Ubuntu
network-manager package

System locks if nm-applet dropdown is open when keyring prompt appears

Bug #21942 reported by Edward Mendelson
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
network-manager (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
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Bug Description

When starting up Breezy with nm-applet running from the Gnome startup programs,
the system becomes unresponsive to the keyboard and mouse clicks if this occurs:

(1) While waiting for the Network Manager to connect to a wireless network, you
click the applet in the notification area so that its drop-down menu is visible AND

(2) The prompt to unlock the default keyring appears, because Network Manager
wants to get the WEP password for a wireless network.

At this point, you can't dismiss the dropdown menu and you can't type anything
in the keyring prompt. Nothing else seems possible either, and the only solution
seems to be a forced powerdown.

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Aaron Whitehouse (aaron-whitehouse) wrote :

I just had this same issue occur. I too had to force power down (sometimes I have to miss the Windows three-finger-salute giving me a task manager) as absolutely nothing responds.

As with Edward, the mouse moves but clicks and keypresses do nothing.

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Aaron Whitehouse (aaron-whitehouse) wrote :

By hanging my system again I can confirm that this is easily repeated. For me:
1) Use wired network
2) Left-click the nm-applet and select a secure access point
[Gnome-Keyring starts loading up]
3) Left-click the nm-applet again so that both the dropdown and the prompt for Gnome-Keyring are on-screen at the same time.

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Sebastien Estienne (sebest) wrote :

is it still valid with nm 0.6.2 ?

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Aaron Whitehouse (aaron-whitehouse) wrote :

Seems to work now, thanks for your hard work :). I'll try again over the next few days and see if I can get it to re-occur.

Changed in network-manager:
status: Unconfirmed → Fix Released
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