| Summary: | connection.interface-name: 'New wireguard connection': interface name contains an invalid character | ||
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| Product: | [Plasma] plasmashell | Reporter: | Artyom <bugs.kde.org> |
| Component: | Networking in general | Assignee: | Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null> |
| Status: | CONFIRMED --- | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | ddomenichelli, jgrulich, lamarque, lukas.tinkl, neromaverick, nicolas.fella, uwu |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version First Reported In: | master | ||
| Target Milestone: | 1.0 | ||
| Platform: | Other | ||
| OS: | Other | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed/Implemented In: | ||
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Created attachment 147278 [details]
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I can confirm this. A simple fix would be to change default name to something that will be accepted. Still, there should be some check before closing the dialog and losing all the configuration in case the user sets an invalid name for the connection (or other invalid parameters). Also the notification that pops up is easy to miss, I had to repeat the process 3 times before noticing it. The "Connection Name" field needs to be an acceptable Wireguard interface name. So using "wg0" as the connection name will succeed in creating the interface. IMO this is a poor GUI implementation. Closing the dialog and having to restart on a failure aside, the "Connection name" field should be reserved for a personal arbitrary name for this connection. If Wireguard requires a device name such as wg0, wg1, etc. Then an additional field needs to be added to specify which wg interface number this connection uses. Either that, or automatically set the interface name, taking it out of the users hands. I want to note, this is not a typical behavior of how connection configurations work. When I name my LAN "Laptop NIC", I don't see ...8: 'Laptop NIC': <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,U... As my interface name when I run 'ip a' Bulk transfer as requested in T17796 |
Created attachment 147277 [details] the error SUMMARY connection.interface-name: 'New wireguard connection': interface name contains an invalid character STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. create wireguard connection, do not change the name (default is "New wireguard connection") 2. save OBSERVED RESULT connection is not added EXPECTED RESULT connection is not added SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: cpe:/o:opensuse:tumbleweed:20220302 KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.91 Qt Version: 5.15.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION do not create an interface with the same name?