** Summary changed: - settings plugin does not support adding connections + misleading error messages when /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections is a cross-filesystem symlink
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1913979 Title: misleading error messages when /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections is a cross-filesystem symlink Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: As of a couple of days ago, I am unable to get network manager to connect to any wifi network. It looks like the groovy network manager packages have not received any updates since release, but since I can successfully use wpasupplicant directly I'm ruling out issues with my specific home wifi or wifi card. Though this might still ultimately be due to my specific setup, the error message logged by network manager is really insufficient for determining where the failure may lie, even when debug mode is turned on[0]. The Gnome UI doesn't display an error at all. Versions: Ubuntu 20.10 network-manager 1.26.2-1ubuntu1 network-manager-gnome 1.18.0-1ubuntu2 How to reproduce: * select any wifi network via the Gnome UI, or * connect to a wifi network via nmcli, or * connect to a wifi network via nmtui Symptoms: * no UI popup is produced when using the Gnome UI * the message "failure adding connection: settings plugin does not support adding connections" is shown when using nmcli or nmtui * debug logs include slightly more information: Jan 31 20:32:57 laptop NetworkManager[3315]: <debug> [1612143177.8651] active-connection[0x55b6b9a25b50]: set device "wlp61s0" [0x55b6b9b62cb0] Jan 31 20:32:57 laptop NetworkManager[3315]: <debug> [1612143177.8652] device[fd0e531202f8924b] (wlp61s0): add_pending_action (1): 'activation-22' Jan 31 20:32:57 laptop NetworkManager[3315]: <debug> [1612143177.8653] active-connection[0x55b6b9a25b50]: constructed (NMActRequest, version-id 22, type managed) Jan 31 20:32:57 laptop NetworkManager[3315]: <debug> [1612143177.8807] active-connection[0x55b6b9a25b50]: Failed to activate '(null)': failure adding connection: settings plugin does not support adding connections Jan 31 20:32:57 laptop NetworkManager[3315]: <debug> [1612143177.8808] active-connection[0x55b6b9a25b50]: set state deactivated (was unknown) Jan 31 20:32:57 laptop NetworkManager[3315]: <debug> [1612143177.8808] active-connection[0x55b6b9a25b50]: check-master-ready: not signalling (state deactivated, no master) Jan 31 20:32:57 laptop NetworkManager[3315]: <debug> [1612143177.8808] device[fd0e531202f8924b] (wlp61s0): remove_pending_action (0): 'activation-22' Jan 31 20:32:57 laptop NetworkManager[3315]: <info> [1612143177.8811] audit: op="connection-add-activate" pid=452187 uid=1000 result="fail" reason="failure adding connection: settings plugin does not support adding connections" Jan 31 20:32:57 laptop NetworkManager[3315]: <debug> [1612143177.8812] active-connection[0x55b6b9a25b50]: disposing Workaround: * connect to networks by using wpasupplicant directly[1] [0] https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/NetworkManager/Debugging [1] https://shapeshed.com/linux-wifi/ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1913979/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
