nm-applet menu ethernet and wireless items are disabled until ethernet cable is connected

[mattmill30]

Binary package hint: network-manager

nm-applets right click menu has both the ethernet and wireless menu items disabled and it doesn't attempt to connect to wireless networks that, although they cannot be seen in nm-applet, are definitely within physical range.

However, after connecting an ethernet cable, nm-applet un-jams and connects to the ethernet network, wireless networks also begin to populate in the nm-applet menu list and it connects to them as expected.

System Details:
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10

Kernel Details:
Version: 2.6.27.9.13

Package Details:
network-manager: 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1

[Martin Mai (mrkanister-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you please add the /var/log/syslog to your bug report as an attachment? Also you can submit more information for it by looking to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingNetworkManager , Thanks in advance.

[Martin Mai (mrkanister-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

 We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!