Is that network really being detected as WPA when you get the prompt for a password?
I'm guessing it doesn't really specify what type of password it's looking for, so it would be helpful if you could edit the connections, select the one you're trying to activate and make sure it's properly set to WPA (personal) and that you can enter the password in the accompanying field. At first glance what appears to happen is that you're being asked for a WEP password instead, which will work for 5 characters, 13 (IIRC), and then some other value. WPA passwords will usually have a minimum of 8 characters. To get additional data, it might also help if you enable debugging on wpasupplicant; then reproduce the issue. You can do this in the following way: 1) Run the two following commands: sudo dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1 /fi/w1/wpa_supplicant1 org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Set string:fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1 string:DebugTimestamp variant:boolean:true sudo dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1 /fi/w1/wpa_supplicant1 org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Set string:fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1 string:DebugLevel variant:string:"msgdump" 2) Reproduce the issue by trying to activate the connection Then attach /var/log/syslog to this bug report. Thanks in advance! ** Visibility changed to: Private -- 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/881807 Title: Network manager requires the wrong number of characters for the WPA password Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: If I attempt to connect to a WPA network, when I type in the password, the "connect" button lights up after typing 5 characters, but goes dark again when I type more. The password is longer than 5 characters, so I can't connect to the network. This is the scan details for the network: Cell 01 - Address: 06:1F:D4:00:A0:51 Channel:1 Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1) Quality=44/70 Signal level=-66 dBm Encryption key:on ESSID:"Hashigo Zake 2" Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s Mode:Master Extra:tsf=0000002f20b41180 Extra: Last beacon: 824ms ago IE: Unknown: 000E4861736869676F205A616B652032 IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C121824 IE: Unknown: 030101 IE: Unknown: 0706465220010D14 IE: Unknown: 200100 IE: Unknown: 2A0103 IE: Unknown: 32043048606C IE: WPA Version 1 Group Cipher : TKIP Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP Authentication Suites (1) : PSK IE: Unknown: DD0900037F01010000FF7F ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: network-manager 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic-pae 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic-pae i686 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Oct 25 21:42:11 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) IpRoute: default via 192.168.43.1 dev wlan1 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan1 scope link metric 1000 192.168.43.0/24 dev wlan1 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.43.18 metric 2 Keyfiles: Error: [Errno 2] Bestand of map bestaat niet NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=nl_NL:nl:en_NZ:en_AU:en_GB:en PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-18 (7 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/881807/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
