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Bug 740750 - Wi-Fi password dialog pops up without invitation
Wi-Fi password dialog pops up without invitation
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 660293
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: general
3.14.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
docking-station
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2014-11-26 13:26 UTC by Allan Day
Modified: 2015-03-11 18:08 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: 3.16
GNOME version: ---


Description Allan Day 2014-11-26 13:26:20 UTC 
I have a docking station with a wired network connection. While I am using it, I regularly get prefilled Wi-Fi password dialogs popping up (this is GNOME 3.14/Fedora 21). The fact that it doesn't actually connect is covered by bug 740746.

A dialog like this should only ever appear after the user manually tries to connect to a network. Instead:

 * If the primary route isn't Wi-Fi, allow it to fail silently if a connection
drops or can't be established.

 * If Wi-Fi is the primary route and the connection drops or can't be
established, use a notification to inform the user - don't pop up a dialog.
Comment 1 Allan Day 2014-11-26 13:43:51 UTC 
I should have linked to bug 726764. Apologies.
Comment 2 Allan Day 2014-11-26 16:11:18 UTC 
Unwanted dialogs are a source of a lot of frustration, so setting as a 3.16 target.
Comment 3 Giovanni Campagna 2014-12-21 18:25:03 UTC 
660293 has patches that implement mostly this behavior (considering that automatic connection only happens for the primary route in NM, which I'm not sure but would be fixed there).

I'm tempted to dupe this bug on the old one...
Comment 4 André Klapper 2015-02-22 21:13:42 UTC 
(In reply to Giovanni Campagna from comment #3)
> 660293 has patches that implement mostly this behavior.
> I'm tempted to dupe this bug on the old one...

Patches there are from 2012 and probably need new review?

(In reply to Allan Day from comment #2)
> Unwanted dialogs are a source of a lot of frustration, so setting as a 3.16
> target.

If there has been no progress so far this might not be a 3.16 "GNOME Target"...
Comment 5 Florian Müllner 2015-03-11 18:08:38 UTC 
(In reply to Giovanni Campagna from comment #3)
> I'm tempted to dupe this bug on the old one...

The updated patch has been reviewed and ack'ed by the designers, so yeah, let's do this.
I can do the freeze break request for you if you are busy ...

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 660293 ***