Bug 467096

Summary: VPN connections set to ask for a password do not offer to enter a password anymore
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Timothée Ravier <travier>
Component: Networks widgetAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED MOVED    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: master   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Fedora RPMs   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Timothée Ravier 2023-03-09 09:10:38 UTC 
SUMMARY

Requesting activation of a VPN connection that requires a password to be entered manually each time you connect fails to offer a password entry dialog.

In the logs:

```
Mar 09 10:05:54 phoenix plasmashell[1748]: QDBusObjectPath: invalid path ""
...
Mar 09 10:03:00 phoenix systemsettings[8651]: QDBusObjectPath: invalid path ""
```

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Setup a VPN connection that require manually entering a password each time you try to connect
2. Click to activate the connection in the applet or the settings panel

OBSERVED RESULT

No dialog show up to enter password

EXPECTED RESULT

A dialog to enter the password

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Fedora Linux 37
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.103.0
Qt Version: 5.15.8
Kernel Version: 6.1.14-200.fc37.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Looks like a regression from 5.27.2 has this used to work a couple of days ago (I use that functionality almost daily).
Comment 1 Timothée Ravier 2023-03-09 09:19:32 UTC 
Looks like the plasma-kded service crashed and restarting it did the trick:

```
systemctl --user restart plasma-kded.service
```

Sorry for the noise. Will file another bug for the crash.
Comment 2 Ben Cooksley 2024-12-23 18:26:04 UTC 
Bulk transfer as requested in T17796