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Bug 1553773 - Network Manager applet keeps trying to log onto a wifi network in Fluxbox (Fedora 28).
Summary: Network Manager applet keeps trying to log onto a wifi network in Fluxbox (Fe...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: NetworkManager
Version: 28
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Lubomir Rintel
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-03-09 14:11 UTC by Lukas Ruzicka
Modified: 2018-03-30 12:50 UTC (History)
13 users (show)

Fixed In Version: NetworkManager-1.10.4-2.fc28 NetworkManager-1.10.6-1.fc28
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Last Closed: 2018-03-30 12:50:59 UTC
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Description Lukas Ruzicka 2018-03-09 14:11:21 UTC
Description of problem:

In Fluxbox (and possibly other window managers using network-manager-applet to control network connections), when Network manager attempts to connect to a password protected wifi network, it repeatedly keeps asking for password although Cancel is pressed to cancel the operation, even if the computer is connected through a wired connection. 
This was not a typical behaviour in Fedora 27 when cancelling the operation made Network manager stop trying.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Fedora 28

How reproducible:

Always, after the window manager starts, the behaviour occurs.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Log into the Fluxbox session and wait a couple of seconds.

Actual results:

See above

Expected results:

See above

Additional info:

Comment 2 Thomas Haller 2018-03-09 14:49:01 UTC
any chance to test scratch build https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=25582111 ?

Comment 3 Thomas Haller 2018-03-09 15:37:06 UTC
> it repeatedly keeps asking for password although Cancel is pressed to cancel 
> the operation

"repeatedly"? It should retry only a few times anyway and then block for 5 minutes. Did it really ask forever?

Comment 4 Lukas Ruzicka 2018-03-12 11:09:46 UTC
"Repeatedly" means the following:

1. The laptop is connected to the wired connection and the connection is working.
2. The connection dialog jumps out requiring to connect to a password protected wifi and it asks for the password. The password must be set using a generated code, so I cannot store it for later.
3. I hit "Cancel" because I do not need that wifi to be connected (I have wired).
4. Immediately after pressing Cancel it jumps out again, and again, and again for several times.
5. Then it stops for some time and after that, points 2 - 4 repeat.
6. To avoid it, I have to connect it to some network, but I cannot leave it not connected.

I think that this is quite a stupid behaviour. It is ok to ask for once, whether the user wants to provide the password for the Network, and if they decide not to provide it, it should stop trying to connect, until the user explicitly says so.
Why do we need repetitions like this if users do not want to connect?
In previous versions (before I switched to F28), the behaviour was different. After Cancel it stopped asking until the computer was freshly started - as I think it should behave.

Have a nice time.

Lukas

Comment 5 Thomas Haller 2018-03-12 11:19:03 UTC
any chance to test scratch build https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=25582111 ?

Comment 6 Thomas Haller 2018-03-12 12:13:07 UTC
(In reply to Thomas Haller from comment #5)
> any chance to test scratch build
> https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=25582111 ?

Never mind testing. I just assume it's fixed.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2018-03-12 13:59:30 UTC
NetworkManager-1.10.6-1.fc28 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 28. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-6b7a05a4bf

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2018-03-12 17:17:01 UTC
NetworkManager-1.10.6-1.fc28 has been pushed to the Fedora 28 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-6b7a05a4bf

Comment 9 Lukas Ruzicka 2018-03-13 13:43:54 UTC
Hello, 
I could not download any package from the link you have provided. I am updating my system now and will test asap.
Thanks very  much, Thomas.

Comment 10 Lukas Ruzicka 2018-03-14 09:56:33 UTC
It is fixed. Now the applet works as expected. 

Thank you a thousand times.

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2018-03-30 12:50:59 UTC
NetworkManager-1.10.6-1.fc28 has been pushed to the Fedora 28 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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