Bug for 9.04

Frans ketelaars at wanadoo.nl
Sat May 23 14:15:32 UTC 2009


On Sat, 23 May 2009 06:52:49 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:

> Thorny wrote:
>> On Fri, 22 May 2009 16:29:40 -0600, Karl Larsen posted:
>>
>>
>>>     I discover that /usr/bin/nm-applet is a binary file that does
>>> something for network manager and it is somehow screwed up about a
>>> "default keyring". This is too complex for me to fix.
>>>
>>>
>>>     
>> Karl, this would be a good place to give better detail about what the
>> problem is that you are seeing. Presumably, you got some error message
>> displayed on your screen, it makes it easier to try and answer you if
>> you share that *exact* error message with us as we can't see what's on
>> your screen. Often the error messages lead one to the fix or suggest
>> where to look.
>>
>> I thought you were one of the users who stopped using Network Manager
>> in favour of wicd but I'm not sure about that.
>>
>>
>>
>>
> I tried wicd but it didn't seem to be better than NetworkManager :-)
> 
> The exact error message that is on the dam panel demanding my password
> follows:
> 
> " The application 'NetworkManager Applent' (usr/bin/nm-applet) wants
> access to the default keyring, but it is locked"
> 
> 
> This is all Greek to me. It is caused by some failure in the keyring
> stuff. How can you just delete keyring?

This might help: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1138099

Good luck!

    -Frans





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