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

[Michael Biebl]

Am 04.07.2014 00:21, schrieb 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`.
> 

Do you still encounter this issue?

Was maybe simply nm-applet or gnome-keyring not running, i.e. the
service to provide the passphrase was missing.

Michael


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