In <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Networking#settings-connections> I suggest that there should be a "Prompt whenever a new connection requires Web login" checkbox, and that one of the occasions for prompting should be immediately after checking the checkbox. So even if it was already checked, unchecking then re-checking it would be a moderately guessable way of polling on demand.
-- 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/1072675 Title: Please provide a way to make NetworkManager poll its connectivity URI on demand Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: NetworkManager can poll a URI to confirm that it can really see the internet (rather than a captive portal such as a hotel login page). This is useful. However, it does not seem to be possible to tell NM "poll your URI now, please"; you have to wait for the poll interval to time-out first. If I know that it's worth checking now (for example, that I've popped up a browser to allow signing in and that signing in is complete) then it would be useful to be able to poke NM to say "poll now (that is: pretend that the poll interval has just timed out)". ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: network-manager 0.9.6.0-0ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'iw' CheckboxSubmission: 4d186c1dd89d3ba4cb89f5ee55713686 CheckboxSystem: bb422ca46d02494cdbc459927a98bc2f Date: Mon Oct 29 12:23:29 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-12-11 (322 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20111211) IpRoute: default via 10.155.0.1 dev wlan0 proto static 10.0.3.0/24 dev lxcbr0 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.3.1 10.155.0.0/19 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 10.155.8.36 metric 9 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.122.0/24 dev virbr0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.122.1 MarkForUpload: True NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-20 (8 days ago) mtime.conffile..etc.NetworkManager.NetworkManager.conf: 2012-10-29T12:13:12.889514 nmcli-dev: DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH wlan0 802-11-wireless connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 nmcli-nm: RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN running 0.9.6.0 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled disabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1072675/+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
