Grayed out "Connect" button when using WPA2 Entreprise+TLS authentication
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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network-manager (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: network-manager
Ubuntu version: Ubuntu 8.10 Release Candidate (live CD) - ubuntu-
My hardware: Thinkpad T60p with an Atheros wireless Mini-PCI express card (AR5BXB6 chipset == AR5006EX).
What happened: I launched Ubuntu from the live CD and tried connecting to the wireless network of my university, by selecting the corresponding SSID through the Network Manager. My university uses a TLS EAP ("WPA 2 Entreprise") and .pem certificates. I filled out all the forms, and selected the correct certificates that were stored on my hard-drive (I have checked them with the "openssl verify CAfile ca-x.pem cl-x.pem" command).
The "Connect" button remained grayed out, clicking on it didn't work.
What I expected: That the connect button was not grayed out after I completed the fields. Or at least that there is a tip that indicates why the button is grayed out, and why it won't even try to connect.
Reproducing with the terminal (output):
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ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ killall nm-applet; nm-applet
** (nm-applet:8440): WARNING **: No connections defined
** (nm-applet:8440): WARNING **: Invalid connection: 'NMSetting8021x' / 'identity' invalid: 2
** (nm-applet:8440): WARNING **: <WARN> applet_
** (nm-applet:8440): CRITICAL **: convert_iv: assertion `src != NULL' failed
** (nm-applet:8440): CRITICAL **: convert_iv: assertion `src != NULL' failed
** (nm-applet:8440): CRITICAL **: convert_iv: assertion `src != NULL' failed
** (nm-applet:8440): CRITICAL **: convert_iv: assertion `src != NULL' failed
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The Invalid connection and <WARN> "WARNING" messages appear when I click on my university's SSID in the network manager.
The "CRITICAL" messages appear when I type in the four letters of my Private key password.
The normal user and sudo user outputs look similar.
@Alexander Sack:
> ** (nm-applet:8391): WARNING **: No connections defined
--> This appears right after nm-applet is started
>** (nm-applet:8391): WARNING **: Invalid connection: 'NMSetting8021x' /
> 'identity' invalid: 2
>
>** (nm-applet:8391): WARNING **: <WARN> applet_
--> These two warnings appear right after I click on my university's wireless SSID (from the drop down list of the nm-applet icon on the top bar). When I click on my university's wireless SSID there's a window that appears : "Authentication required by wireless network". That's where I enter my details: and I leave no whitespaces, no blank fields. My identity is my e-mail address, and my private key password is made of numbers only (if that helps).
I suppose you mean that the connect attempt is made when I click on my university's wireless SSID, as I can't ever click on the connect button when the Authentication is TLS.
#update (29.10.2008): added terminal output, corrected university's wireless encryption (WPA Entreprise -> WPA2 Entreprise), added tags
#update2 (29.10.2008): changed sudo output --> regular user output
#update3 (29.10.2008): added response to Alexander Sack's comment
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status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
could you please killall nm-applet, start nm-applet from a terminal and report the output you get when reproducing?