NetworkManager Applet shows zero signal strength and not not connected

[Kim Alvefur]

Connected to a network, nm-applet shows zero strength.
Clicking the appet does not show the networks radiobutton selected.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: network-manager-gnome 0.7.1~rc4.1-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 LC_TIME=en_DK.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: network-manager-applet
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-13-generic i686

[Kim Alvefur (zash)]

Maybe relevant or a separate bug, but iwlist and iwconfig does not work unless run as root

[Tony Espy (awe)]

The iwconfig / iwlist problem is a known problem with the Broadcom 'wl' driver.

What hardware are you using?

Also, are you actually online when the problem occurs?

If so, it might be helpful to post the output of "sudo iwconfig" once you're associated. This will show us whether or not the driver's actually reporting a signal quality for the AP when associated.

Does this problem occur with all access points or only "ninja" ( WPA-PSK? )?

Finally, I see lots of these error messages in the logs:

Jul 21 03:22:42 spinachia NetworkManager: <info> Unmanaged Device found; state CONNECTED forced. (see http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191889)

Where you experimenting with putting "eth0" in /etc/network/interfaces?

[Kim Alvefur (zash)]

On Tue, 2009-07-28 at 13:39 +0000, Tony Espy wrote:
> The iwconfig / iwlist problem is a known problem with the Broadcom 'wl'
> driver.
>
> What hardware are you using?
Compaq Mini 730eo

> Also, are you actually online when the problem occurs?
Yes

> If so, it might be helpful to post the output of "sudo iwconfig" once
> you're associated. This will show us whether or not the driver's
> actually reporting a signal quality for the AP when associated.
Everything in the iwstuff file is done at the same time without changing
anything else than prepending with sudo

> Does this problem occur with all access points or only "ninja" ( WPA-
> PSK? )?
I think I have seen it work properly (the NM part) once.
It works when running a Ad-Hoc network. Also, nm-tool reports properly
even when nm-applet does not.

> Finally, I see lots of these error messages in the logs:
>
> Jul 21 03:22:42 spinachia NetworkManager: <info> Unmanaged Device
> found; state CONNECTED forced. (see
> http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191889)
>
> Where you experimenting with putting "eth0" in /etc/network/interfaces?
No
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Kim Alvefur <email address hidden>

[Kim Alvefur (zash)]

This resolved itself after a access-point reset and reconfigure. It now shows as connected and full strength.