[pkg-wicd-maint] Bug#916348: wicd-daemon: failure to connect due to forced BSS, should use iw connect

[Vincent Lefevre]

Package: wicd-daemon
Version: 1.7.4+tb2-6
Severity: important

When I try to connect from the GTK UI, wicd forces the BSS:

[...]
2018/12/11 18:44:15 :: ifconfig wlp61s0 up
2018/12/11 18:44:17 :: enctype is None
2018/12/11 18:44:17 :: ['iwconfig', 'wlp61s0', 'essid', '--', 'invites']
2018/12/11 18:44:17 :: iwconfig wlp61s0 channel 11
2018/12/11 18:44:17 :: iwconfig wlp61s0 ap 00:26:CB:11:1A:82
2018/12/11 18:44:17 :: Running DHCP with NO hostname
2018/12/11 18:44:17 :: /sbin/dhclient -v -cf /var/lib/wicd/dhclient.conf  wlp61s0
[...]

But when the corresponding access point has issues, the connection
fails. It appears that iw connect does not have such an issue:

root at zira:/home/vinc17# iw dev wlp61s0 connect invites
root at zira:/home/vinc17# iw dev wlp61s0 link
Connected to 00:26:cb:b8:bf:f2 (on wlp61s0)
        SSID: invites
        freq: 2412
        RX: 22122 bytes (117 packets)
        TX: 4371 bytes (20 packets)
        signal: -76 dBm
        tx bitrate: 24.0 MBit/s

        bss flags:      short-preamble short-slot-time
        dtim period:    2
        beacon int:     100

(at least, this always succeeds).

-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
  APT prefers unstable-debug
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.18.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=POSIX (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages wicd-daemon depends on:
ii  adduser           3.118
ii  dbus              1.12.12-1
ii  debconf           1.5.69
ii  iputils-ping      3:20180629-2
ii  isc-dhcp-client   4.4.1-2
ii  lsb-base          10.2018112800
ii  psmisc            23.2-1
ii  python            2.7.15-3
ii  python-dbus       1.2.8-2+b2
ii  python-gobject-2  2.28.6-13+b1
ii  python-wicd       1.7.4+tb2-6
ii  wireless-tools    30~pre9-13
ii  wpasupplicant     2:2.6-18

Versions of packages wicd-daemon recommends:
ii  rfkill                     2.33-0.2
ii  wicd-curses [wicd-client]  1.7.4+tb2-6
ii  wicd-gtk [wicd-client]     1.7.4+tb2-6

Versions of packages wicd-daemon suggests:
pn  pm-utils  <none>

Versions of packages wicd depends on:
ii  wicd-curses [wicd-client]  1.7.4+tb2-6
ii  wicd-gtk [wicd-client]     1.7.4+tb2-6

Versions of packages wicd-gtk depends on:
ii  python         2.7.15-3
ii  python-glade2  2.24.0-5.1+b1
ii  python-gtk2    2.24.0-5.1+b1

Versions of packages wicd-gtk recommends:
ii  menu           2.1.47+b1
ii  policykit-1    0.105-23
ii  python-notify  0.1.1-4

Versions of packages wicd-curses depends on:
ii  python        2.7.15-3
ii  python-urwid  2.0.1-2+b1

Versions of packages wicd-curses recommends:
ii  sudo  1.8.26-2

Versions of packages python-wicd depends on:
ii  net-tools  1.60+git20180626.aebd88e-1
ii  python     2.7.15-3

Versions of packages python-wicd suggests:
ii  ethtool   1:4.19-1
ii  iproute2  4.18.0-2

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/wicd/encryption/templates/active changed:
wpa
wpa-peap
wpa-peap-wo-domain
wpa-psk
wpa-psk-hex
wpa2-leap
wpa2-peap
wpa2-peap-wo-domain
wep-hex
wep-passphrase
wep-shared
leap
ttls
eap
peap
peap-eduroam
peap-tkip
eap-tls
psu


-- debconf information:
* wicd/users: