NetworkManager doesn't start on Samsung NC10

[Fridtjof Busse]

Binary package hint: network-manager

On a freshly installed Ubuntu intrepid on a Samsung NC10, the NetworkManager is not running after login.
Until "/etc/init.d/NetworkManager start", the network is unavailable. However, the log clearly show, NM is started during boot but gets stopped immediatly:

Mar 10 18:20:13 avalon NetworkManager: <info> starting...
Mar 10 18:20:13 avalon NetworkManager: <info> eth0: driver is 'sky2'.
Mar 10 18:20:13 avalon NetworkManager: <info> Found new Ethernet device 'eth0'.
Mar 10 18:20:13 avalon NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): exported as /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_13_77_d6_e5_fb
Mar 10 18:20:13 avalon NetworkManager: <info> wlan0: driver is 'ath5k_pci'.
Mar 10 18:20:13 avalon NetworkManager: <info> wlan0: driver supports SSID scans (scan_capa 0x01).
Mar 10 18:20:13 avalon NetworkManager: <info> Found new 802.11 WiFi device 'wlan0'.
Mar 10 18:20:13 avalon NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): exported as /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_24_2b_69_92_c0
Mar 10 18:20:13 avalon NetworkManager: <WARN> nm_signal_handler(): Caught signal 2, shutting down normally.
Mar 10 18:20:13 avalon NetworkManager: <debug> [1236705613.402221] probe_modem(): Couldn't get caps
Mar 10 18:20:13 avalon NetworkManager: <info> Trying to start the supplicant...
Mar 10 18:20:13 avalon NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): now unmanaged
Mar 10 18:20:13 avalon NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): now unmanaged
Mar 10 18:20:53 avalon nm-system-settings: Loaded plugin ifupdown: (C) 2008 Canonical Ltd. To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
Mar 10 18:20:53 avalon nm-system-settings: Loaded plugin keyfile: (c) 2007 - 2008 Red Hat, Inc. To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Do you get the same with Karmic? Thanks in advance.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

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!.