Public bug reported: I'm connected to a flakey wifi router, which will go down and up several times before I return to this computer. When I do, I'faced with many (as many as 200) popups demanding Wireless Authentication.
$ xwininfo -root -tree| grep "Wireless Network Authentication Required" 0x24120ba "Wireless Network Authentication Required": ("nm- applet" "Nm-applet") 640x229+1+29 +364+310 There should be only ONE popup! + lsb_release -a LSB Version: core-2.0-amd64:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-amd64:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-amd64:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-amd64:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS Release: 12.04 Codename: precise + dpkg -l network-manager Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ ii network-manage 0.9.4.0-0ubunt network management framework (daemon and use + apt-cache policy network-manager network-manager: Installed: 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4.3 Candidate: 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4.3 Version table: *** 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4.3 0 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu3 0 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: network-manager 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-52.78-generic 3.2.48 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-52-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Apr 11 18:26:34 2014 EcryptfsInUse: Yes IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) IpRoute: default via 192.168.30.1 dev wlan0 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.30.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.30.10 metric 2 192.168.122.0/24 dev virbr0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.122.1 MarkForUpload: True NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_CA:en TERM=xterm-color PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash RfKill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) mtime.conffile..etc.NetworkManager.NetworkManager.conf: 2013-02-13T12:50:52.150228 nmcli-con: NAME UUID TYPE TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT READONLY DBUS-PATH Fairfield 40b5bf95-e557-48d8-9b04-9770bb6d1530 802-11-wireless 1397254947 Fri 11 Apr 2014 06:22:27 PM EDT yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0 nmcli-dev: DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH wlan0 802-11-wireless connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 eth0 802-3-ethernet unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 nmcli-nm: RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN running 0.9.4.0 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled disabled ** Affects: network-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1306833 Title: nm-applet too many popups To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1306833/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs