Hi all,
I’m having an issue with KDE Plasma on Fedora where the system no longer prompts me to log in when connecting to a WiFi network that uses a Captive Portal (such as my college network).
Normally, when connecting to such networks, the Networks applet should show a “Login” button that opens the default browser and triggers Fedora’s connectivity check, leading to the captive portal page. However, this no longer happens on my system. I mean like in this pict. Image source : here
Instead:
- The connection is marked as “connected” right away
- No login button appears in the Networks applet
- Fedora’s and KDE’s connectivity checks don’t seem to run at all
- I have to manually open Firefox to get redirected to the portal and log in
This issue has been happening for a while, likely after a system update (possibly related to NetworkManager), but I’m not sure when exactly.
Steps to reproduce:
- Connect to a WiFi network that uses a Captive Portal (e.g., public or campus network)
- Observe that no login button appears and the connection is marked successful
- Open a browser manually to reach the login page
System info:
- Fedora 42 KDE Plasma Desktop Edition
- KDE Plasma version: 6.3.5
- NetworkManager version: 1.52.0-1.fc42
Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a workaround or something I should check in the system settings?
Thanks in advance!