Re: NM 0.7 can't connect to WPA network

[Joel Goguen <jgoguen jgoguen ca>]

Joel Goguen wrote:
> I built NM 0.7 from SVN (current as of this morning) and when I try to 
> connect to a WPA network, I get these messages.  Unfortunately, I'm not 
> certain where to even begin looking to debug this, but hopefully some 
> info about the network itself is a start.  The SSID contains only 
> alphanumeric characters, but the passphrase contains non-alphanumeric 
> characters, including # and !.  It's WPA/TKIP.  The same thing also 
> happens on a WPA-Enterprise network using TTLS/PAP.  In this case, both 
> the SSID and passphrase contain non-alphanumeric characters, including ! 
> and @.  I'm running Ubuntu 7.10 and the driver is madwifi 0.9.3.  Both 
> these networks worked perfectly using NM 0.6.5.
> 
> Any pointers on where to look to help debug this or suggestions to get 
> this working would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> [jgoguen hermes:~/Code/network-manager-applet]$ sudo 
> /usr/sbin/NetworkManager 
> --pid-file=/var/run/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.pid --no-daemon
> NetworkManager: <info>  starting...
> NetworkManager: <info>  eth0: Device is fully-supported using driver 'sky2'.
> NetworkManager: <info>  (eth0): exporting device as 
> /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_17_f2_2b_c6_20
> NetworkManager: <info>  Now managing wired Ethernet (802.3) device 'eth0'.
> NetworkManager: <info>  Bringing up device eth0
> NetworkManager: <info>  Deactivating device eth0.
> NetworkManager: <info>  ath0: Device is fully-supported using driver 
> 'ath_pci'.
> NetworkManager: <info>  (ath0): exporting device as 
> /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_16_cb_bc_a6_4b
> NetworkManager: <info>  Now managing wireless (802.11) device 'ath0'.
> NetworkManager: <info>  Bringing up device ath0
> NetworkManager: <info>  Deactivating device ath0.
> NetworkManager: <info>  (eth0) supplicant interface is now in state 2 
> (from 1).
> NetworkManager: <info>  (ath0) supplicant interface is now in state 2 
> (from 1).
> NetworkManager: <info>  User request for activation of ath0.
> NetworkManager: <info>  Activating device ath0
> NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) 
> scheduled...
> NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) 
> started...
> NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device 
> Configure) scheduled...
> NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) 
> complete.
> NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device 
> Configure) starting...
> NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0/wireless): access point 'Auto 
> GamerCorner' has security, but secrets are required.
> NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device 
> Configure) complete.
> NetworkManager: <WARN>  get_secrets_cb(): Couldn't get connection 
> secrets: applet.c.3297 (get_secrets_dialog_response_cb): failed to hash 
> setting '802-11-wireless-security'..
> NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0) failed for access point 
> (GamerCorner)
> NetworkManager: <info>  Marking connection 'Auto GamerCorner' invalid.
> NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0) failed.
> NetworkManager: <info>  Deactivating device ath0.
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------
> 
> [jgoguen hermes:~/Code/network-manager-applet]$ nm-applet --sm-disable
> 
> ** (nm-applet:4949): WARNING **: No connections defined
> 
> ** (nm-applet:4949): WARNING **: No networks found in the configuration 
> database
> ** Message: <info>  No keyring secrets found for Auto 
> GamerCorner/802-11-wireless-security; ask the user
> 
> ** Message: <info>  Got setting name: 802-11-wireless-security
> 
> 
> ** (nm-applet:4949): CRITICAL **: nm_setting_to_hash: assertion 
> `NM_IS_SETTING (setting)' failed
> 
> ** (nm-applet:4949): WARNING **: applet.c.3295 
> (get_secrets_dialog_response_cb): failed to hash setting 
> '802-11-wireless-security'.
> 
> 
NM 0.7 also can't connect to an open wireless point, but wpa_supplicant
works fine.  Here's the output from this test.  Also, in both cases I
started wpa_supplicant with the '-u' and '-B' flags before NetworkManager.

[jgoguen hermes:~]$ sudo /usr/sbin/NetworkManager
--pid-file=/var/run/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.pid --no-daemon
[sudo] password for jgoguen:
NetworkManager: <info>  starting...
NetworkManager: <info>  eth0: Device is fully-supported using driver 'sky2'.
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth0): exporting device as
/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_17_f2_2b_c6_20
NetworkManager: <info>  Now managing wired Ethernet (802.3) device 'eth0'.
NetworkManager: <info>  Bringing up device eth0
NetworkManager: <info>  Deactivating device eth0.
NetworkManager: <info>  ath0: Device is fully-supported using driver
'ath_pci'.
NetworkManager: <info>  (ath0): exporting device as
/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_16_cb_bc_a6_4b
NetworkManager: <info>  Now managing wireless (802.11) device 'ath0'.
NetworkManager: <info>  Bringing up device ath0
NetworkManager: <info>  Deactivating device ath0.
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth0) supplicant interface is now in state 2
(from 1).
NetworkManager: <info>  (ath0) supplicant interface is now in state 2
(from 1).
NetworkManager: <info>  User request for activation of ath0.
NetworkManager: <info>  Activating device ath0
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare)
scheduled...
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare)
started...
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device
Configure) scheduled...
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare)
complete.
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device
Configure) starting...
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0/wireless): connection 'Auto
Crumbs' requires no security.  No secrets needed.
NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'ssid' value 'Crumbs'
NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'NONE'
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device
Configure) complete.
NetworkManager: <info>  (ath0) Supplicant interface state change: 2 -> 0
NetworkManager: <info>  Config: set interface ap_scan to 1
NetworkManager: <info>  (ath0) Supplicant interface state change: 0 -> 2
NetworkManager: <info>  (ath0) Supplicant interface state change: 2 -> 3
NetworkManager: <info>  ath0: link timed out.
NetworkManager: <info>  (ath0) Supplicant interface state change: 3 -> 0
NetworkManager: <info>  (ath0) Supplicant interface state change: 0 -> 2
NetworkManager: <info>  (ath0) Supplicant interface state change: 2 -> 3
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0/wireless): association took too
long, failing activation.
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0) failed for access point (Crumbs)
NetworkManager: <info>  Marking connection 'Auto Crumbs' invalid.
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ath0) failed.
NetworkManager: <info>  Deactivating device ath0.
NetworkManager: <WARN>  remove_network_cb(): Couldn't remove network
from supplicant interface: The requested network does not exist..



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