Bug#1035826: gnome-control-center: WPA3 Personal setting for wifi keeps switching to WPA & WPA2 Personal

[John Klug]

Package: gnome-control-center
Version: 1:3.38.4-1
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: john.klug at multitech.com




-- System Information:
Debian Release: 11.7
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500,
'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-22-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not
set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages gnome-control-center depends on:
ii  accountsservice            0.6.55-3
ii  apg                        2.2.3.dfsg.1-5+b2
ii  colord                     1.4.5-3
ii  desktop-base               11.0.3
ii  desktop-file-utils         0.26-1
ii  gnome-control-center-data  1:3.38.4-1
ii  gnome-desktop3-data        3.38.5-3
ii  gnome-settings-daemon      3.38.2-1
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas  3.38.0-2
ii  libaccountsservice0        0.6.55-3
ii  libatk1.0-0                2.36.0-2
ii  libc6                      2.31-13+deb11u6
ii  libcairo2                  1.16.0-5
ii  libcheese-gtk25            3.38.0-3
ii  libcheese8                 3.38.0-3
ii  libcolord-gtk1             0.1.26-2
ii  libcolord2                 1.4.5-3
ii  libcups2                   2.3.3op2-3+deb11u2
ii  libepoxy0                  1.5.5-1
ii  libfontconfig1             2.13.1-4.2
ii  libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0        2.42.2+dfsg-1+deb11u1
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.66.8-1
ii  libgnome-bluetooth13       3.34.3-2
ii  libgnome-desktop-3-19      3.38.5-3
ii  libgoa-1.0-0b              3.38.0-3
ii  libgoa-backend-1.0-1       3.38.0-3
ii  libgsound0                 1.0.2-5
ii  libgtk-3-0                 3.24.24-4+deb11u3
ii  libgtop-2.0-11             2.40.0-2
ii  libgudev-1.0-0             234-1
ii  libhandy-1-0               1.0.3-2
ii  libibus-1.0-5              1.5.23-2
ii  libkrb5-3                  1.18.3-6+deb11u3
ii  libmalcontent-0-0          0.10.0-2
ii  libmm-glib0                1.14.12-0.2
ii  libnm0                     1.30.6-1+deb11u1
ii  libnma0                    1.8.30-1
ii  libpango-1.0-0             1.46.2-3
ii  libpangocairo-1.0-0        1.46.2-3
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0      0.105-31+deb11u1
ii  libpulse-mainloop-glib0    14.2-2
ii  libpulse0                  14.2-2
ii  libpwquality1              1.4.4-1
ii  libsecret-1-0              0.20.4-2
ii  libsmbclient               2:4.13.13+dfsg-1~deb11u5
ii  libsoup2.4-1               2.72.0-2
ii  libudisks2-0               2.9.2-2+deb11u1
ii  libupower-glib3            0.99.11-2
ii  libwacom2                  1.8-2
ii  libwayland-server0         1.18.0-2~exp1.1
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.7.2-1
ii  libxi6                     2:1.7.10-1
ii  libxml2                    2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u4

Versions of packages gnome-control-center recommends:
ii  cracklib-runtime              2.9.6-3.4
ii  cups-pk-helper                0.2.6-1+b1
ii  gkbd-capplet                  3.26.1-1
ii  gnome-online-accounts         3.38.0-3
ii  gnome-user-docs               3.38.2-1
ii  gnome-user-share              3.34.0-2
ii  iso-codes                     4.6.0-1
ii  libcanberra-pulse             0.30-7
ii  libnss-myhostname             247.3-7+deb11u2
ii  malcontent-gui                0.10.0-2
ii  network-manager-gnome         1.20.0-3
ii  policykit-1                   0.105-31+deb11u1
ii  pulseaudio-module-bluetooth   14.2-2
ii  realmd                        0.16.3-3
ii  rygel                         0.40.0-1
ii  rygel-tracker                 0.40.0-1
ii  system-config-printer-common  1.5.14-1

Versions of packages gnome-control-center suggests:
ii  gnome-software           3.38.1-1
ii  gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio  1.18.4-2+deb11u1
pn  libcanberra-gtk-module   <none>
ii  libcanberra-gtk3-module  0.30-7
ii  x11-xserver-utils        7.7+8


-- Possible Work-Around:
Go to /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections directory.
Find the corresponding *.nmconnection file.

Look in the [wifi-security] section of the file.

Replace:
key-mgmt=wpa-psk

With:
auth-alg=open
key-mgmt=sae

Restart network manager:
sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service

The key_mgmt type can be verified with:

sudo wpa_cli status