[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#753648: Bug#753648: network-manager: Connecting to an encrypted WLAN fails with `received an invalid or unencryptable secret`

[Paul Menzel]

Control: severity -1 normal


Am Donnerstag, den 03.07.2014, 23:25 +0200 schrieb Michael Biebl:
> Am 03.07.2014 23:19, schrieb Paul Menzel:
> > Package: network-manager
> > Version: 0.9.8.10-4
> > Severity: grave
> > Justification: renders package unusable

> > after a restart of the system after the upgrade from NetworkManager
> > 0.9.8.10-3 to 0.9.8.10.4, NetworkManager is unable to connect to an
> > encrypted WLAN.
> > 
> > `nm-applet` prints the message below to the terminal.
> > 
> >         ** Message: received an invalid or unencryptable secret
> > 
> > Stopping NetworkManager with `sudo service network-manager stop` and
> > using `wpa_supplicant` directly, the system can connect successfully.
> 
> Please send me a debug log of NetworkManager. Instructions are at [1]

        NetworkManager[2304]: <info> Auto-activating connection 'MYSSID'.
        NetworkManager[2304]: <info> Activation (wlan0) starting connection 'MYSSID'
        NetworkManager[2304]: <info> (wlan0): device state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none') [30 40 0]
        NetworkManager[2304]: <info> NetworkManager state is now CONNECTING
        NetworkManager[2304]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
        NetworkManager[2304]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
        NetworkManager[2304]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
        NetworkManager[2304]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
        NetworkManager[2304]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
        NetworkManager[2304]: <info> (wlan0): device state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none') [40 50 0]
        NetworkManager[2304]: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless): access point 'MYSSID' has security, but secrets are required.
        NetworkManager[2304]: <info> (wlan0): device state change: config -> need-auth (reason 'none') [50 60 0]
        NetworkManager[2304]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
        NetworkManager[2304]: <warn> No agents were available for this request.
        NetworkManager[2304]: <info> (wlan0): device state change: need-auth -> failed (reason 'no-secrets') [60 120 7]
        NetworkManager[2304]: <info> NetworkManager state is now DISCONNECTED
        NetworkManager[2304]: <info> Marking connection 'MYSSID' invalid.
        NetworkManager[2304]: <warn> Activation (wlan0) failed for connection 'MYSSID'
        NetworkManager[2304]: <info> (wlan0): device state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none') [120 30 0]
        NetworkManager[2304]: <info> (wlan0): deactivating device (reason 'none') [0]

Looking at this, it looks like some layer is missing causing the message
`<warn> No agents were available for this request`. Therefore I am
downgrading the severity. No idea why it is not available. I’ll check
again in the morning.

> Did you have multiple wpa_supplicant instances running or upgraded any
> other relevant packages?

Not that I know of. Debian Sid/unstable is used and `aptitude update`
and `aptitude safe-upgrade` are run daily.

> How do you store your WPA secrets, system-wide or in gnome-keyring?

I am not sure, I guess GNOME Keyring though, as I did not see the
passphrase in `/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/MYSSID`.


Thanks,

Paul


> [1] https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/NetworkManager/Debugging
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