Bug#653818: gnome-control-center: Multiple saved wireless networks with matching SSID confuses System Settings

[Ryan Riegel]

Package: gnome-control-center
Version: 1:3.0.2-3+b1
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

In System Settings > Network > Wireless, when two saved wireless networks are
given the same SSID (but, say, different configurations), and a network with
that SSID is selected from the Network Name drop-down list, the system
apparently chooses one of the configured networks arbitrarily and attempts to
connect with it.

  - After connecting, the Network Name dropdown list only displays the
connected network's SSID, so it's not possible to tell which configuration it
decided to use.  Perhaps it should use the user-editable label for the saved
network instead.

  - If the connection succeeds---i.e. the system chose the correctly configured
saved wireless network---clicking the "Options..." button can actually bring up
the other network's settings!

    * Specifically, I have networks named GTwpa and GTwpa Broken, both with
SSID GTwpa and configured as WPA & WPA2 Enterprise with PEAP authentication.
GTwpa Broken has an incorrect username and so cannot connect succefully.

    * I've observed connection to either fail or succeed, however, when it does
succeed, sometimes the "Options..." button brings up GTwpa Broken.

    * After I change the SSID for GTwpa Broken, disconnect, and reconnect, the
"Options..." button correctly brings up configurations for GTwpa.

To fix this, it first seems necessary either a) to prompt the user for the
saved configuration that should be used or b) to cycle through all
configurations with matching SSIDs in attempt to connect.  Second, the
"Options..." button needs to make sure it brings up settings for the
configuration actually in use, not just the first thing it sees with a matching
SSID.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnome-control-center depends on:
ii  accountsservice            0.6.15-2
ii  apg                        2.2.3.dfsg.1-2
ii  desktop-file-utils         0.18-1
ii  gnome-control-center-data  1:3.0.2-3
ii  gnome-desktop3-data        3.2.1-3
ii  gnome-icon-theme           3.2.1.2-1
ii  gnome-icon-theme-symbolic  3.2.1-1
ii  gnome-menus                3.2.0.1-2
ii  gnome-settings-daemon      3.0.3-3+b1
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas  3.2.0-2
ii  libatk1.0-0                2.2.0-2
ii  libc6                      2.13-23
ii  libcairo-gobject2          1.10.2-6.2
ii  libcairo2                  1.10.2-6.2
ii  libcanberra-gtk3-0         0.28-3
ii  libcanberra0               0.28-3
ii  libcomerr2                 1.42-1
ii  libcups2                   1.5.0-13
ii  libdbus-1-3                1.4.16-1
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2           0.98-1
ii  libfontconfig1             2.8.0-3
ii  libfreetype6               2.4.8-1
ii  libgconf2-4                2.32.4-1
ii  libgcrypt11                1.5.0-3
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0         2.24.0-2
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.30.2-4
ii  libgnome-control-center1   1:3.0.2-3+b1
ii  libgnome-desktop-3-2       3.2.1-3
ii  libgnome-menu2             3.0.1-4
ii  libgnomekbd7               3.2.0-1
ii  libgnutls26                2.12.14-5
ii  libgssapi-krb5-2           1.10+dfsg~alpha1-6
ii  libgtk-3-0                 3.2.2-3
ii  libgtop2-7                 2.28.4-2
ii  libk5crypto3               1.10+dfsg~alpha1-6
ii  libkrb5-3                  1.10+dfsg~alpha1-6
ii  libnm-glib4                0.9.2.0-1
ii  libnm-util2                0.9.2.0-1
ii  libpango1.0-0              1.29.4-2
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0      0.103-1
ii  libpulse-mainloop-glib0    1.0-4
ii  libpulse0                  1.0-4
ii  libupower-glib1            0.9.15-1
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.4.4-4
ii  libxi6                     2:1.4.3-3
ii  libxklavier16              5.1-2
ii  libxml2                    2.7.8.dfsg-5
ii  zlib1g                     1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3

Versions of packages gnome-control-center recommends:
ii  gnome-session      3.2.1-1
ii  gnome-user-guide   3.2.2-1
ii  iso-codes          3.31-1
ii  mousetweaks        3.2.1-1
ii  policykit-1-gnome  0.105-1

Versions of packages gnome-control-center suggests:
ii  gnome-screensaver         3.2.0-2+b1
ii  gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio  0.10.30-2.1
ii  libcanberra-gtk-module    0.28-3
ii  x11-xserver-utils         7.6+3

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