Hi Thomas, Somehow we're not seeing eye-to-eye. Let me try it another way.
Inappropriate prompts are the problem. Prompts interfere with my work. The current NM logic doesn't seem to handle well the common scenario I described, and will pester me, and keep pestering me (unless I disable Wi-Fi, as you suggested.) It is not good for NM to interfere with my work, when I already have a functioning network connection. It is not reasonable for NM to prompt to disconnect a functioning connection, nor is it reasonable for NM to prompt the user to disable Wi-Fi. That is really not called for. Usually, if I have specified a DUN connection over a Wi-Fi connection, there was a good reason for it. If I choose not to switch from the established DUN connection to a Wi-Fi connection, NM should just accept my decision, but not *disable* anything. Maybe the term "notification" is the source of misunderstanding: I mean the modern, relatively unintrusive, non-interactive notifications, as opposed to an "alert dialog" or a "prompt" or the like. Again: If a functioning connection is in place, NM might *notify* me of the existence of a wireless signal, but not otherwise interfere with my work. Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1005839 Title: NM keeps asking for WLAN auth when dial-up networking connection is established Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Scenario: I'm in a place that has a WLAN, but either I don't have authorization for it, or it's somehow broken. I make a connection through my phone using DUN (other protocols are possible I think, but that's how I do it.) This works pretty well in itself, although it's not as fast as WLAN. But then NetworkManager (I think) keeps popping up dialogs that say Wireless Network Authentication Required and ask for a password. This is very annoying. It interferes with whatever I'm doing, and is embarrassing in meetings. (Damn, it just did it again.) It might make sense to inform a DUN user that a faster network is available, via a notification perhaps that does not otherwise interfere with typing. A dialog popping up is *not* the right answer. But such notifications should be optional (you don't want them when doing a presentation, for instance.) Thanks! ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: network-manager 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic 3.2.16 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue May 29 12:17:13 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/NetworkManager IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) IpRoute: default via 10.6.6.6 dev ppp0 proto static 10.6.6.6 dev ppp0 proto kernel scope link src 10.131.160.144 169.254.0.0/16 dev ppp0 scope link metric 1000 NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WiMAXEnabled=true ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en TERM=linux PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-09 (19 days ago) nmcli-dev: DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH 3C:8B:FE:E4:6D:38 bluetooth disconnected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/43 20:D6:07:F9:00:49 bluetooth connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/42 wlan1 802-11-wireless disconnected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/41 eth1 802-3-ethernet unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 nmcli-nm: RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN running 0.9.4.0 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled enabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1005839/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
