Network Manager problem when changing WiFi connection in 17.04

[Chris Green]

On Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 05:21:24PM +0100, Colin Law wrote:
> 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
> 
Yes, that's the one, thanks.  I've added my "this bug affects me too".

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Chris Green