network-manager no longer recognizes my wifi-device

[John W. Klemen-Geiger]

Since the update on Thursday, 12 Mar network-manager no longer recognizes my wifi-device.

In /var/log/upstart/network-manager.log i find:

(NetworkManager:781): GLib-WARNING **: GError set over the top of a previous GError or uninitialized memory.
This indicates a bug in someone's code. You must ensure an error is NULL before it's set.
The overwriting error message was: Die Schlüsselwertedatei enthält nicht die Gruppe »connectivity«

(NetworkManager:795): GLib-WARNING **: GError set over the top of a previous GError or uninitialized memory.
This indicates a bug in someone's code. You must ensure an error is NULL before it's set.
The overwriting error message was: Die Schlüsselwertedatei enthält nicht die Gruppe »connectivity«

(NetworkManager:792): GLib-WARNING **: GError set over the top of a previous GError or uninitialized memory.
This indicates a bug in someone's code. You must ensure an error is NULL before it's set.
The overwriting error message was: Die Schlüsselwertedatei enthält nicht die Gruppe »connectivity«

(NetworkManager:788): GLib-WARNING **: GError set over the top of a previous GError or uninitialized memory.
This indicates a bug in someone's code. You must ensure an error is NULL before it's set.
The overwriting error message was: Die Schlüsselwertedatei enthält nicht die Gruppe »connectivity«

(NetworkManager:777): GLib-WARNING **: GError set over the top of a previous GError or uninitialized memory.
This indicates a bug in someone's code. You must ensure an error is NULL before it's set.
The overwriting error message was: Die Schlüsselwertedatei enthält nicht die Gruppe »connectivity«

(NetworkManager:764): GLib-WARNING **: GError set over the top of a previous GError or uninitialized memory.
This indicates a bug in someone's code. You must ensure an error is NULL before it's set.
The overwriting error message was: Die Schlüsselwertedatei enthält nicht die Gruppe »connectivity«

(NetworkManager:697): GLib-WARNING **: GError set over the top of a previous GError or uninitialized memory.
This indicates a bug in someone's code. You must ensure an error is NULL before it's set.
The overwriting error message was: Die Schlüsselwertedatei enthält nicht die Gruppe »connectivity«

(NetworkManager:767): GLib-WARNING **: GError set over the top of a previous GError or uninitialized memory.
This indicates a bug in someone's code. You must ensure an error is NULL before it's set.
The overwriting error message was: Die Schlüsselwertedatei enthält nicht die Gruppe »connectivity«

(NetworkManager:776): GLib-WARNING **: GError set over the top of a previous GError or uninitialized memory.
This indicates a bug in someone's code. You must ensure an error is NULL before it's set.
The overwriting error message was: Die Schlüsselwertedatei enthält nicht die Gruppe »connectivity«

(NetworkManager:753): GLib-WARNING **: GError set over the top of a previous GError or uninitialized memory.
This indicates a bug in someone's code. You must ensure an error is NULL before it's set.
The overwriting error message was: Die Schlüsselwertedatei enthält nicht die Gruppe »connectivity«

(NetworkManager:795): GLib-WARNING **: GError set over the top of a previous GError or uninitialized memory.
This indicates a bug in someone's code. You must ensure an error is NULL before it's set.
The overwriting error message was: Die Schlüsselwertedatei enthält nicht die Gruppe »connectivity«

(NetworkManager:790): GLib-WARNING **: GError set over the top of a previous GError or uninitialized memory.
This indicates a bug in someone's code. You must ensure an error is NULL before it's set.
The overwriting error message was: Die Schlüsselwertedatei enthält nicht die Gruppe »connectivity«

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: network-manager 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-20.34-generic 3.11.10.6
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-20-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Mar 14 21:53:52 2015
IfupdownConfig:
 # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-25 (473 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.178.1 dev eth0 proto static
 192.168.178.0/23 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.178.5 metric 1
IwConfig:
 eth0 no wireless extensions.

 lo no wireless extensions.
NetworkManager.state:
 [main]
 NetworkingEnabled=true
 WirelessEnabled=true
 WWANEnabled=true
 WimaxEnabled=true
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_DE
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: network-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-05-03 (315 days ago)
nmcli-con:
 NAME UUID TYPE TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT READONLY DBUS-PATH
 Kabelnetzwerkverbindung 1 b0623416-9c0c-439b-b5a8-ea97c815b4a5 802-3-ethernet 1426366380 Sa 14 Mär 2015 21:53:00 CET yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/2
 MyHomeNet 07fd6d63-1d34-4d50-85ff-16087abdd246 802-11-wireless 1426059395 Mi 11 Mär 2015 08:36:35 CET yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/1
 THE_ATTIC 496a59f1-ed19-4cd7-9a6d-e730310630e5 802-11-wireless 1389256487 Do 09 Jan 2014 09:34:47 CET yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0
nmcli-dev:
 DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH
 eth0 802-3-ethernet connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
nmcli-nm:
 RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
 running 0.9.8.8 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled disabled

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.