Bug#613415: network-manager-gnome: Can't connect to a wireless network and greyed out interface

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Package: network-manager-gnome
Version: 0.8.2-3
Severity: important

Since I updated from 0.8.1 to 0.8.2, I can't use anymore the nm-applet
application to connect to a wireless network. The symptoms are:

* the Wired and Wireless devices are shown as "disconnected", although
there are wireless networks that show up;

* if I try to connect to a wireless network, nothing happens. On the
console, I have the following output:

** (nm-applet:2410): WARNING **: <WARN> activate_connection_cb():
Connection activation failed: No user settings service available

* I can't enable or disable "Networking" or "Wireless" when I right
click on the tray icon, because the entries are greyed out;

* I can edit the settings of the Wireless connections I saved, but I
can't set the flag "Available for all users", because it is greyed
out.

Despite all of this, the wireless system seems to be OK, since I can
connect using wpa_supplicant alone.

Also, I tried to downgrade to NetworkManager 0.8.1-6, which I was using
previously, and it worked as expected.


I provide, attached to this email, the output of the NetworkManager
daemon and nm-applet for the faulty version:

* the daemon log doesn't show anything when I tried to connect to a
Wireless network;

* the nm-applet log shows what's happenning when I try to connect and
when I try to edit a connection.

Thanks


Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages network-manager-gnome depends on:
ii dbus-x11 1.4.1-2 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii gconf2 2.28.1-6 GNOME configuration database syste
ii gnome-icon-theme 2.30.3-2 GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii libatk1.0-0 1.30.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libc6 2.11.2-11 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libcairo2 1.10.2-2 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libdbus-1-3 1.4.1-2 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.88-2.1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libfontconfig1 2.8.0-2.1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.4.2-2.1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgconf2-4 2.28.1-6 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libglade2-0 1:2.6.4-1 library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.28.0-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome-bluetooth7 2.30.0-2 GNOME Bluetooth tools - support li
ii libgnome-keyring0 2.30.1-1 GNOME keyring services library
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.20.1-2 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libnm-glib-vpn1 0.8.2-5 network management framework (GLib
ii libnm-glib2 0.8.2-5 network management framework (GLib
ii libnm-util1 0.8.2-5 network management framework (shar
ii libnotify1 [libnotify1 0.5.0-2 sends desktop notifications to a n
ii libpango1.0-0 1.28.3-1+squeeze1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libxml2 2.7.8.dfsg-2 GNOME XML library
ii network-manager 0.8.2-5 network management framework daemo
ii policykit-1-gnome 0.99-2 GNOME authentication agent for Pol
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages network-manager-gnome recommends:
pn gnome-bluetooth <none> (no description available)
ii libpam-gnome-keyring [libpam- 2.30.3-5 PAM module to unlock the GNOME key
pn mobile-broadband-provider-inf <none> (no description available)
ii notification-daemon 0.5.0-2 daemon to displays passive pop-up

Versions of packages network-manager-gnome suggests:
pn network-manager-openvpn-gnome <none> (no description available)
pn network-manager-pptp-gnome <none> (no description available)
pn network-manager-vpnc-gnome <none> (no description available)


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NetworkManager[2321]: <info> NetworkManager (version 0.8.2) is starting...
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> Read config file /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> trying to start the modem manager...
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> monitoring kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware'.
NetworkManager[2321]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: init!
NetworkManager[2321]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: update_system_hostname
NetworkManager[2321]: SCPluginIfupdown: management mode: unmanaged
NetworkManager[2321]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices added (path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:03:00.0/net/eth0, iface: eth0)
NetworkManager[2321]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:03:00.0/net/eth0, iface: eth0): no ifupdown configuration found.
NetworkManager[2321]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices added (path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.2/0000:01:00.0/net/ath0, iface: ath0)
NetworkManager[2321]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.2/0000:01:00.0/net/ath0, iface: ath0): no ifupdown configuration found.
NetworkManager[2321]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/lo, iface: lo)
NetworkManager[2321]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/lo, iface: lo): no ifupdown configuration found.
NetworkManager[2321]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: end _init.
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> Loaded plugin ifupdown: (C) 2008 Canonical Ltd. To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> Loaded plugin keyfile: (c) 2007 - 2010 Red Hat, Inc. To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
NetworkManager[2321]: Ifupdown: get unmanaged devices count: 0
NetworkManager[2321]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: (168175120) ... get_connections.
NetworkManager[2321]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: (168175120) ... get_connections (managed=false): return empty list.
NetworkManager[2321]: Ifupdown: get unmanaged devices count: 0
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> found WiFi radio killswitch rfkill1 (at /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.2/0000:01:00.0/ieee80211/phy0/rfkill1) (driver <unknown>)
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> found WiFi radio killswitch rfkill0 (at /sys/devices/platform/eeepc/rfkill/rfkill0) (driver eeepc)
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> WiFi enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> WWAN enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> WiMAX enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> Networking is enabled by state file
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> (eth0): carrier is OFF
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> (eth0): new Ethernet device (driver: 'atl2' ifindex: 2)
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> (eth0): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> (eth0): now managed
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> (eth0): device state change: 1 -> 2 (reason 2)
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> (eth0): preparing device.
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> (eth0): deactivating device (reason: 2).

(NetworkManager:2321): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: g_object_set_valist: object class `NMSettingConnection' has no property named `\u0018^\x85\xbf\u001a\x86G\xb7\u0018o\u0007
\u0005'
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> Added default wired connection 'Auto eth0' for /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:03:00.0/net/eth0
NetworkManager[2321]: <error> [1297693968.460430] [nm-device-wifi.c:3097] real_update_permanent_hw_address(): (ath0): unable to read permanent MAC address (error 95)
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> (ath0): driver supports SSID scans (scan_capa 0x01).
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> (ath0): new 802.11 WiFi device (driver: 'ath5k' ifindex: 3)
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> (ath0): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> (ath0): now managed
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> (ath0): device state change: 1 -> 2 (reason 2)
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> (ath0): preparing device.
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> (ath0): deactivating device (reason: 2).
/sbin/ifup: interface lo already configured
NetworkManager[2321]: <warn> bluez error getting default adapter: The name org.bluez was not provided by any .service files
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> (ath0): supplicant interface state: starting -> ready
NetworkManager[2321]: <info> (ath0): device state change: 2 -> 3 (reason 42)

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** Message: applet now embedded in the notification area


** (nm-applet:2410): WARNING **: <WARN> activate_connection_cb(): Connection activation failed: No user settings service available


** (nm-connection-editor:2412): WARNING **: nm_connection_list_new: failed to load VPN plugins: Couldn't read VPN .name files directory /etc/NetworkManager/VPN.

(nm-connection-editor:2412): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated

(nm-connection-editor:2412): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated

(nm-connection-editor:2412): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated

(nm-connection-editor:2412): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated

** (nm-connection-editor:2412): WARNING **: dispose: CEPolkitButton object 0x9052a30 disposed twice




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