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network-manager-applet package

[17.04 ]network-connection-editor won't edit old wifi entries

Bug #1684967 reported by flux242
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
network-manager-applet (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Low
Rohan

Bug Description

after upgrading to 17.04 from 16.10 I cannot save changes I make in the wi-fi settings because the save button is greyed out. If I create a new wi-fi entry then it works but it doesn't for all my old wi-fi entries. Changing the settings is only possible using 'nm-cli con modify'

And for all my old vpn entries the passwords aren't show at all. They are present because I can connect to a vpn server but the password isn't shown in the text field

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.

Changed in network-manager-applet (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
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flux242 (flux242) wrote :

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=781580

Rohan (rohanmiskin)
Changed in network-manager-applet (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Rohan (rohanmiskin)
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Rohan (rohanmiskin) wrote :

1.Go to "connection information"
2.Left click the connections icon at the top right.
3.Choose edit connections and then choose edit on the connection you need and click the wireless security.
4.And click the 'show password'checkbox
5.Click on edit password
6.Change the password and save password

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flux242 (flux242) wrote :

and this is supposed to be a solution for which problem? For disabled save button or for vpn passwords edit boxes shown empty disregarding if a show password checkbox is selected? What vpn connections have to do with the wireless security, huh?

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in network-manager-applet (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Pasi Sjöholm (pasi-sjoholm) wrote :

Rohan, could you cherry-pick the commit (https://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/?id=2a960d3936d78087d74ba556df8ac808639c96a0) mentioned in the https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=781580.

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