GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 686308
Should not ask for password every time a connection attempt fails
Last modified: 2020-11-12 14:25:32 UTC
Sometimes when my computer accidentally disconnects from the network, it re-attempts to connect and if it is still unsuccessful, it will ask me for the network password. The password I have entered in the settings is correct, and until I don't change it, I do not want Network Manager to ask me for another one. So, I do not know if to mark this as an enhancement or a bug, because it is unwanted behavior but I presume it was done on purpose. Current behavior: If network manager cannot connect to a network after several attempts, it will ask for the network's password. Expected behavior: Never ask for password, the user will change it when needed. Re-attempt to connect silently, without disturbing the user. At most, insinuate the user that the password may be wrong. This text is copied from bug 668868 as per request of Pavel Simerda. There are many bug reports that seem to talk about this behavior: bug 601916, bug 670631 and bug 665680.
Created attachment 226709 [details] Screenshot of the consequences of not implementing this enhancement I almost forgot to attach the image that reminded me to make this bug report
Make sure this bug report is related to the actual nm-applet developed as part of the NetworkManager project and not for example Gnome Shell network-indicator.
Well the problem is also present in Unity - as the screenshot shows - so it is definitely not exclusive to Gnome-Shell or _vice versa_. Is there any other component I should check against? Thanks
This bug is also present on kde. My case: It's verry annoying, since our WLAN AP have to restart after some time. If the restarting takes some time (more than 1-2 minutes), NetworkManager shows the password dialogue. When I'm on a jouney and the WLAN AP restarts, I can't access my data at home anymore (owncloud) because NetworkManager doesn't reconnect automatically. Please fix it.
(In reply to comment #4) > This bug is also present on kde. What version of NetworkManager?
(In reply to comment #5) > What version of NetworkManager? NetworkManager 0.9.4.0 NetworkMangager-kde4-libs 0.9.0.7 System: opensSuse 12.2 kernel: 3.4.28-2.20-desktop kde 4.10
Sry for tripple post. Bugzilla has shown an error everytime on submitting
I am running network-manager 0.9.6.0
Created attachment 235737 [details] Proposed behavior
(In reply to comment #11) > Created an attachment (id=235737) [details] > Proposed behavior This looks like a good idea but can't be solved in the NetworkManager daemon and therefore not centrally, as there are 3+ GUI tools for NM.
So to solve this issue both the daemon and the GUI have to be fixed? Where should the problem be?
bugzilla.gnome.org is being shut down in favor of a GitLab instance. We are closing all old bug reports and feature requests in GNOME Bugzilla which have not seen updates for a long time. If you still use NetworkManager and if you still see this bug / want this feature in a recent and supported version of NetworkManager, then please feel free to report it at https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/issues/ Thank you for creating this report and we are sorry it could not be implemented (workforce and time is unfortunately limited).