downgrading hal, libhal & network-manager and re-applying latest updates seems to have resolved this problem for me....
downgraded to:- /var/cache/apt/archives/hal_0.5.10+git20080301-1ubuntu3_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/libhal-storage1_0.5.10+git20080301-1ubuntu3_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/libhal1_0.5.10+git20080301-1ubuntu3_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/network-manager_0.6.6-0ubuntu1_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/hal-info_20080317+git20080318-1ubuntu1_all.deb upgraded to:- ii hal 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu2 Hardware Abstraction Layer ii hal-info 20080317+git20080318-1ubuntu1 Hardware Abstraction Layer - fdi files ii libhal-storage1 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu2 Hardware Abstraction Layer - shared library ii libhal1 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu2 Hardware Abstraction Layer - shared library ii network-manager 0.6.6-0ubuntu2 network management framework daemon hmmm...... ???? -- 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