[Bug 261147] [NEW] knetworkmanager silently fails to connect to any wireless networks

[JesseVanHerk]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: network-manager-kde

Reproduction steps:

- click on the networkmanager system tray icon
- click on "connect to other network"
- click on any available previously configured wireless network, encypted or otherwise

Expected behaviour:
- GUI should display "connecting...connected" notifications and update icons
- network connection should be configured

Actual behaviour:
- config window closes, no further GUI feedback appears
- network connection is not configured
- 5 seconds after the config window closes, the following message appears in /var/log/syslog:

Aug 25 08:20:32 kenshin NetworkManager: <WARN>
wait_for_connection_expired(): Connection (2)
/org/freedesktop/NetworkManagerSettings/Connection/3 failed to activate
(timeout): (0) Connection was not provided by any settings service

Hardware is an acer aspire 5610, network driver is iwl3945, which
appears to be loaded successfully.

Version information:

root at kenshin:/var/log# lsb_release -rd
Description:    Ubuntu intrepid (development branch)
Release:        8.10

root at kenshin:/var/log# lsmod|grep iwl3945
iwl3945                96756  0
mac80211              220532  1 iwl3945
cfg80211               32392  2 iwl3945,mac80211
led_class              12036  2 iwl3945,acer_acpi

root at kenshin:/var/log# apt-cache policy linux-restricted-modules-2.6.26-5-generic
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.26-5-generic:
  Installed: 2.6.26-5.12
  Candidate: 2.6.26-5.12
  Version table:
 *** 2.6.26-5.12 0
        500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

root at kenshin:/var/log# apt-cache policy network-manager
network-manager:
  Installed: 0.7~~svn20080818t061112+eni0-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.7~~svn20080818t061112+eni0-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 0.7~~svn20080818t061112+eni0-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

root at kenshin:/var/log# apt-cache policy network-manager-kde
network-manager-kde:
  Installed: 1:0.7svn830754-0ubuntu3
  Candidate: 1:0.7svn830754-0ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 1:0.7svn830754-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

** Affects: knetworkmanager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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knetworkmanager silently fails to connect to any wireless networks
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