KDE asking for wifi password on startup

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Hello, i got this problem where the KDE daemon asks my wifi password on startup everytime, but only on startup. i followed this posts troubleshooting but didn't work:
https://forum.garudalinux.org/t/kde-daemon-is-asking-for-wifi-password-again-and-again/2566

What can i do?

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You can try a couple of things that might work.

  1. Check to see if the Kwallet feature is disabled. You can check/enable under Settings>Personalization>Users>Enable the KDE Wallet Subsystem

  2. Open Network Manager, go to wireless tab and edit or add your wireless network info, making sure to check the box "all users may connect to this network." Also, on the tab "Wifi Security" make sure you store password for this user with encryption" is selected and not "ask for password each time."

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1.- Not only it didn't work, it actually asked me the kwallet password on every startup, like the wifi. Had to disable it again because it didn't stop the daemon either.

2.- not sure what the network manager is, but i went seetings>network>connections and then removed it and added manually, adding the ''all users may connect'' and ''store password for this user with encryption'' but still persisted.

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You have not stated if this situation was present since you first installed or if it only recently started after an update or some other changes you made.

Did you also perform this step from the post you linked:

You should also ensure your regulatory domain is set correctly. Search for that procedure on the Arch Wiki.

I am not sure how much we can help you as the information you provide is sporadic and incomplete. This usually leads to an immense amount of time wastage and no resolution.

Is this a typo ^^^

You are supposed to set the connection to store the password unencrypted.

Please answer all questions that I’ve edited into my post in full if you wish assistance.

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After eternal reboots, i figured it out, yeah you where right on this:

Didn’t know i absolutely had to use that option (neither wanted since it’s pretty insecure in my use case), anyways for some reason everytime i wrote the password and saved it as encrypt for this user, and then went to change something (Ex: shortcuts) and went back again to connections, the space was always blank, which didn’t happen on not encrypted.
Probably a KDE bug, not sure.

Anyways thanks for your time, is there some tutorial or something on how to post effective bug reports that don’t waste time?

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Also i did install it yesterday, however i updated it fully without restarting so not sure which thing blame here, and in terms of customization the only thing could be that i disabled kwallet, and activated the firewall, that's it.

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We always mark here the solution and not the implementation.

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This has been an “on again, off again” KDE bug for years.

So glad you figured out the fix. It usually helps when following my troubleshooting instructions to do so in their entirety. My instructions are posted numerous times on this subject. You had the correct answer that I had posted linked on your very first post of this thread.

You ignored my posted instructions, choosing to chery pick only the suggestions you liked. Then you proceeded to state:

You will find few assistants on the forum willing to respond to users such as yourself. You are simply wasting everyone’s time here (as I already observed).

The answer to your problem was already posted on my response you linked and claimed you’d tested. You need to get your act together and start posting in a coherent and thorough manner if you wish assistance on our forum. Otherwise, please take your help requests to Reddit where they delight in wasting their time.

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Odd, I am using the encrypted option and it is not a problem for me. :man_shrugging:

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For troubleshooting purposes you need to test the unencrypted option when this issue occurs. Usually having the connection's password encrypted works fine on almost all installs. In a small subset where this bug occurs you must change that setting or you will be constantly prompted for a password.

This bug has been mostly resolved for quite some time, but it always pops up now and again for a few people. Just one of those recurrent KDE annoyances.

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Oh srry im gonna de-mark it then.

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Then i guess the correct way to end this is by redirecting to the OG post i guess:

https://forum.garudalinux.org/t/kde-daemon-is-asking-for-wifi-password-again-and-again/2566

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Just to be clear, i did follow all your instructions, and i did tried my best to solve it before wasting your precious time as if i forced you to answer me in the first place

I know you must be tired of answering users that don’t know how to read a post properly, but that doesn’t give you the right to speak to everyone in that allmighty passive-agressive tone, assuming people’s actions with an arrogant and sarcastic actitude, as if you are any better than them.

Yes, i will take my requests to reddit, where they actually understand the concept of good-manners and humbleness.
Thank you so much for your wasted time! :slightly_smiling_face:

I understand i didn’t use the right format, and i understand that this ended in nothing gained, but i still tried to be nice and even wanted to apologize despite your sarcasm and passive-agressiveness, but after you calling me out as if you were superior than me, i don’t think i will apologize for anything, in fact, im happy that you spent that hour of your precious time with this! means that at least i got something to laugh about.