[pkg-wicd-maint] Bug#932042: wicd-daemon: does not automatically reconnect on network connection loss when this is enabled
Vincent Lefevre
vincent at vinc17.net
Sun Jul 14 11:58:21 BST 2019
Package: wicd-daemon
Version: 1.7.4+tb2-6
Severity: important
I have the option "Automatically reconnect on network connection loss"
ticked. But wicd does not automatically reconnect, whether the GUI is
open or not.
To reproduce:
1. Connect to a wifi hotspot (e.g. provided by an Android device).
2. Optionally close the wicd GUI.
3. Disable the hotspot on the device.
4. Reenable the hotspot on the device.
After (3), I get a disconnection, but after (4), no reconnection is
done.
An excerpt of the wicd.log file (where I've hidden the PSK):
[...]
2019/07/14 12:42:45 :: ifconfig wlp61s0
2019/07/14 12:42:45 :: GetCurrentNetworkID: Returning -1, current network not found
2019/07/14 12:42:45 :: Autoconnecting...
2019/07/14 12:42:45 :: Starting wireless autoconnect...
2019/07/14 12:42:45 :: No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network
2019/07/14 12:42:45 :: scanning start
2019/07/14 12:42:45 :: ifconfig wlp61s0 up
2019/07/14 12:42:45 :: iwlist wlp61s0 scan
2019/07/14 12:42:48 :: scanning done
2019/07/14 12:42:48 :: found 4 networks:
2019/07/14 12:42:48 :: Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect
2019/07/14 12:42:50 :: ifconfig wlp61s0
2019/07/14 12:42:50 :: GetCurrentNetworkID: Returning -1, current network not found
2019/07/14 12:42:50 :: Autoconnecting...
2019/07/14 12:42:50 :: Starting wireless autoconnect...
2019/07/14 12:42:50 :: No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network
2019/07/14 12:42:50 :: scanning start
2019/07/14 12:42:50 :: ifconfig wlp61s0 up
2019/07/14 12:42:50 :: iwlist wlp61s0 scan
2019/07/14 12:42:53 :: scanning done
2019/07/14 12:42:53 :: found 8 networks:
2019/07/14 12:42:53 :: found afterscript in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:42:53 :: found dhcphostname in configuration zira
2019/07/14 12:42:53 :: found ip in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:42:53 :: found dns_domain in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:42:53 :: found gateway in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:42:53 :: found use_global_dns in configuration False
2019/07/14 12:42:53 :: found postdisconnectscript in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:42:53 :: found beforescript in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:42:53 :: found psk in configuration XXX
2019/07/14 12:42:53 :: found netmask in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:42:53 :: found key in configuration *****
2019/07/14 12:42:53 :: found usedhcphostname in configuration 0
2019/07/14 12:42:53 :: found predisconnectscript in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:42:53 :: found bitrate in configuration auto
2019/07/14 12:42:53 :: found enctype in configuration wpa
2019/07/14 12:42:53 :: found allow_lower_bitrates in configuration 0
2019/07/14 12:42:53 :: found dns3 in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:42:53 :: found dns2 in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:42:53 :: found dns1 in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:42:53 :: found use_settings_globally in configuration False
2019/07/14 12:42:53 :: found use_static_dns in configuration False
2019/07/14 12:42:53 :: found search_domain in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:42:53 :: Gemini WiFi has profile
2019/07/14 12:42:53 :: Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect
2019/07/14 12:42:55 :: ifconfig wlp61s0
2019/07/14 12:42:55 :: GetCurrentNetworkID: Returning -1, current network not found
2019/07/14 12:42:55 :: Autoconnecting...
2019/07/14 12:42:55 :: Starting wireless autoconnect...
2019/07/14 12:42:55 :: No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network
2019/07/14 12:42:55 :: scanning start
2019/07/14 12:42:55 :: ifconfig wlp61s0 up
2019/07/14 12:42:55 :: iwlist wlp61s0 scan
2019/07/14 12:42:58 :: scanning done
2019/07/14 12:42:58 :: found 8 networks:
2019/07/14 12:42:58 :: found afterscript in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:42:58 :: found dhcphostname in configuration zira
2019/07/14 12:42:58 :: found ip in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:42:58 :: found dns_domain in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:42:58 :: found gateway in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:42:58 :: found use_global_dns in configuration False
2019/07/14 12:42:58 :: found postdisconnectscript in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:42:58 :: found beforescript in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:42:58 :: found psk in configuration XXX
2019/07/14 12:42:58 :: found netmask in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:42:58 :: found key in configuration *****
2019/07/14 12:42:58 :: found usedhcphostname in configuration 0
2019/07/14 12:42:58 :: found predisconnectscript in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:42:58 :: found bitrate in configuration auto
2019/07/14 12:42:58 :: found enctype in configuration wpa
2019/07/14 12:42:58 :: found allow_lower_bitrates in configuration 0
2019/07/14 12:42:58 :: found dns3 in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:42:58 :: found dns2 in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:42:58 :: found dns1 in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:42:58 :: found use_settings_globally in configuration False
2019/07/14 12:42:58 :: found use_static_dns in configuration False
2019/07/14 12:42:58 :: found search_domain in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:42:58 :: Gemini WiFi has profile
2019/07/14 12:42:58 :: Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect
2019/07/14 12:43:00 :: ifconfig wlp61s0
2019/07/14 12:43:00 :: GetCurrentNetworkID: Returning -1, current network not found
2019/07/14 12:43:00 :: Autoconnecting...
2019/07/14 12:43:00 :: Starting wireless autoconnect...
2019/07/14 12:43:00 :: No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network
2019/07/14 12:43:00 :: scanning start
2019/07/14 12:43:00 :: ifconfig wlp61s0 up
2019/07/14 12:43:00 :: iwlist wlp61s0 scan
2019/07/14 12:43:03 :: scanning done
2019/07/14 12:43:03 :: found 9 networks:
2019/07/14 12:43:03 :: found afterscript in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:43:03 :: found dhcphostname in configuration zira
2019/07/14 12:43:03 :: found ip in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:43:03 :: found dns_domain in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:43:03 :: found gateway in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:43:03 :: found use_global_dns in configuration False
2019/07/14 12:43:03 :: found postdisconnectscript in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:43:03 :: found beforescript in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:43:03 :: found psk in configuration XXX
2019/07/14 12:43:03 :: found netmask in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:43:03 :: found key in configuration *****
2019/07/14 12:43:03 :: found usedhcphostname in configuration 0
2019/07/14 12:43:03 :: found predisconnectscript in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:43:03 :: found bitrate in configuration auto
2019/07/14 12:43:03 :: found enctype in configuration wpa
2019/07/14 12:43:03 :: found allow_lower_bitrates in configuration 0
2019/07/14 12:43:03 :: found dns3 in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:43:03 :: found dns2 in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:43:03 :: found dns1 in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:43:03 :: found use_settings_globally in configuration False
2019/07/14 12:43:03 :: found use_static_dns in configuration False
2019/07/14 12:43:03 :: found search_domain in configuration None
2019/07/14 12:43:03 :: Gemini WiFi has profile
2019/07/14 12:43:03 :: Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect
2019/07/14 12:43:05 :: ifconfig wlp61s0
2019/07/14 12:43:10 :: ifconfig wlp61s0
2019/07/14 12:43:15 :: ifconfig wlp61s0
2019/07/14 12:43:20 :: ifconfig wlp61s0
[...]
Note: I think that wicd will automatically reconnect when the option
"Automatically connect to this network" for the network is on, just
because of that, independently from the "Automatically reconnect on
network connection loss" global setting. Thus make sure that this
option "Automatically connect to this network" for the tested network
is off when doing the test.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
APT prefers unstable-debug
APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-5-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
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 1.12.16-1
ii debconf 1.5.72
ii iputils-ping 3:20190515-2
ii isc-dhcp-client 4.4.1-2
ii lsb-base 10.2019051400
ii psmisc 23.2-1
ii python 2.7.16-1
ii python-dbus 1.2.8-3
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 2:2.8-3
Versions of packages wicd-daemon recommends:
ii rfkill 2.33.1-0.1
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 2.7.16-1
ii python-glade2 2.24.0-6
ii python-gtk2 2.24.0-6
Versions of packages wicd-gtk recommends:
ii menu 2.1.47+b1
ii policykit-1 0.105-25
ii python-notify 0.1.1-4
Versions of packages wicd-curses depends on:
ii python 2.7.16-1
ii python-urwid 2.0.1-2+b1
Versions of packages wicd-curses recommends:
ii sudo 1.8.27-1
Versions of packages python-wicd depends on:
ii net-tools 1.60+git20180626.aebd88e-1
ii python 2.7.16-1
Versions of packages python-wicd suggests:
ii ethtool 1:4.19-1
ii iproute2 5.2.0-1
-- 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:
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