Bug 1545713 – Request periodic scans while WiFi list is open

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Bug 1545713 - Request periodic scans while WiFi list is open

Summary:	Request periodic scans while WiFi list is open

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	control-center (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	7.5
Hardware:	x86_64 Linux

Priority	unspecified Severity high
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Bastien Nocera
QA Contact:	Desktop QE
Docs Contact:	Jana Heves

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Keywords:	Regression

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Reported:	2018-02-15 09:14 EST by Oliver Haessler
Modified:	2018-05-17 10:39 EDT (History)
CC List:	5 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	control-center-3.26.2-8.el7
Doc Type:	Known Issue
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Last Closed:	2018-04-10 09:11:47 EDT
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External Trackers
Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
GNOME Bugzilla	767918	None	None	None	2018-02-20 07:36 EST
GNOME Bugzilla	793238	None	None	None	2018-02-20 07:32 EST
Red Hat Product Errata	RHBA-2018:0770	None	None	None	2018-04-10 09:12 EDT

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Description Oliver Haessler 2018-02-15 09:14:09 EST

Description of problem:
In RHEL 7.5 Snapshot 3, if the Gnome control center is opened on the WiFi Tab, and stays there, the list of available networks is not shown after some time, and on the current connected wifi network is shown.

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based on https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=767918

NM upstream would like to reduce periodic scanning, and that means that clients should start implementing scan requests themselves while their wifi lists are open if they use that model.  Similar to how the Windows and macOS WiFi lists update themselves when they are open.

Once enough clients have been updated (eg, nm-applet, gnome-shell, KDE, geoclue, etc) we can reduce periodic scanning in NM itself.
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This needs to be added also to Gnome control center.

Please make sure this is included into RHEL 7.5, as it impacts users trying to connect to Wifi networks.

Comment 2 Bastien Nocera 2018-02-20 10:20:26 EST

The requirement is new due to NetworkManager 1.10 being used which includes the following change:
* Background scanning is now disabled for non-WPA-Enterprise Wi-Fi networks.

Comment 4 Vladimir Benes 2018-02-20 10:32:31 EST

Could we at least scan when we open the Wifi panel? Isn't this doable for 7.5? It's really embarassing to turn off/on wifi to see available networks.

Comment 6 Whitney Chadwick 2018-02-20 12:41:31 EST

Set Blocker flag to + per request from tpelka

Comment 7 Bastien Nocera 2018-02-21 06:27:12 EST

Built in control-center-3.26.2-8.el7

Comment 8 Vladimir Benes 2018-02-21 06:37:46 EST

Working well, thanks!!

Comment 10 Tomas Pelka 2018-02-22 09:00:56 EST

OK I find out that for me it was caused by autoconnect. Autoconnect on RedHat (with always ask password) actually cause that no other networks are visible in the list. Filed another bz - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1548000

Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2018-04-10 09:11:47 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/RHBA-2018:0770

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