Bug#819479: gnome-control-center: Should indicate when soft or hard blocked

[Christophe Troestler]

Package: gnome-control-center
Version: 1:3.18.2-1
Severity: wishlist

Dear Maintainer,

It would be desirable that Gnome Control Center (and maybe also the applet) indicates when a bluetooth (or WIFI) device cannot connect because it has been hard or soft blocked.  Right now, the interface shows that the device is fully activated and the refusal to connect looks like a malfunction or a bug (the error message is too briefly displayed to be be seen).

Best,
C.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (400, 'unstable'), (300, 'stable'), (100, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.5.0 (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
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages gnome-control-center depends on:
ii  accountsservice            0.6.40-3
ii  apg                        2.2.3.dfsg.1-3
ii  colord                     1.2.12-1
ii  desktop-file-utils         0.22-1
ii  gnome-control-center-data  1:3.18.2-1
ii  gnome-desktop3-data        3.18.2-1
ii  gnome-icon-theme           3.12.0-1
ii  gnome-icon-theme-symbolic  3.12.0-1
ii  gnome-settings-daemon      3.18.2-1
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas  3.18.1-1
ii  libaccountsservice0        0.6.40-3
ii  libatk1.0-0                2.18.0-1
ii  libc6                      2.22-4
ii  libcairo-gobject2          1.14.6-1
ii  libcairo2                  1.14.6-1
ii  libcanberra-gtk3-0         0.30-2.1
ii  libcanberra0               0.30-2.1
ii  libcheese-gtk25            3.18.1-2
ii  libcheese8                 3.18.1-2
ii  libclutter-1.0-0           1.24.2-1
ii  libclutter-gtk-1.0-0       1.6.6-1
ii  libcolord-gtk1             0.1.26-1
ii  libcolord2                 1.2.12-1
ii  libcups2                   2.1.3-4
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2           0.106-1
ii  libfontconfig1             2.11.0-6.3
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0         2.32.3-1.2
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]   11.1.2-1
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.46.2-3
ii  libgnome-bluetooth13       3.18.2-1
ii  libgnome-desktop-3-12      3.18.2-1
ii  libgoa-1.0-0b              3.18.4-1
ii  libgoa-backend-1.0-1       3.18.4-1
ii  libgrilo-0.2-1             0.2.15-1
ii  libgtk-3-0                 3.18.9-1
ii  libgtop-2.0-10             2.32.0-1
ii  libgudev-1.0-0             230-3
ii  libibus-1.0-5              1.5.11-1
ii  libkrb5-3                  1.13.2+dfsg-5
ii  libmm-glib0                1.4.12-1
ii  libnm-glib-vpn1            1.1.91-3
ii  libnm-glib4                1.1.91-3
ii  libnm-gtk0                 1.1.90-3
ii  libnm-util2                1.1.91-3
ii  libpango-1.0-0             1.38.1-1
ii  libpangocairo-1.0-0        1.38.1-1
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0      0.105-14.1
ii  libpulse-mainloop-glib0    8.0-1
ii  libpulse0                  8.0-1
ii  libpwquality1              1.2.3-1
ii  libsmbclient               2:4.3.6+dfsg-1
ii  libsoup2.4-1               2.52.2-1
ii  libupower-glib3            0.99.4-2
ii  libwacom2                  0.18-1
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.6.3-1
ii  libxi6                     2:1.7.6-1
ii  libxml2                    2.9.3+dfsg1-1

Versions of packages gnome-control-center recommends:
ii  cracklib-runtime               2.9.2-1+b2
ii  cups-pk-helper                 0.2.5-2+b1
ii  gkbd-capplet                   3.6.0-1
ii  gnome-online-accounts          3.18.4-1
ii  gnome-user-guide               3.18.1-1
ii  gnome-user-share               3.18.0-1
ii  iso-codes                      3.66-1
ii  libnss-myhostname              229-3
ii  lxsession [policykit-1-gnome]  0.5.1-2
ii  mesa-utils                     8.3.0-1
ii  mousetweaks                    3.12.0-1
ii  network-manager-gnome          1.1.90-3
ii  policykit-1-gnome              0.105-2
ii  pulseaudio-module-bluetooth    8.0-1
ii  realmd                         0.16.2-2
ii  rygel                          0.28.3-1
ii  rygel-tracker                  0.28.3-1
ii  system-config-printer          1.5.7-1

Versions of packages gnome-control-center suggests:
ii  gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio  1.6.3-1
pn  libcanberra-gtk-module   <none>
ii  libcanberra-gtk3-module  0.30-2.1
ii  x11-xserver-utils        7.7+7

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