Bug 2264946

Summary:	Wifi PAsssword handling is limited
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Dennis Gilmore <dennis>
Component:	gnome-initial-setup	Assignee:	Kalev Lember <klember>
Status:	CLOSED EOL	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority:	unspecified
Version:	40	CC:	fzatlouk, gnome-sig, klember, kparal, robatino, tiagomatos
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OS:	Linux
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Description Dennis Gilmore 2024-02-19 18:54:37 UTC

I mistyped the password for my wifi network. In gnome-initial-setup all that happened was that it attempted over and over to connect. There was no error message that the password was wrong, and there is no way to fix the password. Once it is typed, it is locked in and unchangeable until you have managed to get into the system when the gnome control centre allows you to correct it. In my case, I have multiple SSIDs and was able to use another successfully. Otherwise, I would have been stuck with a new install that I could not complete setup and use the system. 

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 František Zatloukal 2024-02-26 16:38:19 UTC

Discussed in ticket: https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review/issue/1469

The decision to classify this bug as an RejectedBlocker and AcceptedFreezeException was made:

"This doesn't violate Fedora release criteria, but would obviously be a nice thing to have fixed and improved, so rejecting as a blocker and accepting as a freeze exception."

Comment 2 Kamil Páral 2024-02-26 16:43:50 UTC

Dennis, can you please report the bug upstream [1] and link it here? Thanks!

[1] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-initial-setup

Comment 3 Dennis Gilmore 2024-02-27 02:53:53 UTC

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-initial-setup/-/issues/212

Comment 4 Aoife Moloney 2025-04-25 10:18:09 UTC

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Comment 5 Aoife Moloney 2025-05-16 07:56:18 UTC

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