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[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <mathieu.tl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Is that network really being detected as WPA when you get the prompt for
a password?

I'm guessing it doesn't really specify what type of password it's
looking for, so it would be helpful if you could edit the connections,
select the one you're trying to activate and make sure it's properly set
to WPA (personal) and that you can enter the password in the
accompanying field.

At first glance what appears to happen is that you're being asked for a
WEP password instead, which will work for 5 characters, 13 (IIRC), and
then some other value. WPA passwords will usually have a minimum of 8
characters.

To get additional data, it might also help if you enable debugging on
wpasupplicant; then reproduce the issue. You can do this in the
following way:

1) Run the two following commands:
sudo dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1 /fi/w1/wpa_supplicant1 org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Set string:fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1 string:DebugTimestamp variant:boolean:true

sudo dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1
/fi/w1/wpa_supplicant1 org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Set
string:fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1 string:DebugLevel variant:string:"msgdump"

2) Reproduce the issue by trying to activate the connection

Then attach /var/log/syslog to this bug report.

Thanks in advance!

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Title:
  Network manager requires the wrong number of characters for the WPA
  password

Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  If I attempt to connect to a WPA network, when I type in the password,
  the "connect" button lights up after typing 5 characters, but goes
  dark again when I type more. The password is longer than 5 characters,
  so I can't connect to the network.

  This is the scan details for the network:
            Cell 01 - Address: 06:1F:D4:00:A0:51
                      Channel:1
                      Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                      Quality=44/70  Signal level=-66 dBm  
                      Encryption key:on
                      ESSID:"Hashigo Zake 2"
                      Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                                9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                      Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                      Mode:Master
                      Extra:tsf=0000002f20b41180
                      Extra: Last beacon: 824ms ago
                      IE: Unknown: 000E4861736869676F205A616B652032
                      IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C121824
                      IE: Unknown: 030101
                      IE: Unknown: 0706465220010D14
                      IE: Unknown: 200100
                      IE: Unknown: 2A0103
                      IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
                      IE: WPA Version 1
                          Group Cipher : TKIP
                          Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
                          Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                      IE: Unknown: DD0900037F01010000FF7F

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: network-manager 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic-pae 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic-pae i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Tue Oct 25 21:42:11 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  IfupdownConfig:
   auto lo
   iface lo inet loopback
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
  IpRoute:
   default via 192.168.43.1 dev wlan1  proto static 
   169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan1  scope link  metric 1000 
   192.168.43.0/24 dev wlan1  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.43.18  metric 2
  Keyfiles: Error: [Errno 2] Bestand of map bestaat niet
  NetworkManager.state:
   [main]
   NetworkingEnabled=true
   WirelessEnabled=true
   WWANEnabled=true
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=nl_NL:nl:en_NZ:en_AU:en_GB:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: network-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-18 (7 days ago)

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