got NM to run again, yet "device is unmanaged". to get NM running check whether you have old versions of libnl* installed in /usr/lib or /usr/local/lib (see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=739056)
for the unmanaged device problem i have no solution yet. nonetheless https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+bug/191889 has been suggested. -- network manager is not running although connected to Internet https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309650 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs