Bug 485312

Summary:	32 char long SSID causes lots of warnings "nm_device_wifi_get_ssid(): Couldn't get SSID: 7"
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Phil Smith <pjs1>
Component:	NetworkManager	Assignee:	Dan Williams <dcbw>
Status:	CLOSED NEXTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	10	CC:	dcbw
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Description Phil Smith 2009-02-12 20:06:19 UTC

Description of problem:
With a 32-char long SSID, /var/log/messages gets lots of warnings:
 localhost NetworkManager: <WARN>  nm_device_wifi_get_ssid(): Couldn't get SSID: 7
every 6s


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora 10 with all updates
NetworkManager-0.7.0-1.git20090102.fc10.x86_64

How reproducible:
All the time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. set SSID to 32-characters
2. connect with NetworManager
3. check /var/log/messages
  
Actual results:
Error every 6s

Expected results:
No errors

Additional info:
Otherwise, no other obvious problems with networking.

See also https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wireless-tools/+bug/281755

Change SSID from 32 to 31-characters (delete last character), reconnect, and the problem goes away.

Comment 1 Dan Williams 2009-02-12 21:33:28 UTC

Should be fixed in 050a31e50d3d3f1019b4549713906026552481fd upstream now, will get into the next NM fedora update.

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2009-02-24 20:50:29 UTC

NetworkManager-0.7.0.97-5.git20090220.fc10, NetworkManager-openconnect-0.7.0.97-1.fc10, NetworkManager-pptp-0.7.0.97-1.fc10, NetworkManager-openvpn-0.7.0.97-1.fc10, NetworkManager-vpnc-0.7.0.97-1.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 testing repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
 If you want to test the update, you can install it with 
 su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update NetworkManager NetworkManager-openconnect NetworkManager-pptp NetworkManager-openvpn NetworkManager-vpnc'.  You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F10/FEDORA-2009-1985

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2009-02-28 03:24:56 UTC

NetworkManager-0.7.0.98-1.git20090225.fc10, NetworkManager-openconnect-0.7.0.97-1.fc10, NetworkManager-pptp-0.7.0.97-1.fc10, NetworkManager-openvpn-0.7.0.97-1.fc10, NetworkManager-vpnc-0.7.0.97-1.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 testing repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
 If you want to test the update, you can install it with 
 su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update NetworkManager NetworkManager-openconnect NetworkManager-pptp NetworkManager-openvpn NetworkManager-vpnc'.  You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F10/FEDORA-2009-1985

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2009-03-06 17:35:23 UTC

NetworkManager-0.7.0.99-1.fc10,knetworkmanager-0.7-0.8.20080926svn.fc10,NetworkManager-vpnc-0.7.0.99-1.fc10,NetworkManager-openvpn-0.7.0.99-1.fc10,NetworkManager-pptp-0.7.0.99-1.fc10,NetworkManager-openconnect-0.7.0.99-1.fc10 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 10.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/NetworkManager-0.7.0.99-1.fc10,knetworkmanager-0.7-0.8.20080926svn.fc10,NetworkManager-vpnc-0.7.0.99-1.fc10,NetworkManager-openvpn-0.7.0.99-1.fc10,NetworkManager-pptp-0.7.0.99-1.fc10,NetworkManager-openconnect-0.7.0.99-1.fc10

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2009-03-06 17:52:10 UTC

NetworkManager-0.7.0.99-1.fc9,NetworkManager-vpnc-0.7.0.99-1.fc9,NetworkManager-openvpn-0.7.0.99-1.fc9,NetworkManager-pptp-0.7.0.99-1.fc9,NetworkManager-openconnect-0.7.0.99-1.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/NetworkManager-0.7.0.99-1.fc9,NetworkManager-vpnc-0.7.0.99-1.fc9,NetworkManager-openvpn-0.7.0.99-1.fc9,NetworkManager-pptp-0.7.0.99-1.fc9,NetworkManager-openconnect-0.7.0.99-1.fc9

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2009-03-08 19:30:42 UTC

NetworkManager-0.7.0.99-1.fc9, NetworkManager-vpnc-0.7.0.99-1.fc9, NetworkManager-openvpn-0.7.0.99-1.fc9, NetworkManager-pptp-0.7.0.99-1.fc9, NetworkManager-openconnect-0.7.0.99-1.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2009-03-08 19:32:11 UTC

NetworkManager-0.7.0.99-1.fc10, knetworkmanager-0.7-0.8.20080926svn.fc10, NetworkManager-vpnc-0.7.0.99-1.fc10, NetworkManager-openvpn-0.7.0.99-1.fc10, NetworkManager-pptp-0.7.0.99-1.fc10, NetworkManager-openconnect-0.7.0.99-1.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.