20090115

This week's Hug Day will focus on Network Manager!

After you have triaged or fixed a bug put your name in the last column and set the row's background to green by adding lightgreen in the first cell of the column after rowbgcolor=. This will let people know that the bug in that row has been hugged.

5-a-day-ing

During hug days you can also do 5-A-Day for this one you can do the following in order to tag your work on the hug day:

  • 5-a-day --add-tag hugday-20090115
  • Add bugs to 5-a-day as usual
  • And when done with hug day run: 5-a-day --remove-tag hugday-20090115

Stock Responses

NetworkManager stock response for collecting more information:

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.  Could you please add the /var/log/syslog to your bug report as an attachment? Also you can submit more information for it by looking to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingNetworkManager , Thanks in advance.

For general stock responses please see Bugs/Responses.

Tags

Tagging bugs are also a good way to isolate reports, the NetworkManager product currently use these following tags:

Tag

Use case

`driver-madwifi`

Bugs in which the madwifi driver is in use

`driver-ndiswrapper`

Bugs in which the ndiswrapper driver is in use

`vpn`

Bugs related to either openvpn, vpnc or pptp network-manager vpn modules

`encryption-wep`

Bugs in which WEP encryption is used

`encryption-wpa`

Bugs in which WPA encryption is used

`encryption-wpa2`

Bugs in which WPA2 encryption is used

If you find a report which match any of those Use cases please add the tag to it.

New Bugs

To mark it off the list you should:

  • Verify the bug is still not fixed
  • Request any needed info, Subscribe, Status to incomplete or

  • Set status to Confirmed

Bug

Subject

Triager

295946

doesn't say which network it tries to connect to

PabloCastellano

296322

wireless sees access points but won't connect

pedro

296367

Wired connection drops frequently

pedro

296377

network-manager not functioning if gateway not on host's subnet

296741

nm-applet G3 modem pin entry is visible

296780

after upgrade to intrepid, option 'Connect to 802.1X Protected Wired Network' disappeared

296784

NM 0.7 nm-applet crash when connecting to Enterprise WiFi

296791

NM 0.7 When I edit a WPA/WPA2 Enterprise WiFi connection NM connection editor dies

pedro

296799

bad resolv.conf DNS when connecting G3 modem (iplus - polish/PL ISP)

297107

Ubuntu 8.10 was unable to authenticate and connect to wireless access point at fist session logon.

pedro

297598

ZTE MF626 USB modem not recognized by network-manager 0.7

297749

network manager applet nm-connection-editor forgetting security setting

mrkanister

297909

nm-applet remembers the old network after suspend

mrkanister

298155

Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG doesn't reconnect

298198

frequent wireless disconnects

mrkanister

298506

can't get mac address while disconnected

298529

wpa key dialogue in 8.10 does not focus on the password field

298613

Network-manager is not able to set network eth0

pedro

299274

Network Manager detects but cannot connect with Dell 5530

pedro

299327

NetworkManager does not work with AT&T Mercury aircard

299571

Ubuntu hangs when network-manager attempts to reconnect to a mobile network

pedro

299857

nm-system-settings crashed with SIGSEGV in g_closure_invoke()

299942

Network-Manager wouldn't hold subnet, further disrupted entire network

300119

nm-system-settings not allow wpa/wpa2 enterprise

pedro

300500

3G --> Sierra 885 --> set_apn_done(): Setting APN Failed

301033

NetworkManager segmentation fault during suspend

pedro

301180

3945ABG cannot connect to WEP

301257

NetworkManager slows down skype

pedro

301413

in network-managet 0.7 created VPN not save choiced parameters from crypt=40 or crypt=128

mrkanister

301693

nm-dispatcher.action send wrong argument to scripts

301748

nameserver settings for wifi on dhcp

mrkanister

301981

Network Manager can not assigned netmask "255.255.255.0" and instead it will show "24" in both wired and wirless connection

302394

NetworkManager crashed with SIGSEGV in g_slice_alloc()

302462

ifupdown plugin should not set the gateway if not available

303068

Static IP ethernet network setting is lost after reboot

303133

NetworkManager crashed with SIGSEGV in IAg_slist_prepend() after HAL disappeared

303210

NetworkManager Applet Won't Lock Edited Settings

mrkanister

303409

NM is not able to connect to WPA network (and maybe cannot connect at all to wireless)

mrkanister

303426

Network Manager GUI is extremely confusing

303476

NetworkManager[4888]: segfault on wireless up in intrepid

303665

AAO 3G not detected

303750

NetworkManager 0.7 does not detect Nokia N95 8GB

304004

network manager does not run files in /etc/network/if-pre-up.d

304006

Network Manager does not handle properly interface labels

304013

package network-manager 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1.8.10.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

304509

network manager continues trying to connect to wireless network, even if wireless card is hardware-disconnected during connectin attempt

mrkanister

304646

ubuntu 8.10 network manager does not start, /etc/network/interfaces only contained loopback,

mrkanister

304916

0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1.8.10.1 slows down speed

304958

Network manager handles teredo interface inappropriately

305152

Wireless does not work at school but at home

PabloCastellano

305215

sudden, out-of-the-blue crash

305395

Epi Valley SXC 1080 USB CDMA modem not being detected on Ubuntu 8.10 desktop edition

305640

nm-applet menu ethernet and wireless items are disabled until ethernet cable is connected

mrkanister

305772

Network manager doesn't display "Password expired error" in PEAP wifi connections

305843

wireless scan is lagging

306049

Network-manager "Looks like pppd didn't initialize our dbus module" with Huawei E160G (E220) on amd64 Intrepid

306059

NetworkManager Applet 0.7.0 cause x server to freeze

pedro

306552

nm-connection-editor can't configure cdma network setting

307266

Network-manager (if installed after Ubuntu's install) stops numlockx working (user's modifications in /etc/gdm/Init/Default are removed)

307770

100% CPU millions Info (!) of messages in syslog (<WARN> nm_error_monitoring_device_link_state(): error monitoring wired ethernet link state: error occurred while waiting for data on socket)

mrkanister

307940

Can't stop wireless networking in Intrepid

mrkanister

308855

Wireless Card crashed and couldn't be fixed in Ubuntu (reboot into vista fixed it)

308904

When updating, restarting hal leaves you without internet connection

mrkanister

308928

NetworkManager crashed with SIGSEGV in g_object_newv()

309596

NetworkManager replaces resolv.conf with an useless comment

MichaelGodawski

309629

EAP-TLS network fails to connect with timeout message

mrkanister

309650

network manager is not running although connected to Internet

mrkanister

309753

Samba doesn't work with wireless connection

309951

Network-manager displays wrong ESSID name

310025

ZTE MF627 USB 3G modem not detected by NM0.7

310152

Intrepid: 3G HSDPA Toshiba (Novatel) minicard not supported

310269

nm-system-settings crashed with SIGSEGV in _nm_marshal_VOIDSTRING_UINT()

pedro

310629

No systemwide network settings

310758

[Broadcom BCM4315] Cannot connect to hidden SSID network

pedro

310951

auth0 won't stay deleted and won't keep any manual settings

pedro

311349

"only use VPN connection for these addresses" missing in Intrepid

311444

Network Manager 0.7 does not recognise SE P9i

311583

nm-applet crashed with SIGSEGV in ether_aton_r()

pedro

311618

NetworkManager 0.7 3g Modem (Dell 5505/Novatel EU740) detected but does not work

pedro

312105

[jaunty] Cannot change eth0 properties (greyed out)

pedro

312110

nm-connection-editor shows that eth0 as "never been connected" altough it's wrong

pedro

312136

wrong apn for swedish '3' operator

pedro

312801

upgrading NM doesn't include existing configurations

312910

[jaunty] wifi disconnects sporadically (order of a few minutes)

313188

ppp connection does not change default gateway

pedro

313298

NetworkManager uses 60% cpu and leaks mem like crazy with a WG311v2 wireless card

NigelCundy

313333

Sagem my411x not detected as modem when connected by USB cable

pedro

313379

Shares disappear from Nautilus weekly

314256

Networking doesn't start until login

pedro

314357

NetworkManager unable to set wired dhcp connection (r8169)

314831

Network manager unable to save several settings

pedro

314901

no wireless in new kernel (2.6.28.4.9)

pedro

314931

Network-manager connects to wireless LAN when it is already connected to a wired LAN

pedro

315108

NetworkManager isn't able to handle routing of 2 Connections

315258

network manager does not connect automatically to wpa-network on startup

pedro

315450

nm-applet confused when trying to connect more internet

pedro

316073

NetworkManager ignores plugin event of UMTS card

pedro

316100

NetworkManager 0.7 does not recognize USB G3 Modem Huawei E510

pedro

316210

its so slow and i cant see my pictures on my space

PabloCastellano

Incomplete Bugs

To mark it off the list you should:

  • Change the bug's status to "Confirmed" or "Triaged" if the reporter replied with enough information or

  • Ask a secondary follow up question and subscribe to the bug report

Bug

Subject

Triager

295788

Network Configuration menu item should also be displayed in Xfce

mrkanister

61505

Cannot associate to Linksys WRE54G range expander

mrkanister

76128

ipw2200: signal level wrong

mrkanister

111502

network-manager unreliable with multiple APs

mrkanister

117883

wireless interface not visible in network-manager

mrkanister

130040

gutsy: networkmanager fails to connect on first attempt

mrkanister

140422

[Gutsy] Unable to connect to Access Point if encryption method (WEP/WAP/WAP2) of the AP is changed

mrkanister

150665

'VPN Connection failed' error when attempting to connect

mrkanister

151929

WPA Key needs to be re-entered every reboot.

mrkanister

155304

nm-applet (network manager) - don't remember settings when SSID contains some 'uncommon' characters

mrkanister

158548

cant create a wireless network with a '-' in the name

162917

Wifi WPA2 Personnal not memorized

mrkanister

172700

NetworkManager increases CPU usage the longer it is run

mrkanister

192252

Editing /etc/network/interfaces causes Gutsy 7.10 to crash

mrkanister

192643

dnsmasq with enable-dbus doesn't work properly with NetworkManager

197344

[HARDY] Wireless Ethernet (ath0) not working

mrkanister

204824

NetworkManager changes hostname to *.private

205964

NetworkManager: <WARN> nm_dbus_get_network_data_cb(): message arguments were invalid (could not deserialize wireless network security information.

mrkanister

211212

Network-manager process hangs after resume from S4

211631

CIFS/SMBFS shares not unmounted before network is shut down

211780

Cannot connect automatically to access point when using hostap_pci

mrkanister

214823

[hardy] network manager never remembers passphrase

mrkanister

217551

Password prompt "freezes" system during presence of a drop-down menu [hardy]

220289

After wireless card is disabled from the nm-applet, suspending the laptop and then back on, the wireless card is automatically enabled while at the same time not indicated by the nm-applet

mrkanister

220715

NFS-Root support broken in Hardy

223263

Upgrading to Hardy Trashes Network Settings

mrkanister

224451

wireless not working on Dell Latitude 620 with Intel wireless 3945

227559

SSID scroll list very slow

mrkanister

229395

network-manager hangs on "waiting for network key"

230047

bcm43xx won't connect to wep secured network

mrkanister

240096

Wire less Internet connection does't automatically reconnects

mrkanister

250712

Warning: Unable to open display ':0' and cannot connect to X server :0

257044

network-manager 0.7 allows security key to be seen in plain text

mrkanister

257430

0.7 (hardy ppa): does not work with orinoco pcmcia card

mrkanister

264225

nm-connection-editor does not work correctly when you have multiple wired connection profiles with different MAC addresses set (and only one lan card)

264543

Could not acquire the NetworkManager service as it is already taken

264952

cannot modify DNS in network-manager

267617

Netgear wg511T does not work using ubuntu 8.04

267830

iwl3945, hardy - N-M 0.7 caused system to become unresponsive when trying to connect wirelessly

268400

The network manager has problem conecting using encore 802.11g usb.

mrkanister

268583

nm-applet crashes on connecting to wlan (wpa-psk encryption)

mrkanister

268788

Network Manager not connecting WPA2 with right password

mrkanister

269173

NetworkManager crashed with SIGSEGV

mrkanister

269474

NetworkManager crashed with SIGSEGV in strlen()

mrkanister

269858

ZTE MF628 HSDPA USB modem not recognized by network-manager 0.7

270282

NM 0.7: Huawei U620 keeps trying but fails to connect

mrkanister

273205

network manager , unable to add manual wired connection

mrkanister

273336

[intrepid] alpha 6 - WPA & WPA2 Personal won't authenticate short passwords

274405

network manager slow to reconnect after suspend/resume

275477

network-manager can unpredictably crash on system shutdown

276578

NetworkManager 0.7 fails to use my saved keys

278488

Network Manager 0.7 is unable to determine if the connection is local only or instead provides internet access

pedro

278890

NetworkManager 0.7 cannot use E220 anymore

pedro

279197

NetworkManager does not work with aircard 881U

mrkanister

280142

This update kills all Internet access! (DHCP based)

mrkanister

280919

NetworkManager 0.7~~svn20081008t224042-0ubuntu1 breaks Knetworkmanager

282835

Network Manager fails to start

285778

Network manager keeps connecting to the same network

mrkanister

286423

[Intrepid] Network card sudeenly stopped working

mrkanister

286818

Network Manager does not seperate multiple accesspoints with same name on different channels

mrkanister

Confirmed Bugs

To mark it off the list you should:

  • Verify the bug is still not fixed
  • Request any needed info, Subscribe, Status to incomplete or
  • Set status to triaged UbuntuBugControl

Bug

Subject

Triager

23376

nm-applet uses the notification area not like a proper applet

47379

NM confused by combination of static and dynamic configured interfaces

86186

Clicking on already-selected Wired Network causes disconnect

mrkanister

91389

Support for more than one VPN simultaneously

106946

Should add regexes for network manager in /etc/logcheck/ignore.d.*

mrkanister

120363

NetworkManager should support smartcard based certificate

121691

OpenVPN routes that are pushed are removed by network-manager

122059

Added Leap Support plus fixes

mrkanister

134407

vpn plugins should be in main repository

141234

when updating the network-manager, network connections fail

mrkanister

145273

Status icon looks bad on small panels

mrkanister

150934

[ralink] nm-applet will not keep a WPA key.

mrkanister

150968

[ralink] NetworkManager takes far too long to get a wireless connection on login

mrkanister

152794

nis daemon fails to attach to domain the first time it is run in Gutsy

154207

Wired internet connection does not start at boot.

mrkanister

154254

NetworkManager causes high CPU-usage after suspend

mrkanister

155216

network-manager fails to stop properly when connected to wireless

mrkanister

155373

nm-applet tries to unlock the keyring (asks for password) on resume. Just after the unlock screen, whereas network is already up

mrkanister

157603

[gutsy] rtl8185L WPA not working but WEP works

mrkanister

199140

Network manager shows and connects to virtual interfaces

201202

WiFi roaming causes NetworkManager to lose routing

202463

[Hardy] Wireless password type and password not being saved

mrkanister

205095

Ubuntu does not put 'options mac80211 ieee80211_regdom=64' in /etc/modprobe.d/options

208533

Network Settings untick connection not displaying properly

mrkanister

225133

networkmanager-openvpn does not support pkcs12

229945

wifi does not automatcially come on during boot up

239210

package network-manager-failed to install/upgrade - leaving unconfigured

mrkanister

240063

DNS servers disappear on restart

243003

Hardy+Gutsy cannot connect wirelessly to DLINK DSL-G604T

mrkanister

248630

UMTS PCMCIA modem not picked up

257227

After Hibernation, Network Manager thinks I'm using a wired connection

262232

NM 0.7 GSM/3G signal strength is not reported by NM

mrkanister

262347

network manager doesn't allow to add vpn

mrkanister

262974

[MASTER] networkmanager display connections twice in intrepid

264683

(intrepid) When coming out of hibernate/suspend (resume) in a different physical location, wireless networks are not updated.

268296

Network-manager-called processes lack information about their state

mrkanister

268852

NetworkManager crashed (not-cancelled?) g_timeout callback

269039

NetworkManager crashed with SIGSEGV in g_closure_invoke()

mrkanister

270744

GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

mrkanister

270918

network manager should read default profile from 3G USB Stick

271542

[intrepid] nameserver is not set (using wifi)

272302

NM 0.7: probe_modem(): Couldn't get caps

272610

highlight the "connect" button while entering the pass

275022

Nokia N95 Auto GSM connection freezes intrepid, requires reboot

277613

NetworkManager does not work with modem "Sony Ericsson MD300"

279212

network-manager gui - should place available wireless networks at very bottom of menu

280214

Typo in /usr/share/doc/network-manager/README.Debian

mrkanister

283482

nm-connection-editor .desktop file not translated

284596

nm-applet fail when another user is logged in (intrepid)

287893

Ericsson F3507g WWAN Card doesn't work with NetworkManager

288258

NetworkManager crashed with SIGSEGV in g_slice_alloc()

290285

Grayed out "Connect" button when using WPA2 Entreprise+TLS authentication

291449

Cannot set IP address

293139

NetworkManager does not use dhclient-exit-hooks.d, DNSSEC does not work

293869

[Ralink rt61] impossible to connect to WPA and WPA2 wireless networks

294175

Intrepid Network Manager cannot connect to Hidden wireless networks

295796

[regression?][intrepid] Network Manager does not reconnect to hidden SSID after reboot

297745

Changing the IP address in NetworkManager should immediately change the IP on the interface

mrkanister

302123

Network Manager does not connect VPN on startup even with "Autoconnect" option enabled.

312212

"System Setting" checkbox is ambiguous and not documented

Progress

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UbuntuBugDay/20090115 (last edited 2009-01-16 11:49:24 by pc-26-146-44-190)