That's an old report and some comment states it's fixed with the patches
from https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=597839 which are in
Ubuntu versions newer than 16.04.
Closing that report it's confusing as this point since it has comment
from users having different issues.
If anyone can
Old issue, but they reported that by making it visible, then connecting and
setting it to auto-connect, then making it hidden again fixes the issue. I
haven't tried.
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=221456#p1168174
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Another from 2014: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-
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Connect to
Could this be the reason why my hidden network takes several minutes to
auto-connect after a boot? I can actually open the menus and manually
connect *well* before the auto-connect bothers to trigger.
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I forgot: that was on Ubuntu 17.10
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Title:
Connect to Hidden Wi-Fi Network, "Connect" grayed out
Status in
2018 and I still have this problem.
4.13.0-37-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 7 14:13:23 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64
x86_64 GNU/Linux
It happens sometimes and the only way is to manually run
nmcli c up id Hotspot
why is ubuntu/netowrk-manager not updated with a fix?
P.S.
It happens always also
Hi Mahmoh,
thanks for the input. It is true that the 'greying out' problem I have not had
since April/May 2017. I had considered hw problems, both laptops are not the
newest, but still for both to have defects? Unfortunately I don't have a second
router to see if the problem lies with my
Hi Christopher, have you tried to test and see if either your router or
laptop wifi hardware are having problems? Your symptom above doesn't
appear to be related to this problem, which I'm no longer seeing from
several months ago, and it actually sounds like you may be having
hardware issues -
Problem still exists, losing connection nearly once a session, 'nmcli c
up id __' works after I suspend and re-awake, otherwise as a rule not
(this on Lenovo x61, on Lenovo x200 'nmcli c up id __' always works).
Poor man's solution for how many years now?
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I am on 16.04, fresh install with all the latest updated, and the
"Connect" button is grey out when I tried to connect to a hidden
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I'm on 16.04, I have all latest updates installed, and the "Connect"
button is still grayed out.
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Under 16.04.01 still no further error as of 15. May 2017, so I assume updates
have resolved the problem.
Christopher
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Under 16.04.01 I have not experienced this error for about 10 days now. If it
should reoccur will post.
Christopher
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Just to confirm, for me the problem is fixed if you have downloaded the
latest ISO version 16.04.2, installed the operating system, then once
installed you MUST manually run the Software Updater & do all the
updates & reboot. Unfortunately ticking the box during the installation
to say do the
I can also confirm that this problem has been resolved for me as of a
couple of weeks ago, I've been running 16.04 for a year now with this
problem and using the nm-cli work-around until now:
network-manager 1.2.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
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root@myboard:~# ifconfig wlan0
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 32:57:92:08:e1:51
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0
I applied the following fix but it did not help!
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$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt build-dep network-manager-applet
$ sudo apt install quilt devscripts
-
If Wifi is disconnected and connected again
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i am on version 16.04.2 and i also can conform that the problem is still
present!
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Title:
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As written above this is not my experience. 16.04.1 with network-manager
1.26…16.04.1, network-manager 1.26…16.04.2, and network-manager-pptp*
1.1.93 .
By no means can this issue be considered resolved undr 16.04.1
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I've just done a fresh install today of 16.04.2 which has network
manager version 1.2.2. Once the updates are completed the network
manager has been upgraded to version 1.2.6. I can confirm that the
"Connect" button when trying to connect to a Hidden Wireless network so
no longer greyed out & the
(16.04): in the meantime the connection is not greyed out, but this does
not mean that one can reliably use this to connect. Generally I have to
suspend, re-awake and then use 'nmcli c up id *' to connect. A poor
man's workaround for a defect which has existed for some time now.
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Hi Arrrghh,
Mate have a read comment #28 on this bug. Basically there's no issue on
16.10 only 16.04.
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Any updates for this on 16.10?
Can I use the above patches to fix the issue?
Thanks.
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Also confirmed above works on Ubuntu 16.04.2.
Cheers.
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Title:
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Hi Frédéric,
On the fresh install I've enabled the "Source code" repository,
installed the dependencies using the commands from #34 & followed the
instructions from #32 & after a reboot the "Connect" button is no longer
grayed out woo hoo!!
Mate thank you again for your help as for me it's an
Hello Glenn,
First, you should add "Source code" repositories in "Software Sources",
take a look at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu
Then you should install all dependencies needed to build the network-
manager-applet package:
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt build-dep
Hi Frédéric,
Thank you for the clear instructions as from my point of view it's much
appreciated!!
Unfortunately I've hit a hurdle with either an existing install or a
fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04.1 with all the updates completed...
The first two commands in the terminal worked perfectly fine
Hello Glenn,
I did the following to create and install patched packets.
$ wget -O 0001-wifi-dialog-fix-enabling-of-Connect-button.patch
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=328481
$ wget -O 0002-wifi-dialog-enable-Cancel-button-if-secrets-are-not-.patch
Hi Frédéric. Thank you for applying both patches to confirm that it's
fixed the issue! If possible are you able to assist on how you applied
Beniamino's patches as I'd like to confirm as well?
Aron: How do we go about getting these patches applied into 16.04? Is
more conformation required?
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I tested it building network-manager-applet packages with the 2 patches
from Beniamino Galvani
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Thank you Sebastien for assigning this to Aron to resolve!! Reading one
of the URL's you supplied about the issue
(https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=597839 ) where Beniamino
Galvani has already created a patch / fix. Not being a developer is
there any way we can test this patch that
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>From a layman's point of view, I don't understand if a newer network
manager has fixed the issue in 16.10 (network-manager_1.2.4-0) which is
short term release and the one that isn't working in 16.04 is a long
term release I would have thought they would pushed this fix ASAP
considering it's
"There is a similar report upstream on
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=772827 could be a good place
to comment for those having the issue" appears quite relevant; however
workaround of changing password setting does not work for me (still
pinging away).
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Command line work around as mentioned above worked for me.
nmcli c up id
But as configured the connection should be established automatically
when the network is available -> See Bug #1407928 for that issue.
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A tooltip in this dialog says that the connection is invalid (either
password or connection) on the connect button.
History:
I have booted from a 16.04.1 LTS Live CD and tried to connect to WLAN in order
to save some data before installing.
In my case I typed a wrong password (due to wrong
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Could be the same as https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=597839
which should be fixed in newest versions (which are due as SRU update)
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There is a similar report upstream on
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=772827 could be a good place
to comment for those having the issue
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No change using kernel 4.8 for the up & coming 16.04.2 release. Has
anyone tried installing the 16.10 network manager in 16.04? Can it be
done?
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I just noticed today that on my Ubuntu 16.10 machine the problem doesn't
exist... Might try installing the pre-release of 16.04.2 which has
kernel 4.8 to see if that makes any difference. Or maybe installing the
network manager from 16.10.
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Agreed; having to open terminal every time I start up to enter this ping
command is a rather primitive workaround (and this after 6 months): ping
91.189.89.115 -i 15 -s 28 .
The nmcli startup command does not always work successfully.
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Same problem in a fresh install from yesterday (12/25/2016), and I fully
updated the system by cable. This should be a high priority bug, and I
doubt it would take more than 5 minutes of an experienced programmer to
fix it, probably just a broken validation routine. It surprises me this
bug is
Confirmed this has been my most annoying bug.
lshw
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: Wireless 7260
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@:06:00.0
logical name:
Got the same problem in my Xubuntu, it is REALLY annoying.
What is the point of that "Connect to hidden wifi" then?
lsb_release -a:
Description:Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Release:16.04
Codename: xenial
uname -a:
Linux ... 4.4.0-47-generic #68-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 26 19:39:52 UTC 2016
Desc:
Wifi connection being sporadically lost during period of inactivity. Resume is
no problem, however.
Initial error message: Oct 11 09:21:01 Ariadnex NetworkManager[727]:
[1476170461.1053] supiface[0x2327590,wlan0]: connection disconnected
(reason -4)
Posted commands not
Got this in 16.04 today, fully updated. Has happened in older releases
as well.
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This is the second major problem I've had with the Network Manager less
than one year. Ubuntu again proving that it is not robust enough for the
general public.
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My show Username under Accounts isn't enabled or whether I tick / untick
the fault still persists. It's when you try to connect to an existing
hidden Wi-Fi network, the connect is always grayed out & never
selectable.
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My problem solved by disable show username on topbar from system
setting>user acconts
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Isn't this supposed to be nm-applet instead of nm itself?
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is there any update regarding this bug ?I also get the same thing, and I
work around it by deleting the connection and re-creating it.
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Hi there. Is there any updates on this bug or if there's an updated
package is there anyway we can test / help? Cheers.
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There is another connected bug, not only for hidden wifi, but also for
regular wifi connections, they simply don't appear in the applet list
and the system does not auto connect as it should do.
This workaround I found yesterday works:
`sudo iwlist wlan0 scan`
where `wlan0` is the name of your
Manthis, there are two workarounds available. The nmcli definately
works, but you need to know your SSID, for instance I have a SSID for my
phone access point which I can manually connect to when I encounter this
issue:
nmcli c up id ThomasAp
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Unable to connect to any hidden network on Ubuntu 16.04. Workaround does
not work either.
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Title:
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I'm also affected by this bug. After some (approx 5/6) disconnects and
re-connects to wifi no problems but then later the wifi network name is
not shown in network-manager applet. If I opt to connect to hidden
network then the network name is available from the dropdown but after
that is selected
I'm also affected by this bug.
Started happening just after update to xenial.
Before that, I never had 'connect' button grayed out.
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I'm also affected by this bug.
Started happening just after update to xenial.
Before that, I never had 'connect' button grayed out.
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Importance: Undecided => High
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
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