[Bug 873856] [NEW] Wireless network settings lost on Oneiric upgrade

[Tim Pederick]

Public bug reported:

Release: during upgrade from Kubuntu 11.04 to 11.10

Package: Reported against update-manager because that's what the "had a
bug during upgrade" instructions say to do. For all I know the problem
could be in KDE's network manager.

Expected: Upgrading to Oneiric will retain (or migrate) wireless network
settings. If the network has to go down for any reason, "installer"
packages will download their extra files while the network is up.

Observed: The wireless network went down. This caused all manner of
alarming, if harmless, errors when certain packages that needed a
network connection failed to get it. Upon reboot, I found that the
problem was that my wireless network settings had been lost entirely.
They still existed in KWallet, but I had to reenter them myself (and I
noticed that the format in the wallet was different to before). After
doing this, apt-get -f fixed the problem packages.

The packages that needed a network connection were:
 * firmware-b43-lpphy-installer
 * flashplugin-downloader
 * flashplugin-installer

Workaround: Presumably, having a non-wireless network connection would
avoid the install problems.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: update-manager (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx wl
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Oct 14 13:26:47 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-13 (0 days ago)

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric

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Title:
  Wireless network settings lost on Oneiric upgrade

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Release: during upgrade from Kubuntu 11.04 to 11.10

  Package: Reported against update-manager because that's what the "had
  a bug during upgrade" instructions say to do. For all I know the
  problem could be in KDE's network manager.

  Expected: Upgrading to Oneiric will retain (or migrate) wireless
  network settings. If the network has to go down for any reason,
  "installer" packages will download their extra files while the network
  is up.

  Observed: The wireless network went down. This caused all manner of
  alarming, if harmless, errors when certain packages that needed a
  network connection failed to get it. Upon reboot, I found that the
  problem was that my wireless network settings had been lost entirely.
  They still existed in KWallet, but I had to reenter them myself (and I
  noticed that the format in the wallet was different to before). After
  doing this, apt-get -f fixed the problem packages.

  The packages that needed a network connection were:
   * firmware-b43-lpphy-installer
   * flashplugin-downloader
   * flashplugin-installer

  Workaround: Presumably, having a non-wireless network connection would
  avoid the install problems.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: update-manager (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx wl
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Oct 14 13:26:47 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-13 (0 days ago)

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