I was affected by and resolved this bug in my system. The cause was that I hadn't done the 15E-per-month top-up that the contract required.
The fix was to pay the 15E, then I had to delete the network connection and recreate it before it went back to working. The error message is confusing, yes. I attach the syslog extract from an unsuccessful attempt yesterday to connect exhibiting thid behaviour. In the next comment I will attach an extract from a successful one today. Each extract runs from insertion of the device to me prodding it to connect, to the session failure or successful connection. The Password window seems to be triggered by the provider failing the CHAP negotiation - see line 103 of the "unsuccessful" log. However, it may not be possible to do anything different, other than simply drop the "password" window completely. Tha would fix this bug (simply failing the connection without giving a bogus reason why) but may cause breakage for people who don't want to store passwords and prefer to type them in every time. ** Attachment added: "syslog for unsuccessful connection triggering this bug" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/518480/+attachment/2623022/+files/518480-unsuccessful.log -- 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/518480 Title: NM prompts for password, doesn't accept it - Huawei E172 3G Status in NetworkManager: Invalid Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: network-manager I use a Huawei E172 3G USB dongle for my mobile braoadband internet connection (on Vodafone). What happens: Approximately 40% of the times where I boot my machine and load my Desktop, Network Manager throws up a password box that says "A password is required to connect to "Vodafone Contract" HUAWEI Technologies HUAWEI Mobile" (see screenshot). However, it does not accept my password. There appears to be no pattern to this. This happens when no changes have been made to my system - no recently installed updates etc. On one occasion it didn't happen for as long as five days, on another occasion it happened on four reboots in a row - it really does seem completely random. The only option is to open network-manager-applet, delete my mobile broadband connection settings, then run the connection wizard again to re-apply them from the beginning What should happen: Network Manager should not prompt me for a password for my 3G dongle when I load my Desktop. I should not have to delete my 3G mobile broadband settings in network-manager-applet, and then go through the wizard again to re-apply the settings. Technical details: Distro Version - Ubuntu Karmic 9.10, 32-bit, default fresh install with latest updates Desktop Environment - GNOME 2.28.1 (Ubuntu 2009-11-03) Kernel - Linux 2.6.31-19-generic System - Athlon 64 3400 2.2GHz processor, NVidia 6800LE graphics, 1.5MB RAM Network Manager Applet Version - 0.7.996 Modem - Huawei E172 USB stick on Vodafone with latest firmware ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Feb 7 18:07:50 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: network-manager 0.8~a~git.20091013t193206.679d548-0ubuntu1 ProcEnviron: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-19.56-generic SourcePackage: network-manager Uname: Linux 2.6.31-19-generic i686 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/network-manager/+bug/518480/+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
