Control: reassign -1 plasma-nm On Wed, 1 Aug 2018 13:13:59 +0200 Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> wrote: > Control: tags -1 moreinfo > > Am 01.08.2018 um 08:57 schrieb Jon Westgate: > > Package: network-manager > > Version: 1.12.2-1 > > Severity: important > > > > Dear Maintainer, > > > > Since upgrading from NM version 1.10.x I've noticed that it is getting > > increasingly hard to connect to wifi networks. > > With version 1.11.x you couldn't switch networks without first > > disconnecting. That was not ideal but I could deal with it. > > Version 1.12.x is just unusable it just tells me "No secrets provided" > > and or "No Agents were available for this request" > > I'm running KDE so using the plasma UI. If I just downgrade to 1.10.x > > everything just works again wifi automaticly connects as soon as dpkg > > has finished. > > Is there something silly that needs doing like purging settings that > > will fix this? The annoying thing about downgrading is that it means I > > can't use PPP and therefore > > most VPN's are unavailable to me. > > Secrects are typically provided by a desktop component. In your case plasma. > > Can you try with a minimal desktop environment and network-manager-gnome > (nm-applet) if the problem is reproducible there? > If not, this should probably be reassigned to the plasma desktop (not > sure which component exactly is responsible there for NM support) > > An (temporary) workaround might be to store the wifi password system > wide. You can use nm-connection-editor. > In the WiFi Security tab, choose the option "Store the password for all > users" This sounds like a plasma-nm related problem, as I can't reproduce the problem with either GNOME nor nm-applet. Reassigning accordingly. Jon, you might add the version information by running reportbug --template plasma-nm Regards, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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