How to make wireless stay connected? Solved. Thanks!

[Brian Cluff]

I had a whole set of changes I meant to send in to the KDE team which 
would actually leave everything exactly the same as far as the code and 
functionality, but would change the initial setup dialog to be a lot 
more user friendly.  I don't think that the KDE team realizes that the 
many people have no idea what the wallet is for and what it does for 
them, so it ends up being an annoyance.
Instead of just telling you to set a password, it should give you an 
initial dialog that tells you what the wallet does and then offers you 3 
choices for security levels.  Low security: just use the wallet without 
a password,  Medium security: set a password for your web passwords but 
keep the local passwords such as wifi without a password, and  high 
security: set a password for all passwords in the wallet.

Unfortunately, I lost the lengthy message that I was going to send in 
and never sent it.

I believe that in the latest versions of KDE they might have partially 
solved the problem by having the KDE wallet opened upon login if your 
wallet is set with the same password, but if you have it set to be 
closed when your machine goes to sleep or goes to a screen saver it 
still has the same problem.

Brian Cluff

On 07/31/2017 07:20 PM, joe at actionline.com wrote:
> Thanks. That solved the problem.
>
> It is extremely annoying and frustrating (to me and I'll bet
> to many others) when distros (and updates) add and change
> things that are forced upon users "by default" rather than
> giving users the freedom of choice to "opt in" at the users
> discretion. In many cases the additions and so-called
> "improvements" are more of a nuisance than a benefit.
>
> I have wasted a huge amount of time trying to undo a lot
> of garbage that updates have forced upon me.
>
>
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>
>> The easiest way to deal with it is to set a blank passwork on the KDE
>> wallet so that it won't prompt you for one at all in the future.  It was
>> complain that you are using an insecure password, but will allow you to
>> accept it anyway.
>>
>> The better way is to still use the KDE Wallet, but use a feature in it
>> that will allow you to store things like your wifi passwords in a
>> separate, lower security wallet while your other passwords are stored in
>> the main wallet that still requires a password.
>>
>> Just go into Account Details -> KDE wallet and re-enable it, and then
>> click on "Different wallet for local passwords".  Then click that new
>> button that is in line with that option and create a new wallet and when
>> prompted for a password click OK, leaving it blank and then verify that
>> you want to use the insecure password.  After that you will most likely
>> need to enter the wifi password in one more time, but after that you
>> should never be asked for it again.
>>
>> Brian Cluff
>>
>> On 07/27/2017 07:47 PM, joe at actionline.com wrote:
>>> I have several thinkpads with linux mint connected via wireless and all
>>> of them automatically connect when turned on and stay connected ...
>>> except on the most recent linux mint 18 installed thinkpad.
>>>
>>> Every time I close the lid it disconnects the wireless connection and I
>>> have to re-enter the network password to get it started again.
>>>
>>> What do I need to do to make it automatically connect and keep its
>>> connection?
>>>
>>> PS: I hate the KDE wallet nuisance and have it turned off.
>>> Please don't make me have to use it to achieve what I need.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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