plasma-widget-network-manager + kwallet timeout

[Fabian Köster]

Binary package hint: plasma-widget-network-manager

I often start my computer, log in and than do other stuff (making coffee, ...). When I come back to my computer and enter my password for kwallet (which is needed for wpa-connection via network-manager), the connection is not established. I further cannot establish it manually by clicking on the network in plasma-widget-network-manager and using kwallet, I am ask for the WPA-key (which is of course already stored in kwallet). My WPA-key is randomly generated so I cannot memorize it and my only workaround is to logout and login again and _immediately_ enter my kwallet password.

So this bug is about plasma-widget-network-manager not trying to reconnect to kwallet if needed.

Using Kubuntu 9.04

[Fabian Köster (maestro-alubia)]

This applys to the version of plasma-widget-network-manager delivered with Kubuntu Jaunty as well to the current version from ubuntu-proposed. My current packages:

ii network-manager 0.7.1~rc4.1.cf199a964-0ubuntu2 network management framework daemon
ii network-manager-openvpn 0.7.1~rc4.1.20090323+bzr27-0ubuntu2 network management framework (OpenVPN plugin
ii network-manager-vpnc 0.7.1~rc4.20090316+bzr21-0ubuntu2 network management framework (VPNC plugin)
ii plasma-widget-network-manager 0.0+svn966653-0ubuntu0.1 KDE plasma applet for controlling NetworkMan

[mark johnson (mark.johnson)]

I think this problem is actually Kwallet, not plasma-widget-network-manager. I don't use NetworkManager at all, but use Kwallet to store my passwords for Kopete, Kmail etc. and experience the same "timeout" if I don't unlock my wallet immediately after login, and can only use the applications by logging out and in again.

[mark johnson (mark.johnson)]

An additional workaround to this problem is to run killall kwalletd, then close the programs requiring the password (e.g. NetworkManager) and restart them. Kwallet will then restart and allow you to enter the password without you having to log out.

[Maarten Bezemer (veger)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. There have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time you reported the bug and your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates. It would help us a lot if you could test it on a currently supported Ubuntu version. When you test it and it is still an issue, kindly upload the updated logs by running apport-collect 392005 and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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