[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#642912: Bug#642912: network-manager 0.9.0-2 fails with numeric SSIDs

[Michael Biebl]

notfound 642912 0.8.4.0-2
found 642912 0.9.0-2
tags 642912 moreinfo
thanks

Am 25.09.2011 17:49, schrieb Steven Price:
> Package: network-manager
> Version: 0.8.4.0-2
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> I upgraded to network-manager 0.9.0-2 and then was unable to connect to my
> wireless network. Downgrading to 0.8.4-3 solved the problem.

Was that an existing connection configuration that was migrated or did
you create the network connection with 0.9.0?

The severity suggests that the package is completely unusable.

Does that mean other connection don't work either? Are you able to
successfully create new connections?

> Investigating I discovered that the SSID of my network "16" is causing the
> wrong information to be passed to wpa_supplicant. When running with 0.8.4-3 the
> NetworkManager log contains:
> 
> NetworkManager[8757]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare)
> co
> mplete.
> NetworkManager[8757]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure)
> starting...
> NetworkManager[8757]: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 4 -> 5 (reason 0)
> NetworkManager[8757]: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless): connection 'Auto 16'
> h
> as security, and secrets exist.  No new secrets needed.
> NetworkManager[8757]: <info> Config: added 'ssid' value '16'
> NetworkManager[8757]: <info> Config: added 'scan_ssid' value '1'
> NetworkManager[8757]: <info> Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'WPA-PSK'
> NetworkManager[8757]: <info> Config: added 'psk' value '<omitted>'
> 
> (note the config added 'ssid' value '16' line).
> 
> When running with 0.9.0-2 I get the following log:
> 
> NetworkManager[10076]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare)
> c
> omplete.
> NetworkManager[10076]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device
> Configure)
>  starting...
> NetworkManager[10076]: <info> (wlan0): device state change: prepare -> config
> (r
> eason 'none') [40 50 0]
> NetworkManager[10076]: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless): connection '16' has
> s
> ecurity, and secrets exist.  No new secrets needed.
> NetworkManager[10076]: <info> Config: added 'ssid' value '^P'
> NetworkManager[10076]: <info> Config: added 'scan_ssid' value '1'
> NetworkManager[10076]: <info> Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'WPA-PSK'
> NetworkManager[10076]: <info> Config: added 'auth_alg' value 'OPEN'
> NetworkManager[10076]: <info> Config: added 'psk' value '<omitted>'
> 
> Note that the ssid value is now ^P which is character code 16 - the actual log
> contains the control character.
> 
> So it looks like something is treating the SSID as a number and converting that
> to a character code instead of treating it as an opaque string.
> 
> I run gnome as my desktop with nm-applet (network-manager-gnome).

Did you restart nm-applet/your desktop session/your computer?

Could you please send me a complete debug log of network-manager,
following the instructions at [1]

thanks,
Michael

[1] https://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager/Debugging

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