sorry, I gave up and I gave the laptop to a family member who is going to
reinstall an OS.

Miguel

On 3 January 2017 at 11:42, Michael Mess <email address hidden> wrote:

> Can you check the password in network-manager view and edit it there?
>
> I think that the "wrong password - enter new"-dialog does not save the
> entered password and thus a reconnect with the old wrong password always
> fails.
> See also Bug #1542733 which I have experienced together with this one.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1603815
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> Title:
>   after updating to ubuntu 16.04 the network manager is unable to
>   connect me to the wifi network. I can see the network, but once I
>   introduce the password, it asks me for the password after a few
>   seconds and never connects.
>
> Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu:
>   Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>   after updating to ubuntu 16.04 the network manager is unable to
>   connect me to the wifi network. I can see the network, but once I
>   introduce the password, it asks me for the password after a few
>   seconds and never connects. I use different devices connected to the
>   same wifi so it is not a problem of writting the wrong password.
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
>   Package: network-manager 1.1.93-0ubuntu4
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13
>   Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64
>   ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
>   Architecture: amd64
>   CurrentDesktop: Unity
>   Date: Sun Jul 17 16:58:17 2016
>   IfupdownConfig:
>    # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
>    auto lo
>    iface lo inet loopback
>   InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-07-16 (1 days ago)
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
> (20160420.1)
>   IpRoute:
>    default via 192.168.2.1 dev enp2s0  proto static  metric 100
>    169.254.0.0/16 dev enp2s0  scope link  metric 1000
>    192.168.2.0/24 dev enp2s0  proto kernel  scope link  src
> 192.168.2.242  metric 100
>   NetworkManager.state:
>    [main]
>    NetworkingEnabled=true
>    WirelessEnabled=true
>    WWANEnabled=true
>   SourcePackage: network-manager
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>   nmcli-con:
>    NAME                 UUID                                  TYPE
>      TIMESTAMP   TIMESTAMP-REAL                AUTOCONNECT
> AUTOCONNECT-PRIORITY  READONLY  DBUS-PATH
>  ACTIVE  DEVICE  STATE      ACTIVE-PATH
>    Conexión cableada 1  9e376788-1744-46de-a314-eeb07aad8c13
> 802-3-ethernet   1468789026  dom 17 jul 2016 16:57:06 CDT  yes
> 4294966297            no        /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/2
> yes     enp2s0  activated  /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/
> ActiveConnection/1
>    BELL419 2            8bd64cc4-181f-449b-95a3-edc74cf2a9a6
> 802-11-wireless  0           never                         yes          0
>                    no        /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/1
> no      --      --         --
>   nmcli-dev:
>    DEVICE    TYPE      STATE         DBUS-PATH
>       CONNECTION           CON-UUID                              CON-PATH
>    enp2s0    ethernet  connected     /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1
> Conexión cableada 1  9e376788-1744-46de-a314-eeb07aad8c13
> /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/1
>    wlp3s0b1  wifi      disconnected  /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
> --                   --                                    --
>    lo        loopback  unmanaged     /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2
> --                   --                                    --
>   nmcli-nm: Error: command ['nmcli', '-f', 'all', 'nm'] failed with exit
> code 2: Error: Object 'nm' is unknown, try 'nmcli help'.
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