Bug 1263 - Drak-X Network manager doesn't update /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/wireless.d/$SSID
Summary: Drak-X Network manager doesn't update /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/wireless...
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: 1
Hardware: arm Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Olivier Blin
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Reported: 2011-05-13 17:30 CEST by Sigrid Carrera
Modified: 2012-12-02 14:32 CET (History)
4 users (show)

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Source RPM: drakx-net
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Description Sigrid Carrera 2011-05-13 17:30:29 CEST
It happend now twice to me, that the Network Manager (the part from the MCC - *not* the Gnome Network manager!) forgets all his settings. 

What happens: 

I have here only a wireless connection! 
I get disconnected. When I try to reconnect (by clicking on either the network icon in the top right corner of my Gnome DE) or by going through the MCC > Network & Internet > Network Center I only get a message "connection failed". When this happens, I check the configuration and I see there, that the Encryption mode is set to "None" instead of "WPA/WPA2 Enterprise". I change it to the correct setting and click ok. I click on "connect" and again, I get the message "connection failed". 

By checking again the configuration, I see, that the encryption mode is set to "None" again. 

The only workaround I found so far is renameing the file "/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf" and setup the profile again. I did this last Monday and it lasted at least until today, then I had to redo the same process again. 

Please let me know, if I can do something to help you fix this bug. For me it is annoying, but for a new linux user it is a real obstacle. 

Sigrid
Ahmad Samir 2011-05-14 05:04:43 CEST

Assignee: bugsquad => mageia
Source RPM: (none) => drakx-net

Comment 1 Colin Guthrie 2011-05-20 12:14:07 CEST
This looks pretty similar to my experience as well.

For me the problem relates to the GUI not writing it's config files properly in:
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/wireless.d/$SSID 

(where $SSID is the SSID in question).

It contains the line:
WIRELESS_ENC_MODE=open

Even when the GUI has set this to WPA. I suspect that it is this part of the puzzle that needs fixed. I suspect the config from these files are then translated into entries in wpa_supplicant.conf, so solving why it's written incorrectly there will likely fix how it's written to wpa_supplicant.conf as a result.

I also have a problem of metrics for wifi networks not being written correctly but that's a different bug...

CC: (none) => mageia

Thierry Vignaud 2011-05-20 13:43:24 CEST

CC: (none) => thierry.vignaud
Summary: Drak-X Network manager forgets settings => Drak-X Network manager doesn't update /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/wireless.d/$SSID

Comment 2 Magnus Rasche 2011-05-20 21:07:11 CEST
On my x86_64 there isn't this problem.

There also isn't a line with:
WIRELESS_ENC_MODE

CC: (none) => magnus.mud

Comment 3 Sigrid Carrera 2011-05-23 15:03:25 CEST
Hi, 

it happened to me again today. I'm wondering, if some updates might trigger a change in here? I was running updates at the time, when my network connection stopped working. It only had downloaded the meta-task package and then restarted urpmi. I was just downloading the next updates (but nothing installed yet), when I saw, that I wasn't connected anymore. 


A working wpa_supplicant.conf looks like this: 

network={
    key_mgmt=WPA-EAP IEEE8021X NONE
    proto=RSN WPA
    group=CCMP TKIP
    password="*******"
    scan_ssid=1
    identity="*******"
    mode=0
    ssid="eduroam"
    pairwise=CCMP TKIP
}


where the not working file looks like that: 

network={
    key_mgmt=NONE
    mode=0
    ssid="eduroam"
    scan_ssid=0
}


Mind you, this is a file that only root can modify and I am more than sure, that I didn't accidentally edited that file. 

Sigrid
Comment 4 Sigrid Carrera 2011-06-22 14:58:28 CEST
Hello, 

is there anything I can do to solve this problem? 

This bug is still there and annoys me. 
For example, it happened to me 4 times today, the the network-center forgot all its settings and that I could not connect. 


Sigrid

Hardware: i586 => arm

Sigrid Carrera 2011-08-01 14:24:25 CEST

Version: Cauldron => 1

Comment 5 Samuel Verschelde 2011-10-01 15:19:19 CEST
Ping: blino, any chance that you'd study this bug?

CC: (none) => stormi

Olivier Blin 2011-11-22 08:43:19 CET

Status: NEW => ASSIGNED

Comment 6 Manuel Hiebel 2012-11-05 16:53:29 CET
This message is a reminder that Mageia 1 is nearing its end of life. 
In approximately 25 days from now, Mageia will stop maintaining and issuing 
updates for Mageia 1. At that time this bug will be closed as WONTFIX (EOL) if it 
remains open with a Mageia 'version' of '1'.

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Comment 7 Manuel Hiebel 2012-12-02 14:32:44 CET
Mageia 1 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on ''1st December''. Mageia 1 is no 
longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further security or 
bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug. 

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of Mageia 
please feel free to click on "Version" change it against that version of Mageia and reopen this bug.

Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.

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Status: ASSIGNED => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => WONTFIX


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