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[Phil Hord <1158432@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think it's important for the developer to consider some aspects of
this bug separately.

1. Wifi auth window pops up and steals focus before user is logged in. 
    It is frustrating to begin typing my password and to have my keyboard focus 
    swiped away so my hidden password is now hopelessly split across two different
    windows.

2. Wifi auth window _keeps_ focus from the Ubuntu login window until it
is dismissed.

I think the first one is an annoying bug, but it might be easy to
dismiss as "medium".  But the second one is sometimes serious or
critical.

Consider that the login prompt appears on the display where the mouse
appears.  On a multi-monitor setup, this is critical because some
monitors may not be usable yet.  If I can't see my login screen, I have
learned that I can just move my mouse so it is on the primary display
and the login prompt will appear.  But the WiFi password window does not
have this logic.  When it steals focus from the login prompt, I can move
the mouse all I want, and the login prompt will appear or disappear from
my primary display.  But until I cancel the wifi popup window, I cannot
type my password to login.  If the wifi popup appeared on some unusable
monitor, I cannot see the window to dismiss it.

In my case my 2nd monitor is in portrait orientation so my display
properties have it rotated.  But this rotation does not take effect
until after I log in.  So when I get the popup window, my mouse on the
2nd display is rotated 90 degrees and the popup is quite difficult to
dismiss.

I can imagine this is a serious accessibility issue for users who have
other challenges seeing their display or using a mouse or keyboard as
efficiently as you do.

Please fix this.  It has been with us for so long.

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Title:
  On graphical login, Network Manager window gets in the way

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

Bug description:
  New in 13.04, on a laptop with wifi (in addition to being wired), when
  the login gui comes up on boot-up, I can no longer simply type in my
  password to log in.

  This is because a wifi authentication window pops up, asking for a
  password for my wifi connection.  Worse, it does not let me get the
  focus back to the log in screen or anywhere else: I have to explicitly
  click "cancel ".

  After I log in, the wifi password is not needed, since the Manager has
  stored it and connects automatically, using its stored password.

  It may be nice to be able to access the network before logging in, but
  that option should not interrupt my log-in process, and certainly not
  block it!

  Moreover, given that my machine is also connected to wired ethernet
  (by DHCP, no password), it is hardly a high priority to get wifi
  going.

  This problem exists on both of my laptops (very different hardware).

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: network-manager 0.9.8.0-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-13.23-generic 3.8.3
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-13-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Mar 21 13:47:50 2013
  IfupdownConfig:
   # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
   auto lo
   iface lo inet loopback
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-18 (2 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130318)
  IpRoute:
   default via 132.206.112.1 dev eth0  proto static 
   132.206.112.0/26 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 132.206.112.10  metric 1 
   142.157.168.0/23 dev wlan0  proto kernel  scope link  src 142.157.168.8  metric 9 
   169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0  scope link  metric 1000
  MarkForUpload: True
  NetworkManager.state:
   [main]
   NetworkingEnabled=true
   WirelessEnabled=true
   WWANEnabled=true
   WimaxEnabled=true
  SourcePackage: network-manager
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  mtime.conffile..etc.NetworkManager.NetworkManager.conf: 2013-03-19T18:52:07.457464
  nmcli-con:
   NAME                      UUID                                   TYPE              TIMESTAMP    TIMESTAMP-REAL                     AUTOCONNECT   READONLY   DBUS-PATH                                 
   IHSP                      3985ff88-5770-4938-8133-23b8ded92641   802-3-ethernet    1363888105   Thu 21 Mar 2013 01:48:25 PM EDT    yes           no         /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/2
   DHCP                      aec2f3e7-cdaa-46ff-b51d-401084613817   802-3-ethernet    0            never                              no            no         /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/1
   wpa.mcgill.ca             4ce783b2-6946-417e-ac7c-eb6984d01f15   802-11-wireless   1363888105   Thu 21 Mar 2013 01:48:25 PM EDT    yes           no         /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0
  nmcli-dev:
   DEVICE     TYPE              STATE         DBUS-PATH                                  
   wlan0      802-11-wireless   connected     /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1  
   eth0       802-3-ethernet    connected     /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
  nmcli-nm:
   RUNNING         VERSION    STATE           NET-ENABLED   WIFI-HARDWARE   WIFI       WWAN-HARDWARE   WWAN      
   running         0.9.8.0    connected       enabled       enabled         enabled    enabled         disabled

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