[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#613415: network-manager-gnome: Can't connect to a wireless network and greyed out interface

Jonathan Ballet jon at multani.info
Mon Feb 14 17:42:09 UTC 2011


Package: network-manager-gnome
Version: 0.8.2-3
Severity: important

Since I updated from 0.8.1 to 0.8.2, I can't use anymore the nm-applet
application to connect to a wireless network. The symptoms are:

* the Wired and Wireless devices are shown as "disconnected", although
  there are wireless networks that show up;

* if I try to connect to a wireless network, nothing happens. On the
  console, I have the following output:

    ** (nm-applet:2410): WARNING **: <WARN>  activate_connection_cb():
    Connection activation failed: No user settings service available

* I can't enable or disable "Networking" or "Wireless" when I right
  click on the tray icon, because the entries are greyed out;

* I can edit the settings of the Wireless connections I saved, but I
  can't set the flag "Available for all users", because it is greyed
  out.

Despite all of this, the wireless system seems to be OK, since I can
connect using wpa_supplicant alone.

Also, I tried to downgrade to NetworkManager 0.8.1-6, which I was using
previously, and it worked as expected.


I provide, attached to this email, the output of the NetworkManager
daemon and nm-applet for the faulty version:

* the daemon log doesn't show anything when I tried to connect to a
  Wireless network;

* the nm-applet log shows what's happenning when I try to connect and
  when I try to edit a connection.

Thanks


-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages network-manager-gnome depends on:
ii  dbus-x11               1.4.1-2           simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  gconf2                 2.28.1-6          GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnome-icon-theme       2.30.3-2          GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  libatk1.0-0            1.30.0-1          The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                  2.11.2-11         Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2              1.10.2-2          The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3            1.4.1-2           simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2       0.88-2.1          simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libfontconfig1         2.8.0-2.1         generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6           2.4.2-2.1         FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4            2.28.1-6          GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0            1:2.6.4-1         library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.28.0-1          The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-bluetooth7    2.30.0-2          GNOME Bluetooth tools - support li
ii  libgnome-keyring0      2.30.1-1          GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgtk2.0-0            2.20.1-2          The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libnm-glib-vpn1        0.8.2-5           network management framework (GLib
ii  libnm-glib2            0.8.2-5           network management framework (GLib
ii  libnm-util1            0.8.2-5           network management framework (shar
ii  libnotify1 [libnotify1 0.5.0-2           sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libpango1.0-0          1.28.3-1+squeeze1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libxml2                2.7.8.dfsg-2      GNOME XML library
ii  network-manager        0.8.2-5           network management framework daemo
ii  policykit-1-gnome      0.99-2            GNOME authentication agent for Pol
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3  compression library - runtime

Versions of packages network-manager-gnome recommends:
pn  gnome-bluetooth               <none>     (no description available)
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring [libpam- 2.30.3-5   PAM module to unlock the GNOME key
pn  mobile-broadband-provider-inf <none>     (no description available)
ii  notification-daemon           0.5.0-2    daemon to displays passive pop-up 

Versions of packages network-manager-gnome suggests:
pn  network-manager-openvpn-gnome <none>     (no description available)
pn  network-manager-pptp-gnome    <none>     (no description available)
pn  network-manager-vpnc-gnome    <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information
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NetworkManager[2321]: <info> NetworkManager (version 0.8.2) is starting...
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> Read config file /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> trying to start the modem manager...
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> monitoring kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware'.
NetworkManager[2321]:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: init!
NetworkManager[2321]:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: update_system_hostname
NetworkManager[2321]:    SCPluginIfupdown: management mode: unmanaged
NetworkManager[2321]:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices added (path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:03:00.0/net/eth0, iface: eth0)
NetworkManager[2321]:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:03:00.0/net/eth0, iface: eth0): no ifupdown configuration found.
NetworkManager[2321]:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices added (path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.2/0000:01:00.0/net/ath0, iface: ath0)
NetworkManager[2321]:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.2/0000:01:00.0/net/ath0, iface: ath0): no ifupdown configuration found.
NetworkManager[2321]:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/lo, iface: lo)
NetworkManager[2321]:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/lo, iface: lo): no ifupdown configuration found.
NetworkManager[2321]:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: end _init.
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> Loaded plugin ifupdown: (C) 2008 Canonical Ltd.  To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> Loaded plugin keyfile: (c) 2007 - 2010 Red Hat, Inc.  To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
NetworkManager[2321]:    Ifupdown: get unmanaged devices count: 0
NetworkManager[2321]:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: (168175120) ... get_connections.
NetworkManager[2321]:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: (168175120) ... get_connections (managed=false): return empty list.
NetworkManager[2321]:    Ifupdown: get unmanaged devices count: 0
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> found WiFi radio killswitch rfkill1 (at /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.2/0000:01:00.0/ieee80211/phy0/rfkill1) (driver <unknown>)
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> found WiFi radio killswitch rfkill0 (at /sys/devices/platform/eeepc/rfkill/rfkill0) (driver eeepc)
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> WiFi enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> WWAN enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> WiMAX enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> Networking is enabled by state file
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> (eth0): carrier is OFF
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> (eth0): new Ethernet device (driver: 'atl2' ifindex: 2)
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> (eth0): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> (eth0): now managed
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> (eth0): device state change: 1 -> 2 (reason 2)
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> (eth0): preparing device.
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> (eth0): deactivating device (reason: 2).

(NetworkManager:2321): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: g_object_set_valist: object class `NMSettingConnection' has no property named `\u0018^\x85\xbf\u001a\x86G\xb7\u0018o\u0007
\u0005'
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> Added default wired connection 'Auto eth0' for /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:03:00.0/net/eth0
NetworkManager[2321]: <error> [1297693968.460430] [nm-device-wifi.c:3097] real_update_permanent_hw_address(): (ath0): unable to read permanent MAC address (error 95)
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> (ath0): driver supports SSID scans (scan_capa 0x01).
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> (ath0): new 802.11 WiFi device (driver: 'ath5k' ifindex: 3)
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> (ath0): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> (ath0): now managed
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> (ath0): device state change: 1 -> 2 (reason 2)
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> (ath0): preparing device.
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> (ath0): deactivating device (reason: 2).
/sbin/ifup: interface lo already configured
NetworkManager[2321]: <warn> bluez error getting default adapter: The name org.bluez was not provided by any .service files
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> (ath0): supplicant interface state:  starting -> ready
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> (ath0): device state change: 2 -> 3 (reason 42)
-------------- next part --------------
** Message: applet now embedded in the notification area


** (nm-applet:2410): WARNING **: <WARN>  activate_connection_cb(): Connection activation failed: No user settings service available


** (nm-connection-editor:2412): WARNING **: nm_connection_list_new: failed to load VPN plugins: Couldn't read VPN .name files directory /etc/NetworkManager/VPN.

(nm-connection-editor:2412): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated

(nm-connection-editor:2412): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated

(nm-connection-editor:2412): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated

(nm-connection-editor:2412): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated

** (nm-connection-editor:2412): WARNING **: dispose: CEPolkitButton object 0x9052a30 disposed twice


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