Public bug reported: I have noticed that Kubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver) does not login to public Wifi hotspots without wifi security, that require login through a web page. I don't know if this is reproducible on arbitrary public networks, or only on the few I tried.
The solution was as follows: - Create file /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/20-connectivity-debian.conf (you'll need root or sudo). - Add the following lines as recommended by Guruprasad (https://www.lguruprasad.in/blog/2015/07/21/enabling-captive-portal-detection-in-gnome-3-14-on-debian-jessie/): [connectivity] uri=http://network-test.debian.org/nm response=NetworkManager is online interval=300 - Restart the network manager with service network-manager restart (will need sudo or root again). This is a very annoying and unnecessary default behavior it seems. Maybe a good idea to fix it. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: network-manager 1.10.6-2ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-13.14-generic 4.15.10 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-13-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Sat Mar 31 22:48:21 2018 IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-02-18 (41 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20180218) IpRoute: default via 10.129.249.1 dev wlp1s0 proto dhcp metric 600 10.129.249.0/24 dev wlp1s0 proto kernel scope link src 10.129.249.35 metric 600 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlp1s0 scope link metric 1000 NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE= PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash RfKill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) nmcli-dev: DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH CONNECTION CON-UUID CON-PATH wlp1s0 wifi connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2 SuedtirolSpot_1 c4464785-b548-4655-b06b-48a0aec06a87 /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/3 lo loopback unmanaged /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 -- -- -- nmcli-nm: RUNNING VERSION STATE STARTUP CONNECTIVITY NETWORKING WIFI-HW WIFI WWAN-HW WWAN running 1.10.6 connected started full enabled enabled enabled enabled enabled ** Affects: network-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1760349 Title: Cannot log in to public open Wifi connection because not being redirected to login site To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1760349/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
