Same problem here, 100% CPU usage with the majority being sys rather than user time.
some info:- dpkg -l | grep network-manager ii network-manager 0.6.6-0ubuntu2 network management framework daemon ii network-manager-kde 1:0.2ubuntu1-0ubuntu12 KDE systray applet for controlling NetworkMa lspci -vv 02:03.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5413 802.11abg NIC (rev 01) Subsystem: Atheros Communications, Inc. Unknown device 1062 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 168 (2500ns min, 7000ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 7 Region 0: Memory at f8fe0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME- uname -a Linux paul-laptop 2.6.24-12-generic #1 SMP Wed Mar 12 23:01:54 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux Mar 22 08:28:55 paul-laptop NetworkManager: <info> SWITCH: found better connection 'ath0' than current connection 'eth0'. Mar 22 08:28:55 paul-laptop dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not found under /com/redhat/dhcp/ath0 for sub-path ath0.dbus.get.reason Mar 22 08:28:55 paul-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Will activate connection 'ath0/MYSSID'. Mar 22 08:28:55 paul-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Device ath0 activation scheduled... Mar 22 08:28:55 paul-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device eth0. Mar 22 08:28:55 paul-laptop dhclient: There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.eth0.pid with pid 5595 Mar 22 08:28:55 paul-laptop dhclient: killed old client process, removed PID file Mar 22 08:28:55 paul-laptop dhclient: wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801 Mar 22 08:28:55 paul-laptop dhclient: wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801 Mar 22 08:28:55 paul-laptop dhclient: DHCPRELEASE on eth0 to 192.168.0.1 port 67 Mar 22 08:28:55 paul-laptop avahi-daemon[5071]: Withdrawing address record for 192.168.0.4 on eth0. Mar 22 08:28:55 paul-laptop avahi-daemon[5071]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv4 with address 192.168.0.4. Mar 22 08:28:55 paul-laptop avahi-daemon[5071]: Interface eth0.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS. Mar 22 08:28:56 paul-laptop avahi-daemon[5071]: Withdrawing address record for fe80::20b:dbff:fe05:bf88 on eth0. Mar 22 08:28:56 paul-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) started... Mar 22 08:28:56 paul-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... Mar 22 08:28:56 paul-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... Mar 22 08:28:56 paul-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... Mar 22 08:28:56 paul-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. Mar 22 08:28:56 paul-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... Mar 22 08:28:56 paul-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0/wireless): access point 'MYSSID' is encrypted, but NO valid key exists. New key needed. Mar 22 08:28:56 paul-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) New wireless user key requested for network 'MYSSID'. Mar 22 08:28:56 paul-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. Mar 22 08:28:57 paul-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) New wireless user key for network 'MYSSID' received. Mar 22 08:28:57 paul-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... Mar 22 08:28:57 paul-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... Mar 22 08:28:57 paul-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... Mar 22 08:28:57 paul-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. Mar 22 08:28:57 paul-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... Mar 22 08:28:57 paul-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0/wireless): access point 'CARIBO' is encrypted, and a key exists. No new key needed. Mar 22 08:28:58 paul-laptop NetworkManager: <WARN> nm_signal_handler(): Caught signal 11. Generating backtrace... Mar 22 08:28:58 paul-laptop NetworkManager: ******************* START ********************************** Mar 22 08:28:58 paul-laptop NetworkManager: (no debugging symbols found) Mar 22 08:28:58 paul-laptop NetworkManager: Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libthread_db.so.1". Mar 22 08:28:58 paul-laptop NetworkManager: (no debugging symbols found) Mar 22 08:28:58 paul-laptop last message repeated 10 times Mar 22 08:28:58 paul-laptop NetworkManager: [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Mar 22 08:28:58 paul-laptop NetworkManager: [New Thread 0xb7be3720 (LWP 4975)] Mar 22 08:28:58 paul-laptop NetworkManager: [New Thread 0xb73e1b90 (LWP 5549)] Mar 22 08:28:58 paul-laptop NetworkManager: [New Thread 0xb7be2b90 (LWP 5384)] Mar 22 08:28:58 paul-laptop NetworkManager: (no debugging symbols found) Mar 22 08:28:58 paul-laptop last message repeated 9 times Mar 22 08:28:58 paul-laptop NetworkManager: 0xb7fe1410 in __kernel_vsyscall () Mar 22 08:28:58 paul-laptop NetworkManager: ******************* END ********************************** let me know if I can be of any help... Paul -- NetworkManager 100% cpu usage on WiFi https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/204931 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