Bug 444377

Summary:	If Plasma can't be launched or is crashing, plasma-nm won't connect to wifi so you can't go online to debug it
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Nate Graham <nate>
Component:	Networking in general	Assignee:	Jan Grulich <jgrulich>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	Keywords:	usability
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	master
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Nate Graham 2021-10-25 16:51:03 UTC

If you happen to end up in a situation where Plasma won't launch or is crash-looping on launch, then plasma-nm will not be able to connect to wifi. As a result, you won't be able to launch a web browser to at least do a web search for fixes or debug info. It's a fairly unpleasant situation.

Maybe plasma-nm could add functionality to its kded module to try to make a connection using the current user's existing config data and credentials when the main UI isn't able to launch.

Comment 1 Ben Cooksley 2024-12-23 18:23:35 UTC

Bulk transfer as requested in T17796