It is worse than ever. Whenever a router is turned on in our house any existing connection breaks.
The authentication dialog appears and wants a password
Entering it does not help, the dialog reappears.
service network-manager restart helped in 12.04. It does not any more. The problem persists.
Only a reboot helps (until the next wireless router is turned on).
The issue is definitely that the password dialog tries to encrypt an already encrypted password hash.
Upgraded to 12.10.
It is worse than ever. Whenever a router is turned on in our house any existing connection breaks.
The authentication dialog appears and wants a password
Entering it does not help, the dialog reappears.
service network-manager restart helped in 12.04. It does not any more. The problem persists.
Only a reboot helps (until the next wireless router is turned on).
The issue is definitely that the password dialog tries to encrypt an already encrypted password hash.