[Bug 997200] Re: Test for captive portal before putting applications in online mode

[Jeremy Bicha]

Aron, let me know if I should open a new bug report instead. I haven't
tested this yet but I could. I just had someone ask me why Ubuntu GNOME
doesn't support this if GNOME has for 2 years.

https://www.lguruprasad.in/blog/2015/07/21/enabling-captive-portal-
detection-in-gnome-3-14-on-debian-jessie/

https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/10526

See also bug 914507 bug 1072675

Since all that is apparently needed is an /etc file, I guess this could
be enabled selectively by gnome-shell if it doesn't work on Unity but
I'm curious if there was a reason this isn't enabled in Debian or
Ubuntu.

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Title:
  Test for captive portal before putting applications in online mode

Status in NetworkManager:
  Confirmed
Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in network-manager source package in Precise:
  Won't Fix
Status in update-manager source package in Precise:
  Won't Fix
Status in network-manager source package in Quantal:
  Won't Fix
Status in update-manager source package in Quantal:
  Won't Fix
Status in network-manager source package in Raring:
  Won't Fix
Status in update-manager source package in Raring:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  When in a hotel there is a often a T&Cs page that is delivered when
  connecting to the network.  Some combination of network manager and
  update manager (or something else entirely) doesn't seem to be able to
  handle this, and update are left in a non-working state after not
  being able to read package headers file.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: network-manager 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed May  9 17:27:02 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
  IpRoute:
   default via 10.155.32.1 dev wlan0  proto static 
   10.155.32.0/19 dev wlan0  proto kernel  scope link  src 10.155.38.82  metric 2 
   169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0  scope link  metric 1000
  NetworkManager.state:
   [main]
   NetworkingEnabled=true
   WirelessEnabled=true
   WWANEnabled=true
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: network-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-07 (63 days ago)
  nmcli-dev:
   DEVICE     TYPE              STATE         DBUS-PATH                                  
   wlan0      802-11-wireless   connected     /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1  
   eth0       802-3-ethernet    unavailable   /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
  nmcli-nm:
   RUNNING         VERSION    STATE           NET-ENABLED   WIFI-HARDWARE   WIFI       WWAN-HARDWARE   WWAN      
   running         0.9.4.0    connected       enabled       enabled         enabled    enabled         disabled

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