[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#733614: network-manager-gnome: More useful feedback when not connecting.

[River]

Package: network-manager-gnome
Version: 0.9.4.1-5
Severity: wishlist
Tags: upstream

Dear Maintainer,

Several times I have tried to connect to a wireless network, and have failed
but been unsure why. Sometimes, I have got the password wrong, sometimes it
seems to have lost connection with the wifi as the signal is too weak,
sometimes, when using "RESnet", which is used in lots of universities in
Britain, it isn't connected although the password is correct and it is within
range. When This third one happens, you need to refresh it, perhaps by
selecting another network and then selecting the original one. However, when
either of the first two fail, or another reason, the network manager often
spends quite a long time "searching" and/or then just says not connected,
rather than saying why. Also inconveniently, recently when it wasn't
connecting, and I thought it was the password (I'm not sure now), I was trying
different password, but to do so, I had to go into network manager (instead of
the applet), forget the network and then reselect it.

A better approach would be to have a short limit to the amount of time spent
"connecting", then explain the reason why, or a generic unknown error
otherwise. When it is a password issue, it should always bring up an unknown
password/ encryption key message and ask for a new one.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.3
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages network-manager-gnome depends on:
ii  dbus-x11              1.6.8-1+deb7u1
ii  dpkg                  1.16.12
ii  gconf-service         3.2.5-1+build1
ii  gconf2                3.2.5-1+build1
ii  gnome-icon-theme      3.4.0-2
ii  libatk1.0-0           2.4.0-2
ii  libc6                 2.13-38
ii  libcairo-gobject2     1.12.2-3
ii  libcairo2             1.12.2-3
ii  libdbus-1-3           1.6.8-1+deb7u1
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2      0.100.2-1
ii  libgconf-2-4          3.2.5-1+build1
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0    2.26.1-1
ii  libglib2.0-0          2.33.12+really2.32.4-5
ii  libgnome-bluetooth10  3.4.2-1
ii  libgnome-keyring0     3.4.1-1
ii  libgtk-3-0            3.4.2-7
ii  libnm-glib-vpn1       0.9.4.0-10
ii  libnm-glib4           0.9.4.0-10
ii  libnm-gtk0            0.9.4.1-5
ii  libnm-util2           0.9.4.0-10
ii  libnotify4            0.7.5-1
ii  libpango1.0-0         1.30.0-1
ii  network-manager       0.9.4.0-10
ii  policykit-1-gnome     0.105-2

Versions of packages network-manager-gnome recommends:
ii  gnome-bluetooth                 3.4.2-1
ii  gnome-keyring                   3.4.1-5
ii  iso-codes                       3.41-1
ii  mobile-broadband-provider-info  20120708-1
ii  notification-daemon             0.7.6-1

Versions of packages network-manager-gnome suggests:
pn  network-manager-openconnect-gnome  <none>
pn  network-manager-openvpn-gnome      <none>
pn  network-manager-pptp-gnome         <none>
pn  network-manager-vpnc-gnome         <none>

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