[Bug 1925408] [NEW] wpa3 is used regardless of manual setting

[Henning Häcker]

Public bug reported:


1) The release of Ubuntu you are using:
ubuntu-20.04.2.0-desktop-amd64

2) The version of the package:
ubiquity 20.04.15.10

3) What I expected to happen:
The ubuntu installer should respect the user setting for the wifi connection's encryption type and establish a WPA2 connection if I select "WPA & WPA2 Personal".

4) What happened instead:
The installer ignores the setting and tries to establish a WPA3 connection, since the network is WPA3 capable. Since my wifi card does not support WPA I get an error message from the network-manager ("Activation of network connection failed") and can't use the wifi connection during installation.

Workaround:
Liveboot into Ubuntu ("Try Ubuntu") and properly setup the wifi connection before launching the installer.

Some more details with dmesg logs:
https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/issues/424#issuecomment-824386251

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: wifi wpa3

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Title:
  wpa3 is used regardless of manual setting

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  
  1) The release of Ubuntu you are using:
  ubuntu-20.04.2.0-desktop-amd64

  2) The version of the package:
  ubiquity 20.04.15.10

  3) What I expected to happen:
  The ubuntu installer should respect the user setting for the wifi connection's encryption type and establish a WPA2 connection if I select "WPA & WPA2 Personal".

  4) What happened instead:
  The installer ignores the setting and tries to establish a WPA3 connection, since the network is WPA3 capable. Since my wifi card does not support WPA I get an error message from the network-manager ("Activation of network connection failed") and can't use the wifi connection during installation.

  Workaround:
  Liveboot into Ubuntu ("Try Ubuntu") and properly setup the wifi connection before launching the installer.

  Some more details with dmesg logs:
  https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/issues/424#issuecomment-824386251

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