nm-applet runs in my system tray.

I have a wpa network.

nm-applet used to manage the connection perfectly.  Since the last
upgrade or so it prompts for my network password every time it wants
to connect.

I've gone through "Edit connections" and added the password there too
(but should this really be necessary?) to no avail.  The password box
is blank the next time I look.

I have a VPN configured, but it doesn't come up automatically.  Not
related, I assume?

What other info can I get you?

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thanks

Am 21.04.2010 02:57, schrieb ben:

nm-applet uses gnome-keyring to store the secrets of user connections.
So you might check if your problem is related to gnome-keyring. Do you
have other apps using gnome-keyring successfully?
Is the wpa-key stored in the gnome-keyring (use seahorse to find out).
Do you have separate keyrings?

Can you reproduce the problem with a fresh user account?

Michael

Hi,

I had the same problem (nm-applet seemed to have forgotten all my
passwords and would not save new ones) because gnome-keyring-daemon
was not started.  I previously did not need to start it explicitely
but I do now in ".xsession".

Hope it helps,
C.

Hi,

I have the same problem (not had).

The gnome-keyring-daemon is already started automatically.

I am using xfce4 on unstable.

In xfce4-session-settings, advanced tab, the item "Launch GNOME services
at startup" is enabled.

jthomas@radiobemba:~$ ps -ef |grep gnome-keyring-daemon
jthomas   2359     1  0 01:45 ?        00:00:00
/usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon --daemonize --login
jthomas   2782  2632  0 01:46 pts/0    00:00:00 grep gnome-keyring-daemon

jthomas@radiobemba:~$ apt-show-versions |grep gnome-keyring
gnome-keyring/sid uptodate 2.30.0-2
libgnome-keyring-dev/sid uptodate 2.30.0-2
libgnome-keyring0/sid uptodate 2.30.0-2
libpam-gnome-keyring/sid uptodate 2.30.0-2

jthomas@radiobemba:~$ apt-show-versions |grep network-manager
network-manager/sid uptodate 0.8-1
network-manager-gnome/sid uptodate 0.8-1
network-manager-openconnect/sid uptodate 0.7.999-1+b1
network-manager-openvpn/sid uptodate 0.8-1
network-manager-openvpn-gnome/sid uptodate 0.8-1
network-manager-pptp/sid uptodate 0.8-2
network-manager-pptp-gnome/sid uptodate 0.8-2
network-manager-vpnc/sid uptodate 0.8-1
network-manager-vpnc-gnome/sid uptodate 0.8-1

Best regards,
Julien

Hi,

This seams to affect only xfce4 users and might be related to bug #522493.

gnome-keyring doesn't remember password
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=522493

Best regards,
Julien

I think this is caused by #580156.  A workaround seems to be running the
following command before starting nm-applet:

    export `grep ^DBUS_SESSION_BUS ~/.dbus/session-bus/*-0`