Thank you Sebastien, but the issue I am reporting is not truly a "crash" in that a crash report is not generated. Rather, the network manager simply stops functioning properly and/or responding to inputs. Is there another way to submit this kind of error? - M.
> Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 10:11:02 +0000 > From: seb...@ubuntu.com > To: xm...@hotmail.com > Subject: [Bug 1584276] Re: network-manager crashes when changing wireless > access points > > Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make > Ubuntu better. However, your crash report is either missing or > challenging to deal with as a ".crash" file. Please follow these > instructions to have apport report a new bug about your crash that can > be dealt with by the automatic retracer. > > If you are running the Ubuntu Stable Release you might need to enable > apport in /etc/default/apport and restart. > > Now open your file manager, navigate to your /var/crash directory and open > the crash report you wish to submit. > If this fails you will have to open a terminal and file your report with > 'ubuntu-bug /var/crash/_my_crash_report.crash' where _my_crash_report.crash > is the crash you would like to report. If you get an error that you aren't > allowed to access this report you will have to file it with 'sudo ubuntu-bug > /var/crash/_my_crash_report.crash'. > > I'm closing this bug report since the process outlined above will > automatically open a new bug report which can then dealt with more > efficiently. Thanks in advance for your cooperation and understanding. > > ** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided => High > > ** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Invalid > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1584276 > > Title: > network-manager crashes when changing wireless access points > > Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu: > Invalid > > Bug description: > After upgrading to 16.04 LTS, whenever trying to switch wifi access > points (APs), network-manager "crashes" -- meaning that the applet no > longer displays available APs and in their stead is a message "device > not ready." > > In case it helps, here are the wifi script results: > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13392425/wireless-info.txt. > > Note that this is bug different and distinct from Bug #1574347 (wifi > dies on wake from suspend), and the reported fix for that bug does not > help at all. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 > Package: network-manager 1.2.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.40-generic 4.4.8 > Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64 > ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 > Architecture: amd64 > Date: Fri May 20 19:49:10 2016 > IfupdownConfig: > # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-05-17 (369 days ago) > InstallationMedia: > > IpRoute: > default via 10.0.1.2 dev wlan0 proto static metric 600 > 10.0.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.1.99 metric 600 > 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000 > NetworkManager.state: > [main] > NetworkingEnabled=true > WirelessEnabled=true > WWANEnabled=true > WimaxEnabled=true > ProcEnviron: > LANGUAGE=en_US > TERM=xterm-256color > PATH=(custom, no user) > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: network-manager > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-23 (27 days ago) > nmcli-dev: > DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH > CONNECTION CON-UUID CON-PATH > > wlan0 wifi connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 > dd_wrt (internal) a4d96dd0-91ed-477a-9505-ae1dd6bb5daf > /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/0 > eth0 ethernet unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 > -- -- -- > > lo loopback unmanaged /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2 > -- -- -- > nmcli-nm: Error: command ['nmcli', '-f', 'all', 'nm'] failed with exit code > 2: Error: Object 'nm' is unknown, try 'nmcli help'. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1584276/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1584276 Title: network-manager crashes when changing wireless access points Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: After upgrading to 16.04 LTS, whenever trying to switch wifi access points (APs), network-manager "crashes" -- meaning that the applet no longer displays available APs and in their stead is a message "device not ready." In case it helps, here are the wifi script results: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13392425/wireless-info.txt. Note that this is bug different and distinct from Bug #1574347 (wifi dies on wake from suspend), and the reported fix for that bug does not help at all. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: network-manager 1.2.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.40-generic 4.4.8 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri May 20 19:49:10 2016 IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-05-17 (369 days ago) InstallationMedia: IpRoute: default via 10.0.1.2 dev wlan0 proto static metric 600 10.0.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.1.99 metric 600 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000 NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-23 (27 days ago) nmcli-dev: DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH CONNECTION CON-UUID CON-PATH wlan0 wifi connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 dd_wrt (internal) a4d96dd0-91ed-477a-9505-ae1dd6bb5daf /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/0 eth0 ethernet unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 -- -- -- lo loopback unmanaged /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2 -- -- -- nmcli-nm: Error: command ['nmcli', '-f', 'all', 'nm'] failed with exit code 2: Error: Object 'nm' is unknown, try 'nmcli help'. 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