Bug 447620

Summary: NetworkManager incorrectly ask for new credentials.
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Alexey Kuznetsov <axet>
Component: NetworkManagerAssignee: Dan Williams <dcbw>
Status: CLOSED CANTFIX QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 9CC: arxs, dcbw, lex.lists, pavel.polischouk, wtogami
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Description Alexey Kuznetsov 2008-05-20 20:36:28 UTC
On week wifi connection NetworkManager incorrectly reask for credetionals. In
any case that is wifi driver limitation or networkmanager better to hardcode
that feature for use old credetionals and auto retry then show window. That
realy problem for standalone wifi notebook, when i need come to another room to
press connect button again.

here is log:

May 21 00:26:45 home-laptop NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of
5 (Device Prepare) complete.
May 21 00:26:45 home-laptop NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of
5 (Device Configure) starting...
May 21 00:26:45 home-laptop NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): device state change:
4 -> 5
May 21 00:26:45 home-laptop NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1/wireless):
connection 'Auto wifi.tax.local' has security, and secrets exist.  No new
secrets needed.
May 21 00:26:45 home-laptop NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'ssid' value
'wifi.tax.local'
May 21 00:26:45 home-laptop NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'scan_ssid'
value '1'
May 21 00:26:45 home-laptop NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'key_mgmt'
value 'WPA-PSK'
May 21 00:26:45 home-laptop NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'psk' value
'<omitted>'
May 21 00:26:45 home-laptop NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'proto' value
'WPA RSN'
May 21 00:26:45 home-laptop NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'pairwise'
value 'TKIP CCMP'
May 21 00:26:45 home-laptop NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'group' value
'WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP'
May 21 00:26:45 home-laptop NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of
5 (Device Configure) complete.
May 21 00:26:45 home-laptop NetworkManager: <info>  Config: set interface
ap_scan to 1
May 21 00:26:45 home-laptop NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): supplicant
connection state change: 0 -> 2
May 21 00:26:45 home-laptop NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): supplicant
connection state change: 2 -> 3
May 21 00:26:46 home-laptop NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): supplicant
connection state change: 3 -> 4
May 21 00:26:47 home-laptop NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): supplicant
connection state change: 4 -> 5
May 21 00:26:49 home-laptop NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): supplicant
connection state change: 5 -> 0
May 21 00:26:49 home-laptop NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): supplicant
connection state change: 0 -> 2
May 21 00:26:50 home-laptop NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): supplicant
connection state change: 2 -> 3
May 21 00:27:04 home-laptop NetworkManager: <info>  eth1: link timed out.
May 21 00:27:05 home-laptop NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): supplicant
connection state change: 3 -> 0
May 21 00:27:05 home-laptop NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): supplicant
connection state change: 0 -> 2
May 21 00:27:06 home-laptop NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): supplicant
connection state change: 2 -> 3
May 21 00:27:10 home-laptop NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1/wireless):
association took too long.
May 21 00:27:10 home-laptop NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): device state change:
5 -> 6
May 21 00:27:10 home-laptop NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1/wireless):
asking for new secrets
May 21 00:27:10 home-laptop NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): supplicant
connection state change: 3 -> 0
May 21 00:27:13 home-laptop NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): supplicant
connection state change: 0 -> 4
May 21 00:27:13 home-laptop NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): supplicant
connection state change: 4 -> 0
May 21 00:27:14 home-laptop NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): supplicant
connection state change: 0 -> 2
May 21 00:27:21 home-laptop NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): supplicant
connection state change: 2 -> 0

Comment 1 Pavel Polischouk 2008-05-29 02:37:10 UTC
Additional info:

The same happens to me.
With the weak connection, nm sometimes opens 2-3 dialogs asking to press the
'Connect' button. Sometimes the last one is the standard dialog for creating new
wireless connection (authentication fields not filled in).

Once the network is configured and connection happened at least once, NM should
mark the setup as "good" and continue trying to re-establish connection
indefinitely, and only notify the user for manual action via a change in the
status icon (attempting connection, error detected, etc.) Asking the user to
re-connect manually every time is disruptive interface behavior.

I propose changing the severity to "medium".

Comment 2 Niels Haase 2009-04-08 20:13:47 UTC
Reporter, are you still running Fedora 9, or have you upgraded to Fedora 10 or
Rawhide? In either case, can you let us know whether the issue is still happening, and give the current version of the kernel and NM packages you're
using. Thank you.


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Comment 3 Alexey Kuznetsov 2009-04-09 05:21:12 UTC
I put my wifi access point in middle between two rooms and problem gone. Please ask pavel.polischouk.