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[Matt Fischer <158017@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Summary changed:

- nm-applet looses right to access keyring after long hibernation and has no way to restore access
+ nm-applet loses right to access keyring after long hibernation and has no way to restore access

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Title:
  nm-applet loses right to access keyring after long hibernation and has
  no way to restore access

Status in Network Manager GNOME Applet:
  New
Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  After a long hibernation cycle (one night) nm-applet is not granted
  access to the proper gnome-keyring anymore. By itself it is not wise
  enough to try to unlock the keyring again, ergo ask for the passphrase
  again. This does not happen when I hibernate only for a short time (5
  minutes).

  Specifying the WEP/WPA passphrase by hand does not work either,
  because nm-applet tries to save the phrase before it attempts to
  connect to the network. Failure in saving automatically results in
  failure to connect. This is a misconception as well I think! If I know
  the passphrase I should be able to connect, no matter what!

  However, I can solve the problem with killing and restarting nm-
  applet. It then asks for the passphrase again. (I restarted the
  keyring-daemon as well, don't know if that was really necessary).

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