Bug 1394334 – [RFE] Improve NetworkManager error handling

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Bug 1394334 - [RFE] Improve NetworkManager error handling

Summary:	[RFE] Improve NetworkManager error handling

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	NetworkManager (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.4
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

Priority	medium Severity medium
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Lubomir Rintel
QA Contact:	Desktop QE
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Keywords:	FutureFeature

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Blocks:	1393481
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Reported:	2016-11-11 13:06 EST by Lubomir Rintel
Modified:	2017-08-01 05:19 EDT (History)
CC List:	10 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	NetworkManager-1.8.0-0.4.rc1.el7
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Last Closed:	2017-08-01 05:19:37 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2017:2299	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: NetworkManager and libnl3 security, bug fix and enhancement update	2017-08-01 08:40:28 EDT

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Description Lubomir Rintel 2016-11-11 13:06:53 EST

Whenever connecting fails we are not too good at communicating the reason; whether DHCP timed out, not able to configure LL address, bad VPN password, etc.

Let's see what can be done about this.

Comment 1 Lubomir Rintel 2017-03-28 10:02:41 EDT

Went in upstream: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=779627

Comment 4 Lubomir Rintel 2017-05-26 09:47:15 EDT

[root@belphegor NetworkManager]# nmcli c add type wifi ssid trolofon ifname '*' con-name lala
Connection 'lala' (ddee22a6-0e20-4f0a-9bd2-735de094ad62) successfully added.
[root@belphegor NetworkManager]# nmcli c up lala
Error: Connection activation failed: The Wi-Fi network could not be found
[root@belphegor NetworkManager]# 

You would get a "Error: Connection activation failed." before.

Comment 5 Vladimir Benes 2017-06-29 09:23:40 EDT

All errors do show as before and some of them are even better.

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2017-08-01 05:19:37 EDT

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2299

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