How to make wireless stay connected? Solved. Thanks!

[Brian Cluff]

OK, I got off my butt and wrote up, and submitted, a feature request for 
this.  Hopefully the see the wisdom in doing the change and can remove 
this huge paper cut from the system.

Brian Cluff

On 07/31/2017 08:34 PM, Brian Cluff wrote:
> 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.
>>
>>
>> -------------
>>
>>> 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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