universities and all other places using WPA Enterprise)?

[Joel Goguen (jgoguen)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately, we cannot begin to fix this without some additional information. Could you please post the output of the command "apt-cache policy network-manager" (without the quotes). To run this command, open a Terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal), enter the command there, and push Enter. Copy the resulting text and paste it here. Thanks in advance.

[Kristian Rasmussen (krasmussen)]

$ apt-cache policy network-manager
network-manager:
  Installed: 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1.8.10.1
  Candidate: 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1.8.10.1
  Version table:
 *** 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1.8.10.1 0
        500 http://dk.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://dk.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages

[Joel Goguen (jgoguen)]

Thank you! Since this has been documented elsewhere and a fix has been made available by the author, I will set this bug to Confirmed.

[Joel Goguen (jgoguen)]

Kristian:

We were wondering if this is still an issue for you. Can you try with the latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.

[Kristian Rasmussen (krasmussen)]

Joel:

By "the latest", you mean the jaunty beta? If so, I will try to do that within the next week.

[Joel Goguen (jgoguen)]

Kristian:

Yes, if possible the Ubuntu Jaunty beta is the best place to test. Thanks very much!

[Joel Goguen (jgoguen)]

Hi Kristian,

Have you had a chance to test this with the latest Jaunty beta?

[Kristian Rasmussen (krasmussen)]

Yes, sorry for the delay, but I managed to test it today with the RC. There is still no option to enter a User Certificate with PEAP, so I am still unable to connect.

[Kristian Rasmussen (krasmussen)]

Would it be totally impossible to have a fix included here during the FinalFreeze? If so, it would be nice if someone would take the time to make a backport incorporating the fix.

[Thomas Hood (jdthood)]

Fixed upstream.