Steve White: I completely agree with you. I have the same thing happen to me on my Ubuntu system (although I don't use DUN).
NetworkManager pops up the dreaded "Authentication required for wireless network" dialog box incessantly, right in the middle of the screen, stealing the keyboard focus. This is the first problem. NetworkManager also doesn't allow the user to make a persistent choice, so the user must be forced to decide again and again, via the dialog box. This is the second problem. There seems to be 3 choices the user could make: 1) It really is the wrong password. Give user the opportunity to change the password. This is what NetworkManager always assumes now, which is the root cause of this bug. 2) The user wants to give up connecting to this network. Maybe they weren't told of the new password, and it really did change. The network should be removed from the automatic search list. If the user wants to try again later, they can do so manually. 3) The network is flaky, and just needs another try. There's nothing wrong with the password. NetworkManager hasn't forgotten it, in fact, it's already prepopulated within the dialog box. So, there's no reason NetworkManager can't just keep trying in the background. NetworkManager keeps assuming #1, but most users want #2 or #3. The user has no way to get NetworkManager to stop assuming choice #1, and it's frustrating. Please reconsider fixing this. To me, this is by far the *most* frustrating thing about using the Ubuntu desktop in general. All other annoyances pale to this! -- 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 prompts user for Wi-Fi password when a (dial-up) connection is already established Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed 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. (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
