The problem is that there's no obvious way to tell the user why they
can't save.
If you've created a network by mistake for which you don't have the
password, why keep it there and try to edit it? You may just as well
delete it to avoid it trying to connect automatically.
As far as I'm concerned, I'd leave things as they are right now -- using
a dialog once Save is clicked is clumsy and looks bad, and if you're
changing things for a connection you normally use (as opposed to one
clicked by mistake), you'll usually know what you've just changed and be
able to get back to it.
If there's something that can be changed; it would be something like
changing the label for the Save button to say "Invalid property: XYZ",
or so; or showing such a message on all tabs when editing, but it would
need both design guidance and discussion upstream. Please file a bug
about this on GNOME Bugzilla.
** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Low
** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Triaged
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/737615
Title:
Can't save changes in "Edit Connections..." for Wi-Fi networks to
which one doesn't have the password
Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
Binary package hint: network-manager
Steps to reproduce:
1) Right-click on Network Manager's tray icon
2) select "edit connections"
3) go to the "wireless" tab
4) select any connection in the list, except the one you are currently
connected to
5) Click "Edit"
5) Change some settings
Expected: there should be some way to save those changes
Observed: the "Apply" button is greyed out. There is no "Save" button.
If you hit Cancel, obviously the changes are discarded.
If you edit the network you are connected to, the Apply button works,
but why on earth are'n you allowed to save changes to a network you
are not connected to? And if there was a reason why you can't, then
why are you allowed to edit in the first place?
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: network-manager 0.8-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-29.58-generic 2.6.32.28+drm33.13
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-29-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Date: Fri Mar 18 14:47:06 2011
IfupdownConfig:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
IpRoute:
192.168.2.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.2.105
metric 2
169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000
default via 192.168.2.1 dev wlan0 proto static
Keyfiles: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: network-manager
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