On Monday, July 05, 2010 05:02:26 am Sebastian Kügler wrote: > On Sat July 3 2010 18:18:57 Dennis Gilmore wrote: > > There is what i consider to be a major usability bug in knetworkmanager > > that has long gone un-addressed > > > > http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=227418 > > > > It makes ketworkmanager painful to use in many situations especially when > > using one time passowords. the only way to actually make it work is > > editing and saving the connection every time you need to use it. the > > gui has the option to prompt for a password which doesnt work. it also > > in my testing effects connecting to a new wireless network where you > > need to enter a passphrase. instead of choosing the network, being > > prompted for the passpharse and connecting you need to create a new > > connection set it up manually and then connect. > > > > This is a long standing issue that needs to be addressed and resolved > > Are you considering working on it, or did you write this email to push this > bug onto our agenda? The first option would certainly be a lot more > productive.
I am not much of a c++ coder and when i looked to try and fix it myself found the code to be messy and had could not even find where it was trying to bring up a dialog to try and work out why it was not working. So my post here is to bring attention to the issue. since it really makes knetworkmanager unusable for lots of people (not everyone) Dennis
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