Bug 205926

Summary:	knetworkmanager doesn't tell NM about known non-broadcast ESSID networks at first startup
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Stefan Becker <chemobejk>
Component:	knetworkmanager	Assignee:	Dennis Gilmore <dennis>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	5	CC:	extras-qa
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Description Stefan Becker 2006-09-10 11:01:10 UTC

Description of problem:

I'm using a PCMCIA WLAN card. If the card is not present when knetworkmanager
starts up the first time after a boot it doesn't tell the NetworkManager to look
out for networks with non-broadcast ESSID.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

knetworkmanager-0.1-0.3.svn20060625.fc5
NetworkManager-0.6.4-1.fc5
NetworkManager-gnome-0.6.4-1.fc5
NetworkManager-glib-0.6.4-1.fc5
dbus-qt-0.61-4.fc5
kmod-madwifi-0.9.2-2.2.6.17_1.2174_FC5
madwifi-0.9.2-1.lvn5

NOTE: I had to patch the /usr/sbin/NetworkManager binary so that it doesn't
request the madwifi driver, otherwise NM doesn't work with the latest madwifi
driver anymore. See also bug #195411.

How reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Setup an association to a network with non-broadcast ESSID (ie. a hidden
cell) in knetworkmanager
2. Remove the PCMCIA WLAN card and reboot the machine
3. After KDE session has started knetworkmanager insert the PCMCIA WLAN card again

Actual results:
Only networks with broadcast ESSID show up in the wireless networks list.

Expected results:
Also non-broadcast ESSID networks known to knetworkmanager should show up in the
list.

Additional info:
Once you restart knetworkmanager or NetworkManager the non-broadcast ESSID
networks show up in the list. If you insert the PCMCIA WLAN card after boot but
before you login to KDE it also works OK.

Comment 1 Stefan Becker 2006-09-11 09:53:13 UTC

Added KDE bug tracking system ID

Comment 2 Dennis Gilmore 2006-11-15 03:23:50 UTC

can you see if this is fixed in the latest build please?

Comment 3 Stefan Becker 2006-11-17 18:09:52 UTC

Because of bug #208651 my PCMCIA WLAN card is no longer used by NetworkManager
and therefore I'm currently unable to re-test this bug.

Comment 4 Stefan Becker 2006-11-17 18:25:22 UTC

If I use "service NetworkManager restart" the card gets recognized and
non-broadcast ESSID networks are shown. So it could be that the bug is fixed.

I'll only close this after automatic recognition of the PCMCIA WLAN card has
been fixed, ie. I can re-test this without restarting NetworkManager.

Comment 5 Stefan Becker 2007-04-28 23:44:04 UTC

Retested with F7test4. Works fine now:

NetworkManager-0.6.5-1.fc7
knetworkmanager-0.1-0.9.svn20070409.fc7