#5848 HIGH Update.: losing WLAN circle after failing to connect to anything

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#5848: losing WLAN circle after failing to connect to anything
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  Reporter:  chihyu  |       Owner:  marco   
      Type:  defect  |      Status:  reopened
  Priority:  high    |   Milestone:  Update.1
 Component:  sugar   |     Version:          
Resolution:          |    Keywords:          
  Verified:  0       |    Blocking:          
 Blockedby:          |  
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Changes (by wad):

  * status:  closed => reopened
  * resolution:  invalid =>


Comment:

 Reopening, as this happened to me with build 699.

 This one is going to be fun to find...

 Start with a fresh install of 699 on MP laptops.  I had set up several
 simple meshes, but never associated them with an access point.  The
 laptops were then associated with an access point (a mac laptop sharing an
 internet connection, possibly ad-hoc mode ?)  When they were later turned
 on in an environment without that access point, all six laptops booted up
 without a simple mesh (missing network circle in home view).

 Clicking on mesh channel 1 in the neighborhood view blinked the circle for
 a while, but didn't create a simple mesh.  The circle didn't reappear.

 Rebooting didn't fix the problem.

 Removing /home/olpc/.sugar/default/nm/networks.cfg (which had a single
 entry for the mac laptop) appeared to fix the problem.  But later, both
 rebooting and clicking on mesh 1 also fixed the problem (on other
 laptops).

 I tried unsuccesfully to recreate the problem, by deleting
 /home/olpc/.sugar/default/nm/networks.cfg, accessing a regular access
 point, the rebooting while the access point was off, and a simple mesh was
 created fine.

 The /var/log/messages file for one of the laptops is attached, the others
 were lost.

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