This has been killing me - kNetworkManager NOT asking for password/secrets

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#1

At some point in the last 6months, I’ve lost the ability to connect to WPA-secured (TTLS/PAP) wireless networks.
What happens, is that

  • I click to connect to it in KNetworkManager
  • it connects, and starts to “configuring the interface”
  • then it says waiting for authorization, and pops up the “System Policy Prevents Modification…” root password box
  • I type in the root password
  • at that point it hangs at “waiting for auth” and eventually tells me connection failed.

I’ve tried to store the password, and tried to prompt, but no matter what I do, it just doesn’t want to work… Any idea where to even start? Open Wireless works fine.

tnx

#2

From the NEtworkMonitor log file:

May 10 11:15:07 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <warn> No agents were available for this request.
May 10 11:15:07 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> (wlan0): device state change: need-auth → failed (reason ‘no-secrets’) [60 120 7]
May 10 11:15:07 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <warn> Activation (wlan0) failed for access point (Verizon MIFI4510L 10ED Secure)
May 10 11:15:07 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> Marking connection ‘Verizon MIFI4510L 10ED Secure’ invalid.
May 10 11:15:07 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <warn> Activation (wlan0) failed.
May 10 11:15:07 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> (wlan0): device state change: failed → disconnected (reason ‘none’) [120 30 0]
May 10 11:15:07 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> (wlan0): deactivating device (reason ‘none’) [0]
May 10 11:15:07 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> Policy set ‘NYP_Wired’ (eth0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS.
May 10 11:15:07 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> Policy set ‘NYP_Wired’ (eth0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS.
May 10 11:15:49 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> Activation (wlan0) starting connection ‘Verizon MIFI4510L 10ED Secure’
May 10 11:15:49 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> (wlan0): device state change: disconnected → prepare (reason ‘none’) [30 40 0]
May 10 11:15:49 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled…
May 10 11:15:49 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started…
May 10 11:15:49 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled…
May 10 11:15:49 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
May 10 11:15:49 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting…
May 10 11:15:49 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> (wlan0): device state change: prepare → config (reason ‘none’) [40 50 0]
May 10 11:15:49 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless): access point ‘Verizon MIFI4510L 10ED Secure’ has security, but secrets are required.
May 10 11:15:49 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> (wlan0): device state change: config → need-auth (reason ‘none’) [50 60 0]
May 10 11:15:49 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
May 10 11:15:49 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled…
May 10 11:15:49 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started…
May 10 11:15:49 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> (wlan0): device state change: need-auth → prepare (reason ‘none’) [60 40 0]
May 10 11:15:49 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled…
May 10 11:15:49 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
May 10 11:15:49 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting…
May 10 11:15:49 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> (wlan0): device state change: prepare → config (reason ‘none’) [40 50 0]
May 10 11:15:49 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless): connection ‘Verizon MIFI4510L 10ED Secure’ has security, and secrets exist. No new secrets needed.
May 10 11:15:49 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> Config: added ‘ssid’ value ‘Verizon MIFI4510L 10ED Secure’
May 10 11:15:49 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> Config: added ‘scan_ssid’ value ‘1’
May 10 11:15:49 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> Config: added ‘key_mgmt’ value ‘WPA-PSK’
May 10 11:15:49 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> Config: added ‘psk’ value ‘<omitted>’
May 10 11:15:49 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
May 10 11:15:49 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> Config: set interface ap_scan to 1
May 10 11:15:49 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: disconnected → scanning
May 10 11:15:51 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: scanning → authenticating
May 10 11:15:52 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: authenticating → associating
May 10 11:15:52 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: associating → associated
May 10 11:15:52 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: associated → 4-way handshake
May 10 11:15:55 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: 4-way handshake → disconnected
May 10 11:15:55 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: disconnected → scanning
May 10 11:15:58 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: scanning → authenticating
May 10 11:15:58 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: authenticating → associating
May 10 11:15:58 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: associating → 4-way handshake
May 10 11:16:02 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: 4-way handshake → disconnected
May 10 11:16:02 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: disconnected → scanning
May 10 11:16:05 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: scanning → authenticating
May 10 11:16:05 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: authenticating → associating
May 10 11:16:05 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: associating → 4-way handshake
May 10 11:16:08 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: 4-way handshake → disconnected
May 10 11:16:08 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: disconnected → scanning
May 10 11:16:11 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: scanning → authenticating
May 10 11:16:11 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: authenticating → associating
May 10 11:16:11 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: associating → 4-way handshake
May 10 11:16:14 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <warn> Activation (wlan0/wireless): association took too long.
May 10 11:16:14 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> (wlan0): device state change: config → need-auth (reason ‘none’) [50 60 0]
May 10 11:16:14 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <warn> Activation (wlan0/wireless): asking for new secrets
May 10 11:16:14 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: 4-way handshake → disconnected
May 10 11:16:14 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <warn> Couldn’t disconnect supplicant interface: This interface is not connected.
May 10 11:18:14 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <warn> No agents were available for this request.
May 10 11:18:14 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> (wlan0): device state change: need-auth → failed (reason ‘no-secrets’) [60 120 7]
May 10 11:18:14 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <warn> Activation (wlan0) failed for access point (Verizon MIFI4510L 10ED Secure)
May 10 11:18:14 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> Marking connection ‘Verizon MIFI4510L 10ED Secure’ invalid.
May 10 11:18:14 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <warn> Activation (wlan0) failed.
May 10 11:18:14 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> (wlan0): device state change: failed → disconnected (reason ‘none’) [120 30 0]
May 10 11:18:14 itsm-vii NetworkManager[672]: <info> (wlan0): deactivating device (reason ‘none’) [0]

#3

Please start with telling the people here which version of openSUSE you use.
And as Network Manager is mostly used in a desktop environment, please tell which DE you use.

And please next time that you copy/paste computer text in a post, do so between CODE tags. You get them by clicking on the # button in the toolbar of the post editor.

#4

You absolutely need to specify the version of openSUSE that you use. In
addition, please confirm that you use KDE. Otherwise, we need to give about 6
different sets of instructions.

#5

It’s 12.2
Linux itsm-vii.site 3.8.2-1-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Mar 4 09:22:37 UTC 2013 (9871030) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Subject line says K network manager… sorry - figured it was implied that this was running KDE as the DE.

Sorry - Last time I posted on these boards, code tags were used for code, and not log files (Had the file been longer, I would have sent it to pastebin or similar and linked to it)

#6

On 05/10/2013 11:36 AM, lszolusha wrote:
> It’s 12.2
> Linux itsm-vii.site 3.8.2-1-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Mar 4 09:22:37
> UTC 2013 (9871030) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> Subject line says K network manager… sorry - figured it was implied
> that this was running KDE as the DE.
>
> Sorry - Last time I posted on these boards, code tags were used for
> code, and not log files (Had the file been longer, I would have sent it
> to pastebin or similar and linked to it)

Use code tags for anything in which you want to preserve the formatting.

In 12.2, entering the encryption secrets from the box popped up by NM did not
usually work. Use the Connection Manager from the applet to enter the details.
For the first new one, it is best to delete all of them first. That always
worked for me, but you must use kwallet to store the secret.