[Bug 353371] [NEW] NetworkManager plasma widget does not retrieve saved WiFi keys from kwallet

[Simon Farnsworth]

Public bug reported:

I'm using the Jaunty beta, and finding that the new Network Manager plasma thingy doesn't retrieve saved WEP keys.
$ lsb_release -rd
Description:    Ubuntu jaunty (development branch)
Release:        9.04
$ apt-cache policy plasma-widget-network-manager
plasma-widget-network-manager:
  Installed: 0.0+svn930811-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 0.0+svn930811-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 0.0+svn930811-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

I have a WiFi network which shows up in iwlist scan output as:
          Cell 02 - Address: 00:0C:42:2C:46:9D
                    ESSID:"FarnzPrivate5GHz"
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:36
                    Frequency:5.18 GHz (Channel 36)
                    Quality=77/100  Signal level:-36 dBm  Noise level=-67 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    IE: Unknown: 00104661726E7A507269766174653547487A
                    IE: Unknown: 01088C129824B048606C
                    IE: Unknown: 030124
                    IE: Unknown: 072A4742202401142501142601142701142801142901142A01142B01142C01142D01142E01142F0114300114
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101000003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
                    Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
                              36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Extra:tsf=0000000000000000
                    Extra: Last beacon: 3308ms ago

I left-click the plasma icon for NetworkManager, and select
"FarnzPrivate5GHz" from the list that pops up. This brings up a dialog,
asking for my WEP key, which I fill in. I can right-click the icon,
select "Manage Connections", and see the connection I just added in the
Wireless tab; selecting it and clicking "Edit" on the right lets me
confirm that the key has been saved correctly.

I then reboot, using the Leave tab of the Application Launcher, and
selecting Restart (yellow icon). Again, checking the connection with
"Manage Connections" confirms that the key is saved correctly. When I
attempt to connect again, by selecting FarnzPrivate5GHz in the list that
pops up when I click the plasma icon, I'm prompted for my key again.
Entering it creates a new connection in the "Manage Connections" dialog.

I would expect that Kubuntu would attempt to use the key I saved before
to reconnect, and to not prompt me unless that key failed to work.

** Affects: plasma-widget-network-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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NetworkManager plasma widget does not retrieve saved WiFi keys from kwallet
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