Hi, Mathieu and Thomas, It is clear to me that I have not communicated the problems to you. So I'll try again.
Problem 1 ======== is that it nags with *dialogs* that interfere with work. It should never do that, unless my work really needs to be stopped. This is a user interface issue, not a logic issue. A much better approach is to use non-interactive notifications. These do not stop typing or other work. Please re-consider the *way* in which NM nags. Problem 2 ======== is that it continues to nag, when the user has clearly made a choice. This is what the other bug report is about, and the "fix" you refer to is a work-around for this problem. Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1005839 Title: NM prompts user for Wi-Fi password when a (dial-up) connection is already established Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Scenario: I'm in a place that has a WLAN, but either I don't have authorization for it, or it's somehow broken. I make a connection through my phone using DUN (other protocols are possible I think, but that's how I do it.) This works pretty well in itself, although it's not as fast as WLAN. But then NetworkManager (I think) keeps popping up dialogs that say Wireless Network Authentication Required and ask for a password. This is very annoying. It interferes with whatever I'm doing, and is embarrassing in meetings. (Damn, it just did it again.) It might make sense to inform a DUN user that a faster network is available, via a notification perhaps that does not otherwise interfere with typing. A dialog popping up is *not* the right answer. But such notifications should be optional (you don't want them when doing a presentation, for instance.) Thanks! ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: network-manager 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic 3.2.16 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue May 29 12:17:13 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/NetworkManager IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) IpRoute: default via 10.6.6.6 dev ppp0 proto static 10.6.6.6 dev ppp0 proto kernel scope link src 10.131.160.144 169.254.0.0/16 dev ppp0 scope link metric 1000 NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WiMAXEnabled=true ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en TERM=linux PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-09 (19 days ago) nmcli-dev: DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH 3C:8B:FE:E4:6D:38 bluetooth disconnected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/43 20:D6:07:F9:00:49 bluetooth connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/42 wlan1 802-11-wireless disconnected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/41 eth1 802-3-ethernet unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 nmcli-nm: RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN running 0.9.4.0 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled enabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1005839/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
