kde network manager drops connection when screen saver comes up

[Aaron Peterson]

Binary package hint: knetworkmanager

I was watching a streaming television show, and the screensaver started to pop up, and I moved the moujse, and the stream stopped.

The network manager completely changed appearance and was not recognisable as such but when I found it and , When I clicked on it,

It asked me for my kdewallet password, which is not right...

Then when I told it to cancel, twice it ended up connecting anyway... wich is not consistant with the kde wallet requirment...

basically, this network manager needs to be fixed... it does a lot of unexpected things with no way to configure it.

[Aaron Peterson (myusualnickname)]

Correction, it drops the connection when the screen saver goes off.

The plasmoids on my screen saver have internet access, but when I go back to regular I have no network connection. I then have to click on the connection, it asks me for the WEP key>?!?!!?!!? why??? I close it, then it pops up again, then I close it.. THEN the next time I click on the connection it comes up AND WORKS.

This is severe.

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Kubuntu better. The KDE3 version of KNetworkManager has been discontinued by its original authors. This unfortunately means that there will be no more bugfix releases, and updates in general will be limited to those fixing security flaws.

While we cannot fix your bug, the good news is that the applet has been totally rewritten for KDE4 in the upcoming Kubuntu 9.10 release. There is a good chance that this bug is no longer an issue with the new applet. If you find any similar or new issues with the applet included in Kubuntu 9.10, we would politely ask you to file them as new bugs against the "plasma-widget-networkmanagement" package.

Thanks in advance for your cooperation and understanding.