Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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Title:
NetworkManager unable to detect wifi when turning on hardware switch
Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
1) Version
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
Using a HPmini1000 laptop.
2)
network-manager:
Installé : 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu5.1
Candidat : 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu5.1
Table de version :
*** 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu5.1 0
500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates/main i386
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
0.9.1.90-0ubuntu3 0
500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main i386 Packages
3) What happens
When turning on hardware switch for wifi, the network manager doesn't
recognise the hardware (greyed entries for wifi).
4) What I expected
I expected it to recognise the wifi equipment and start scanning for wifi
networks.
5) More info
Strangely enough, while reporting this bug (on a wired connection), the
network manager started detecting wifi again.
I rebooted, and the bug came again.
I started reporting the bug, and the wired connection started again.
6) a few logs:
--------------- When there is a bug--------
/var/log/syslog says:
May 7 23:33:38 matga-umpc NetworkManager[611]: <info> WiFi now enabled by
radio killswitch
May 7 23:33:38 matga-umpc NetworkManager[611]: <info> (eth1): bringing up
device.
May 7 23:33:38 matga-umpc NetworkManager[611]: <error> [1336426418.772051]
[nm-device-wifi.c:3046] real_update_hw_address(): (eth1): unable to read
hardware address (error 19)
May 7 23:33:38 matga-umpc NetworkManager[611]: <error> [1336426418.791858]
[nm-device-wifi.c:486] wireless_get_range(): (eth1): couldn't get driver range
information (19).
May 7 23:33:38 matga-umpc wpa_supplicant[16499]: nl80211: 'nl80211' generic
netlink not found
May 7 23:33:38 matga-umpc wpa_supplicant[16499]: Could not read interface
eth1 flags: No such device
May 7 23:33:38 matga-umpc wpa_supplicant[16499]: Failed to initialize driver
interface
May 7 23:33:38 matga-umpc NetworkManager[611]: <error> [1336426418.804444]
[nm-supplicant-interface.c:570] interface_add_cb(): (eth1): error adding
interface: wpa_supplicant couldn't grab this interface.
May 7 23:33:38 matga-umpc NetworkManager[611]: dbus_g_proxy_cancel_call:
assertion `pending != NULL' failed
May 7 23:33:38 matga-umpc NetworkManager[611]: <info> (eth1): supplicant
interface state: starting -> down
May 7 23:33:38 matga-umpc NetworkManager[611]: <warn> Trying to remove a
non-existant call id.
May 7 23:33:39 matga-umpc avahi-daemon[614]: Joining mDNS multicast group on
interface eth2.IPv6 with address fe80::225:56ff:fe5c:62a3.
May 7 23:33:39 matga-umpc avahi-daemon[614]: New relevant interface
eth2.IPv6 for mDNS.
May 7 23:33:39 matga-umpc avahi-daemon[614]: Registering new address record
for fe80::225:56ff:fe5c:62a3 on eth2.*.
May 7 23:33:48 matga-umpc kernel: [31877.112227] eth2: no IPv6 routers
present
---------------
ifconfig result:
-------------- When there is no bug ------------
root@matga-umpc:/home/matga# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:25:b3:5c:d8:a5
inet adr:192.168.2.4 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Masque:255.255.255.0
adr inet6: fe80::225:b3ff:fe5c:d8a5/64 Scope:Lien
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
Packets reçus:1116 erreurs:0 :0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1270 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:3
collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000
Octets reçus:990687 (990.6 KB) Octets transmis:352377 (352.3 KB)
Interruption:42
eth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:25:56:5c:62:a3
inet adr:192.168.2.20 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Masque:255.255.255.0
adr inet6: fe80::225:56ff:fe5c:62a3/64 Scope:Lien
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
Packets reçus:2 erreurs:0 :0 overruns:0 frame:1830
TX packets:161 errors:36 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000
Octets reçus:640 (640.0 B) Octets transmis:33809 (33.8 KB)
Interruption:16 Adresse de base:0xc000
lo Link encap:Boucle locale
inet adr:127.0.0.1 Masque:255.0.0.0
adr inet6: ::1/128 Scope:Hôte
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
Packets reçus:20 erreurs:0 :0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 lg file transmission:0
Octets reçus:1520 (1.5 KB) Octets transmis:1520 (1.5 KB)
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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: network-manager 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu5.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-19.33-generic 3.0.27
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-19-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
Date: Tue May 8 09:38:40 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/NetworkManager
Gconf:
IfupdownConfig:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
IpRoute:
Keyfiles: Error: [Errno 2] Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
NetworkManager.state:
[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true
ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user)
SourcePackage: network-manager
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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