I'm unable to connect to a wifi on Ubuntu 22.04. Every time I click any of the wifi SSIDs it briefly, and I mean very briefly, pops up what looks like an authentication required window where I could put in a password before disappearing. This window is up and gone in the blink of an eye.
Suggestions?
Wow, so I have a solution to a problem for the first time! It doesn't change the fact that there's a bug in the system, but there's a much better workaround that you can do.
Open your WiFi settings, and at the top, click on the 3 dots (the poor, graphical version of a "more option" menu).
Then select "Connect to Hidden Network"
From here, you have to select "new" connection from the dropdown and input the network name despite the fact that you will already be able to see the chosen network.
Finally, select the type of encryption your WiFi network is using, and you can input the password here.
It's not ideal. It's a pretty major bug. But this is an easy way to use the existing systems to connect to any network.
This is mildly unsatisfying work around, but I was hit the same problem and was able to connect via the command line as described here:
https://linuxconfig.org/ubuntu-22-04-connect-to-wifi-from-command-line
On Ubuntu 22.04 on my laptop, I had to change this file
$ cat /etc/netplan/01-network-manager-all.yaml
This was my configuration. Note that iliadbo2 is the ESSID, and fake_password is the password.
network:
version: 2
renderer: NetworkManager
wifis:
wlp0s20f3:
optional: true
access-points:
"iliadbo2":
password: "fake_password"
dhcp4: true
After I editted the file, I ran
sudo netplan apply
I found another answer here: Steam is running (i.e. the Steam menu is visible in the topbar). For some unknown reason the Steam app induces this weird behavior in the wifi password dialog. (Makes me wonder what Steam is doing that causes this...)
Exiting Steam fixed the problem for me.
Load the password into the clipboard (type it somewhere and copy it), then paste it into the dialog during the brief time it's up.
