This is fixed upstream as of today. Most recent relevant commit: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/?id=2e872d8e93e3eb1c2fadb3d9ebb8e95a72f0c7a2
I built and tested the libnm / network-manager debs on i386. All systems go. If only every bug was this easy... On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Jesse Rhodes <[email protected]> wrote: > Package: network-manager > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > From: Jesse Rhodes <[email protected]> > To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]> > Subject: network-manager: Incorrectly autodetects SSID type > X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected] > > Package: network-manager > Version: 0.9.0-2 > Severity: normal > > My wireless SSID is "802". Today, I installed network-manager 0.9.0-2 > (along > with plasma-widget-networkmanagement) from Wheezy in order to have a more > unified GUI experience. The widget has no apparent issues, it shows my > wireless interface > and the available networks. But when I select 802, it shows a successful > connection for a very brief moment (less than 1sec) > and then immediately disconnects. > > The connection to this AP works with iwconfig/ifconfig/dhclient, it works > managed from /etc/network/interfaces, it works under wicd. > 802 has been my SSID since 2007 and this is the first time that has been a > problem. > > AP Security: none, open > kernel module: iwl3945 > > A snippet of dmesg from when it attempts the connection: > > NetworkManager[5899]: get_uchar_array: 802-11-wireless / ssid ignoring > invalid byte element '802' (not between 0 and 255 inclusive) > NetworkManager[5899]: ssid_parser: ignoring invalid SSID for > 802-11-wireless / ssid > NetworkManager[5899]: keyfile: error: invalid or missing connection > property 'ssid' > NetworkManager[5899]: <info> (wlan0): device state change: config -> > disconnected (reason 'connection-removed') [50 30 38] > NetworkManager[5899]: <info> (wlan0): deactivating device (reason: 38). > > I discussed this issue with the developers in irc.freenode.net #nm : > > <dcbw> sney: I believe that's fixed in current git; you'll want mbiebl to > grab 965d5860ab35df3df586278dfba80fa89e30029a and apply it to the Debian > pacakges > <dcbw> it's a problem with reading and writing the keyfile key for 'ssid' > <dcbw> originally it was a uint list, since ssids are not strings > <dcbw> then because many ssids are strings, we allowed strings > <dcbw> but then we need to handle old configs too, so we needed to > autodetect the string vs. intlist thing > <dcbw> sney: but your bug isn't completely fixed, I'll need to fix it for > you a bit later today > > I haven't heard back from him yet, but I'll add any further updates to this > bug report when I get them. > > Please let me know if you need anything else. I check email regularly and > can also be found on irc.oftc.net #debian with the handle 'sney'. > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: wheezy/sid > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (990, 'testing') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > Versions of packages network-manager depends on: > ii adduser 3.113 > ii dbus 1.4.16-1 > ii isc-dhcp-client 4.1.1-P1-17 > ii libc6 2.13-21 > ii libdbus-1-3 1.4.16-1 > ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.98-1 > ii libgcrypt11 1.5.0-3 > ii libglib2.0-0 2.28.6-1 > ii libgnutls26 2.12.11-1 > ii libgudev-1.0-0 172-1 > ii libnl1 1.1-7 > ii libnm-glib4 0.9.0-2 > ii libnm-util2 0.9.0-2 > ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.102-1 > ii libuuid1 2.19.1-5 > ii lsb-base 3.2-28 > ii udev 172-1 > ii wpasupplicant 0.7.3-4 > > Versions of packages network-manager recommends: > ii dnsmasq-base 2.58-3 > ii iptables 1.4.12-1 > ii modemmanager 0.5-1 > ii policykit-1 0.102-1 > ii ppp 2.4.5-5 > > Versions of packages network-manager suggests: > ii avahi-autoipd 0.6.30-5 > > -- Configuration Files: > /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf changed: > [main] > plugins=ifupdown,keyfile > [ifupdown] > managed=true > > > -- no debconf information > > >
