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Bug 663773 - Gnome3 control-center doesn't allow editing connections when they are inactive
Gnome3 control-center doesn't allow editing connections when they are inactive
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 653296
Product: NetworkManager
Classification: Platform
Component: nm-applet
0.9.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: Dan Williams
Dan Williams
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-11-10 13:57 UTC by Tobias Mueller
Modified: 2012-05-11 12:26 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Attachments
Screenshot showing a grey configure button (35.53 KB, image/png)
2011-11-10 13:57 UTC, Tobias Mueller
Details

Description Tobias Mueller 2011-11-10 13:57:11 UTC
Created attachment 201152 [details]
Screenshot showing a grey configure button

The Network-Settings which shows up when clicking Network Settings from the icon in the GNOME Shell, does not allow to edit, add or delete mobile broadband connections, rendering me impossible to connect to the internet.

The nm-connection-editor, however, perfectly allows me to do that. I would have expected to be able to change my details without having to call this tool separately.
Comment 1 Jiri Klimes 2011-11-14 09:55:23 UTC
This is gnome-control-center job, actually. And that's been addressed in bug 657303.
See also http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-control-center/commit/?id=31f975996ecece93f8921f360e12f97dd29a4b40

What versions of NM and gnome-control-center do you use?
What you get with:
$ nmcli nm
$ nmcli dev status
Comment 2 Tobias Mueller 2011-11-15 01:29:53 UTC
I have the following versions:

gnome-control-center:
  Installed: 1:3.2.1-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:3.2.1-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1:3.2.1-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:3.2.0-0ubuntu6 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages
network-manager:
  Installed: 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu5
  Candidate: 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu5
  Version table:
 *** 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu5 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.9.1.90-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages


I'm sorry, I can't provide you the output right now as I don't have access to the hardware anymore. It'll take me 4 weeks to get access again.
Comment 3 Laura M. Castro 2011-12-03 12:11:37 UTC
This happens with all kinds of connections, actually (wired, wireless...).

Steps that lead me to the problem:

1. Connect to a new wireless network with password (wrong password typed).
2. Try to edit connection preferences to fix wrong password.
3. Connection preferences cannot be changed because network configuration dialog cannot be opened. Configuration button is disabled.

Alternative which did not work:

1. Command line: use nmcli con list to see all connections.
2. Attempt nmcli con delete uuid <NETWORK-UUID>, both as regular user and root.
3. No effect (connection still there).

Workaround:

1. Logout from GNOME3.
2. Login to GNOME Classic.
3. Open network configuration dialog, select desired connection, edit, save.
4. Logout from GNOME Classic.
5. Login to GNOME3.

Alternative workaround:

1. Command line: nm-connection-editor.
2. Select desired connection, edit, save.

I consider this of major severity because using GNOME Classic as a way to fix things which do not work on GNOME3 should not happen. Nor can a regular user be expected to know how to open an alternative connection editor manually. A regular user may not even think of those possibilities. I find it very surprising this has reached GNOME 3.2 without fixing.
Comment 4 Xabier Rodríguez Calvar 2011-12-03 12:17:44 UTC
Indeed. This happens also to me as I have a connection attached to MAC address that I need to change every now and then, but there is no way to find it not even when I plug the device, because the "settings" button is dimmed and there is no way of listing the connections. Of course, a workaround is running the nm-connection-editor, but I think it is not very usable and against the "made of easy".
Comment 5 Xabier Rodríguez Calvar 2011-12-03 12:19:19 UTC
Tobias, I think you should change the bug summary to get a bit more attention on this.
Comment 6 Jiri Klimes 2012-05-11 12:26:35 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 653296 ***