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.

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

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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 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

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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

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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

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