[Bug 997200] Re: update checks can't understand hotel web access pages

Thu May 10 00:32:42 UTC 2012

As a workaround, since the connectivity check feature is already
available, just not activated by default, you may wish to activate it
with what will likely be the additional configuration we will ship. To
do this, you can add the following lines to
/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf

[connectivity]
uri=http://start.ubuntu.com/connectivity-check.html
interval=300
response=<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC

This changes the behavior of NM to use a different "connected" state
when the checks fail, so the exact behavior of applications may change
(and will need to be tested). At least, this currently appears to work
properly on my computer; pending further testing once my portal session
expires.

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Title:
  update checks can't understand hotel web access pages

Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

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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