Bug#653815: gnome-control-center: Wireless network options unavailable unless connected to the network

[Ryan Riegel]

Package: gnome-control-center
Followup-For: Bug #653815

Dear Maintainer,

The primary issue described by this bug has been resolved: The "Options..."
button has been replaced by the "Configure..." button, which remains enabled
while try to connect to a network.

Despite this correction, discovering and fixing a misconfigured wireless
network remains a bumpy ride.  When a WPA & WPA2 Enterprise network with PEAP
authentication fails to connect, the username still can't be altered when
prompted for a new network key.  When selecting "Other..." from the Network
Name drop-down list and then selecting a specific network to connect to, the
network details are displayed but not editable.

Without resorting to nm-connection-manager, it's awkward to reconfigure a
network that's not in range: you have to initiate connecting to such a network
(via selecting "Other...") and edit the settings as it fails to connect.
Accordingly, it's impossible to reconfigure a network via gnome-control-center
without disconnecting from the currently connected network.



-- 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  1:3.2.2-2
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      3.2.2-2
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  libcheese-gtk20            3.2.2-1+b1
ii  libcheese1                 3.2.2-1+b1
ii  libclutter-1.0-0           1.8.2-2
ii  libcogl-pango0             1.8.2-1
ii  libcogl5                   1.8.2-1
ii  libcolord1                 0.1.15-3
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  libdrm2                    2.4.29-1
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  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]   7.11.2-1
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.30.2-4
ii  libgnome-control-center1   1:3.2.2-2
ii  libgnome-desktop-3-2       3.2.1-3
ii  libgnome-menu-3-0          3.2.0.1-2
ii  libgnomekbd7               3.2.0-1
ii  libgnutls26                2.12.14-5
ii  libgoa-1.0-0               3.2.1-3
ii  libgssapi-krb5-2           1.10+dfsg~alpha2-1
ii  libgstreamer0.10-0         0.10.35-1
ii  libgtk-3-0                 3.2.3-1
ii  libgtop2-7                 2.28.4-2
ii  libjson-glib-1.0-0         0.14.2-1
ii  libk5crypto3               1.10+dfsg~alpha2-1
ii  libkrb5-3                  1.10+dfsg~alpha2-1
ii  libnm-glib4                0.9.2.0-1
ii  libnm-gtk0                 0.9.2.0-1
ii  libnm-util2                0.9.2.0-1
ii  libnotify4                 0.7.4-1
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  libsocialweb-client2       0.25.20-1
ii  libupower-glib1            0.9.15-1
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.4.4-4
ii  libxcomposite1             1:0.4.3-2
ii  libxdamage1                1:1.1.3-2
ii  libxext6                   2:1.3.0-3
ii  libxfixes3                 1:5.0-4
ii  libxi6                     2:1.4.5-1
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  cups-pk-helper         0.2.1.2-1
ii  gnome-online-accounts  3.2.1-3
ii  gnome-session          3.2.1-1
ii  gnome-user-guide       3.2.2-1
ii  iso-codes              3.31-1
ii  mesa-utils             8.0.1-2+b1
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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