Network Manager problem when changing WiFi connection in 17.04

[Colin Law]

On 7 June 2017 at 10:18, Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 10:12:07AM +0100, Chris Green wrote:
>> Another problem with 17.04 that isn't in 16.04.
>>
>> If you change the WiFi SSID you're connected to by simply clicking on
>> the new SSID then, in 17.04, Network Manager thrashes around for
>> several minutes and sometimes fails completely to reconnect.  If you
>> explicitly 'disconnect' from the first WiFi SSID and then click on the
>> new one it works perfectly OK.
>>
>> This doesn't happen in 16.04.
>>
>> (I'm actually running xubuntu 17.04 but I suspect this is an Ubuntu
>> rather than a specific xubuntu issue)
>>
> ... and the fix/workaround is here:-
>
>     https://askubuntu.com/questions/904955/wifi-not-connecting-after-upgrading-to-17-04
>
> It's not *exactly* the problem I see but the added line in the
> configuration file certainly fixes my problem.
>
> Does anyone know if this has been reported as a bug?

This looks like it
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1681513

Colin