[Bug 893755] [NEW] Can't connetc to hidden wireless network

[Christiansen]

Public bug reported:

On Kubuntu  11.10 it's impossible to create a new working connection  to
a non-broadcasting wireless network, without doing some CLI magic at the
same time. When the connection once has been up and running,
reconnection on reboots works fine.

On (my dual-boot) Ubuntu 11.10 the CLI magic wasn't necessary, and you
can connect fast and easy through the nm-applet GUI, using [Connect to a
hidden wireless network] from it's main menu.

The problem seems to have been solved upstreams though,  as installing
the Precis pre-alpha package on 11.10 solves the problem - as do
installing Precise daily build 2011-10-22.

The excact Precise pre-alpha package used to test was found at the bottom of:
 
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/networkmanagement/0.9~svngit.nm09.20111023.ff842e-0ubuntu1/+build/2871626/+files/plasma-widget-networkmanagement_0.9%7Esvngit.nm09.20111023.ff842e-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
And the i386 package at:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/networkmanagement/0.9~svngit.nm09.20111023
.ff842e-0ubuntu1/+build/2871628/+files/plasma-widget-
networkmanagement_0.9%7Esvngit.nm09.20111023.ff842e-0ubuntu1_i386.deb

The plasma nm-applet now shows a entry field for <hidden network> in the
list when the the button [show more] is pressed in the main screen.


This problem is reported as a new bug, while is seems that the rather old bug #330811 (from Jaunty) can't be reopened or marked as New.
The CLI workaround used to make the original released but buggy
plasma-widget-networkmanagement_0.9~svngit.nm09.20110610.0c83d8-0ubuntu5
in Kubuntu 11.10 connect the first time is: sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid [Hidden ESSID Name]

** Affects: plasma-widget-network-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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  Can't connetc to hidden wireless network

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