I think I'm encountering a similar problem running Ubuntu 9.10 as virtual machine in VirtualBox on Windows 7 host. A difference is, that the system does not hang, but aborts without starting the NetworkManager.
murphys...@localhost:~$ sudo NetworkManager --no-daemon NetworkManager: <info> starting... NetworkManager: <info> modem-manager is now available NetworkManager: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: init! NetworkManager: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: update_system_hostname *** glibc detected *** NetworkManager: double free or corruption (fasttop): 0x088fe408 *** ======= Backtrace: ========= /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0x5c5ff1] /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0x5c76f2] /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(cfree+0x6d)[0x5ca7cd] /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_free+0x36)[0x416196] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0[0x21ef06] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_value_unset+0x38)[0x21a688] NetworkManager[0x80af630] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__PARAM+0x88)[0x205118] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0[0x1f66f9] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_closure_invoke+0x1b2)[0x1f8072] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0[0x20d0b0] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit_valist+0x7bd)[0x20eb2d] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit+0x26)[0x20efb6] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0[0x1fc3e1] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0[0x1f8daf] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_object_notify+0x2a3)[0x1fdec3] NetworkManager[0x80ac937] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__PARAM+0x88)[0x205118] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_closure_invoke+0x1b2)[0x1f8072] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0[0x20d7a8] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit_valist+0x7bd)[0x20eb2d] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit+0x26)[0x20efb6] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0[0x1fc3e1] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0[0x1f8daf] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_object_notify+0x2a3)[0x1fdec3] /usr/lib/NetworkManager/libnm-settings-plugin-ifupdown.so[0x39fb71] /usr/lib/NetworkManager/libnm-settings-plugin-ifupdown.so[0x39fd48] NetworkManager(nm_system_config_interface_init+0x51)[0x80b0321] NetworkManager(nm_sysconfig_settings_new+0x4a7)[0x80ad667] NetworkManager(nm_manager_get+0x9f)[0x80840df] NetworkManager(main+0x89b)[0x807da8b] /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe6)[0x571b56] NetworkManager[0x805d4e1] ======= Memory map: ======== 00110000-00114000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 23927 /usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0.2200.3 00114000-00115000 r--p 00003000 08:01 23927 /usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0.2200.3 00115000-00116000 rw-p 00004000 08:01 23927 /usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0.2200.3 00119000-0014d000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 8645 /usr/lib/libnm-util.so.1.1.0 0014d000-0014e000 ---p 00034000 08:01 8645 /usr/lib/libnm-util.so.1.1.0 0014e000-0014f000 r--p 00034000 08:01 8645 /usr/lib/libnm-util.so.1.1.0 0014f000-00150000 rw-p 00035000 08:01 8645 /usr/lib/libnm-util.so.1.1.0 00150000-001e3000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 23933 /usr/lib/libgio-2.0.so.0.2200.3 001e3000-001e4000 r--p 00092000 08:01 23933 /usr/lib/libgio-2.0.so.0.2200.3 001e4000-001e5000 rw-p 00093000 08:01 23933 /usr/lib/libgio-2.0.so.0.2200.3 001e5000-001e6000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 001e6000-001eb000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 9525 /usr/lib/libgudev-1.0.so.0.0.1 001eb000-001ec000 r--p 00004000 08:01 9525 /usr/lib/libgudev-1.0.so.0.0.1 001ec000-001ed000 rw-p 00005000 08:01 9525 /usr/lib/libgudev-1.0.so.0.0.1 001ed000-00229000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 23908 /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0.2200.3 00229000-0022a000 r--p 0003b000 08:01 23908 /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0.2200.3 0022a000-0022b000 rw-p 0003c000 08:01 23908 /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0.2200.3 0022b000-0022e000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 23926 /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0.2200.3 0022e000-0022f000 r--p 00002000 08:01 23926 /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0.2200.3 0022f000-00230000 rw-p 00003000 08:01 23926 /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0.2200.3 00230000-00254000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1544 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm-2.10.1.so 00254000-00255000 r--p 00023000 08:01 1544 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm-2.10.1.so 00255000-00256000 rw-p 00024000 08:01 1544 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm-2.10.1.so 00256000-0026a000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1605 /lib/libz.so.1.2.3.3 0026a000-0026b000 r--p 00013000 08:01 1605 /lib/libz.so.1.2.3.3 0026b000-0026c000 rw-p 00014000 08:01 1605 /lib/libz.so.1.2.3.3 00272000-00380000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 5414 /usr/lib/libnss3.so 00380000-00381000 ---p 0010e000 08:01 5414 /usr/lib/libnss3.so 00381000-00384000 r--p 0010e000 08:01 5414 /usr/lib/libnss3.so 00384000-00386000 rw-p 00111000 08:01 5414 /usr/lib/libnss3.so 00386000-00396000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 5292 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libresolv-2.10.1.so 00396000-00397000 r--p 00010000 08:01 5292 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libresolv-2.10.1.so 00397000-00398000 rw-p 00011000 08:01 5292 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libresolv-2.10.1.so 00398000-0039a000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 0039a000-003a2000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 9205 /usr/lib/NetworkManager/libnm-settings-plugin-ifupdown.so 003a2000-003a3000 r--p 00007000 08:01 9205 /usr/lib/NetworkManager/libnm-settings-plugin-ifupdown.so 003a3000-003a4000 rw-p 00008000 08:01 9205 /usr/lib/NetworkManager/libnm-settings-plugin-ifupdown.so 003b0000-003d2000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 5347 /usr/lib/libsmime3.so 003d2000-003d4000 r--p 00021000 08:01 5347 /usr/lib/libsmime3.so 003d4000-003d5000 rw-p 00023000 08:01 5347 /usr/lib/libsmime3.so 003d5000-0048a000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 23894 /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.2200.3 0048a000-0048b000 r--p 000b4000 08:01 23894 /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.2200.3 0048b000-0048c000 rw-p 000b5000 08:01 23894 /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.2200.3 0048c000-004bb000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1558 /lib/libpcre.so.3.12.1 004bb000-004bc000 r--p 0002e000 08:01 1558 /lib/libpcre.so.3.12.1 004bc000-004bd000 rw-p 0002f000 08:01 1558 /lib/libpcre.so.3.12.1 004cd000-004fc000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 5346 /usr/lib/libssl3.so 004fc000-004fe000 r--p 0002e000 08:01 5346 /usr/lib/libssl3.so 004fe000-004ff000 rw-p 00030000 08:01 5346 /usr/lib/libssl3.so 004ff000-00541000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 8175 /usr/lib/libeggdbus-1.so.0.0.0 00541000-00542000 r--p 00042000 08:01 8175 /usr/lib/libeggdbus-1.so.0.0.0 00542000-00543000 rw-p 00043000 08:01 8175 /usr/lib/libeggdbus-1.so.0.0.0 00556000-00559000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 8715 /usr/lib/libplds4.so 00559000-0055a000 r--p 00002000 08:01 8715 /usr/lib/libplds4.so 0055a000-0055b000 rw-p 00003000 08:01 8715 /usr/lib/libplds4.so 0055b000-00699000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1526 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.10.1.so 00699000-0069a000 ---p 0013e000 08:01 1526 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.10.1.so 0069a000-0069c000 r--p 0013e000 08:01 1526 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.10.1.so 0069c000-0069d000 rw-p 00140000 08:01 1526 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.10.1.so 0069d000-006a0000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 006a0000-006b9000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1573 /lib/libselinux.so.1 006b9000-006ba000 r--p 00018000 08:01 1573 /lib/libselinux.so.1 006ba000-006bb000 rw-p 00019000 08:01 1573 /lib/libselinux.so.1 006bb000-006d7000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1530 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 006d7000-006d8000 r--p 0001b000 08:01 1530 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 006d8000-006d9000 rw-p 0001c000 08:01 1530 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 007e1000-0082e000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 8639 /uAborted murphys...@localhost:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 9.10 Release: 9.10 murphys...@localhost:~$ apt-cache policy network-manager network-manager: Installed: 0.8~a~git.20091013t193206.679d548-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 0.8~a~git.20091013t193206.679d548-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 0.8~a~git.20091013t193206.679d548-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status -- Network Manager suddenly started crashing on connect https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/558380 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