Network Manager can't connect to hidden wireless networks
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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network-manager-applet (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: network-manager
After the 13th of September updates I can't connect anymore to my university wireless network using network manager. I can connect without any problem ti unprotected or WEP protected networks.
The university network is WPA2 EAP-TLS protected. I can however connect manually using wpa_supplicant with the following wpa_supplicant.conf file:
network={
ssid="unimib"
scan_ssid=1
key_
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
group=CCMP TKIP
eap=TLS
<email address hidden>"
ca_
client_
private_
private_
}
I can also connect using wicd.
This is the result of running NetworkManager --no-daemon:
NetworkManager: <info> starting...
NetworkManager: <info> modem-manager is now available
NetworkManager: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: init!
NetworkManager: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: update_
NetworkManager: SCPluginIfupdown: management mode: unmanaged
NetworkManager: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices added (path: /sys/devices/
NetworkManager: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (path: /sys/devices/
NetworkManager: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices added (path: /sys/devices/
NetworkManager: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (path: /sys/devices/
NetworkManager: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices added (path: /sys/devices/
NetworkManager: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (path: /sys/devices/
NetworkManager: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices added (path: /sys/devices/
NetworkManager: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (path: /sys/devices/
NetworkManager: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices added (path: /sys/devices/
NetworkManager: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (path: /sys/devices/
NetworkManager: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: end _init.
NetworkManager: Loaded plugin ifupdown: (C) 2008 Canonical Ltd. To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
NetworkManager: Loaded plugin keyfile: (c) 2007 - 2008 Red Hat, Inc. To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
NetworkManager: <info> Found radio killswitch rfkill3 (at /sys/devices/
NetworkManager: <info> Found radio killswitch rfkill1 (at /sys/devices/
NetworkManager: <info> Wireless now enabled by radio killswitch
NetworkManager: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: (144260384) ... get_connections.
NetworkManager: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: (144260384) ... get_connections (managed=false): return empty list.
NetworkManager: Ifupdown: get unmanaged devices count: 0
NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): new Ethernet device (driver: 'sky2')
NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): exported as /org/freedeskto
NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): now managed
NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): device state change: 1 -> 2 (reason 2)
NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): bringing up device.
NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): preparing device.
NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): deactivating device (reason: 2).
NetworkManager: Added default wired connection 'Auto eth0' for /sys/devices/
NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): driver supports SSID scans (scan_capa 0x01).
NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): new 802.11 WiFi device (driver: 'iwl3945')
NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): exported as /org/freedeskto
NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): now managed
NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 1 -> 2 (reason 2)
NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): bringing up device.
NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): preparing device.
NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): deactivating device (reason: 2).
NetworkManager: supplicant_
NetworkManager: <WARN> device_creator(): /sys/devices/
NetworkManager: <info> Trying to start the supplicant...
NetworkManager: <WARN> user_connection
NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant manager state: down -> idle
NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 2 -> 3 (reason 0)
NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: starting -> ready
NetworkManager: <WARN> wait_for_
NetworkManager: <WARN> wait_for_
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] Nessun file o directory
Date: Thu Sep 17 10:41:43 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
IfupdownConfig:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
IpRoute:
149.132.24.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 149.132.24.212
default via 149.132.24.1 dev wlan0
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: network-manager 0.8~a~git.
ProcEnviron:
LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: network-manager
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-10-generic i686
I installed an old version of nm-applet (the one from jaunty). And now I can connect without any problem. So I think the problem is in one of the last updates of nm-applet.