id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc distribution status_field 2488 Cannot connect to adhoc network with name less than 8 characters carrott "meshbox.py and network.py attempt to recover an adhoc network's colours from the network's name but this code fails if the name is too short. Such networks just don't show up in the neighbourhood view. See attached adhoc-name.patch for a fix. Even with this fix, it is likely that a pathological network name can still cause problems. I didn't perform any significant testing after I got my adhoc network to work. File ""/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/jarabe/desktop/meshbox.py"", line 1077, in _ap_props_changed_cb self._add_ap_to_network(ap) File ""/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/jarabe/desktop/meshbox.py"", line 1054, in _add_ap_to_network icon = WirelessNetworkView(ap) File ""/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/jarabe/desktop/meshbox.py"", line 93, in __init__ and self._name_encodes_colors(): File ""/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/jarabe/desktop/meshbox.py"", line 151, in _name_encodes_colors return self._name[-7] == '#' and self._name[-8] == ',' \ IndexError: string index out of range " defect closed Unspecified by Maintainer Unspecified untriaged 0.88.x Unspecified fixed dextrose sridhar Unspecified Unconfirmed