I had a whole set of changes I meant to send in to the KDE team which
would actually leave everything exactly the same as far as the code and
functionality, but would change the initial setup dialog to be a lot
more user friendly. I don't think that the KDE team realizes that the
many people have no idea what the wallet is for and what it does for
them, so it ends up being an annoyance.
Instead of just telling you to set a password, it should give you an
initial dialog that tells you what the wallet does and then offers you 3
choices for security levels. Low security: just use the wallet without
a password, Medium security: set a password for your web passwords but
keep the local passwords such as wifi without a password, and high
security: set a password for all passwords in the wallet.
Unfortunately, I lost the lengthy message that I was going to send in
and never sent it.
I believe that in the latest versions of KDE they might have partially
solved the problem by having the KDE wallet opened upon login if your
wallet is set with the same password, but if you have it set to be
closed when your machine goes to sleep or goes to a screen saver it
still has the same problem.
Brian Cluff
On 07/31/2017 07:20 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Thanks. That solved the problem.
It is extremely annoying and frustrating (to me and I'll bet
to many others) when distros (and updates) add and change
things that are forced upon users "by default" rather than
giving users the freedom of choice to "opt in" at the users
discretion. In many cases the additions and so-called
"improvements" are more of a nuisance than a benefit.
I have wasted a huge amount of time trying to undo a lot
of garbage that updates have forced upon me.
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The easiest way to deal with it is to set a blank passwork on the KDE
wallet so that it won't prompt you for one at all in the future. It was
complain that you are using an insecure password, but will allow you to
accept it anyway.
The better way is to still use the KDE Wallet, but use a feature in it
that will allow you to store things like your wifi passwords in a
separate, lower security wallet while your other passwords are stored in
the main wallet that still requires a password.
Just go into Account Details -> KDE wallet and re-enable it, and then
click on "Different wallet for local passwords". Then click that new
button that is in line with that option and create a new wallet and when
prompted for a password click OK, leaving it blank and then verify that
you want to use the insecure password. After that you will most likely
need to enter the wifi password in one more time, but after that you
should never be asked for it again.
Brian Cluff
On 07/27/2017 07:47 PM, [email protected] wrote:
I have several thinkpads with linux mint connected via wireless and all
of them automatically connect when turned on and stay connected ...
except on the most recent linux mint 18 installed thinkpad.
Every time I close the lid it disconnects the wireless connection and I
have to re-enter the network password to get it started again.
What do I need to do to make it automatically connect and keep its
connection?
PS: I hate the KDE wallet nuisance and have it turned off.
Please don't make me have to use it to achieve what I need.
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