network-manager-applet crashes on connecting to Vista hosted ad-hoc wireless subnet

[Wasa]

When I'm trying to connect to my Vista ad-hoc wireless network the network-manager-applet crashes with the foloowing record in the /var/log/messages:

Nov 8 20:25:31 wasa-laptop kernel: [21107.487412] nm-applet[14579]: segfault at 8 ip 00007f256f6c45bf sp 00007f255d5b9f30 error 4 in libgio-2.0.so.0.2200.2[7f256f692000+a6000]

Ad-hoc is WPA2-PSK/AES but there was no any options/passphrase shown when I'm choosing it in applet tray menu before applet is crashed.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Date: Mon Nov 9 14:24:48 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nm-applet
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
IpRoute:
 172.17.2.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 172.17.2.29 metric 1
 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000
 default via 172.17.2.2 dev eth0 proto static
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: network-manager-gnome 0.8~a~git.20091014t134532.4033e62-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: yes
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: network-manager-applet
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64

[Ximatz (ximatz)]

Sorry, I am new to bug reporting, and I don't know if I am wright here or not. My apologizes if I should post this somewhere else.

I have also the same problem. The nm-applet crashes every time I try to connect to a wireless ad-hoc network made by a Windows machine. Following differences apply by me, though:
- The ad-hoc network was made by computer running Windows 7
- I am using a 32-bit version of Ubuntu (Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686)

Unfortunately there is no record of the crash on any log file on my system every time the applet disappears. The only message I can get from the system is from the console. For this, I restart the applet from the console manually every time it crashes and try to select the ad-hoc wireless network again from the available networks list. This is what I get:

$ nm-applet
**
ERROR:applet.c:334:applet_menu_item_activate_helper_part2: assertion failed: (connection)
Aborted

This happens only with ad-hoc networks using WPA2-Personal encryption, as described in the original bug report. The nm-applet does not crash, if the ad-hoc network uses WEP encryption.

I have been using WEP encryption as a work around for this problem, but this is not a satisfactory solution.

[Maciej Lopuszanski (mackos1-o2)]

the same here.....

i was tying to setup adhoc network made by win vista and connecting from ubuntu 9.10 kernel:2.6.31-18.

only that i get is this cool looking error :)
ERROR:applet.c:334:applet_menu_item_activate_helper_part2: assertion failed: (connection)
Aborted

there is exactly no difference between secured adhoc or open adhoc connection. error just likes me no mater what.

[Andrew Collette (andrew-collette)]

This is still happening with a fully patched version of Karmic (9.10). When trying to connect to an ad-hoc network (with WPA2 hosted on a Windows 7 machine), nm-applet exits with:

ERROR:applet.c:334:applet_menu_item_activate_helper_part2: assertion failed: (connection)
Aborted

I can also confirm (as Ximatz wrote) that it does not happen with WEP enabled or in no-encryption (open) mode. However, WEP is completely inappropriate for this task... sharing an internet connection wirelessly requires good encryption.

I noticed this bug has been categorized as new/undecided since November. Are there any plans to address this?

[Martinichka (m-lootsma)]

Same happened here. Both machine are Ubuntu 10.4 32bit. I as well tried secure and open ad-hock connection. The error message I get is:
May 11 23:39:26 **** kernel: [ 106.299726] nm-applet[1282]: segfault at 0 ip 0805a6ea sp bf903350 error 4 in nm-applet[8048000+55000]

Hasn't been there any development on this bug since November?

[Рустам Second_Fry Губайдуллин (secondfry)]

Just affected me
[ 186.407535] nm-applet[5377]: segfault at 0 ip 0805a6ea sp bfcb4350 error 4 in nm-applet[8048000+55000]

Also, if I try to set SSID manually, it's changes to some strange text.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"g\xC6isQ\xFFJ\xEC)\xCD\xBA\xAB\xF2\xFB\xE3F|\xC2T\xF8\x1B\xE8\xE7\x8DvZ.c3\x9F\xC9\x9A"

[Рустам Second_Fry Губайдуллин (secondfry)]

There is some more info. This is my card:
00:0b.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)

If I try to "Create new wireless connection" nm-applet crashes.
rustam-desktop rustam # dmesg | grep segfault
[ 45.438295] nm-applet[2568]: segfault at 0 ip 0805a6ea sp bf89ffc0 error 4 in nm-applet[8048000+55000]
[ 116.688619] nm-applet[3062]: segfault at 0 ip 0805a6ea sp bf8da600 error 4 in nm-applet[8048000+55000]
[ 131.870163] nm-applet[3623]: segfault at 0 ip 0805a6ea sp bfd40f60 error 4 in nm-applet[8048000+55000]
[ 150.527491] nm-applet[4114]: segfault at 0 ip 0805a6ea sp bff7c0a0 error 4 in nm-applet[8048000+55000]
[ 159.986410] nm-applet[4677]: segfault at 0 ip 0805a6ea sp bff02060 error 4 in nm-applet[8048000+55000]
[ 173.320722] nm-applet[4888]: segfault at 0 ip 0805a6ea sp bfb45d00 error 4 in nm-applet[8048000+55000]
[ 186.407535] nm-applet[5377]: segfault at 0 ip 0805a6ea sp bfcb4350 error 4 in nm-applet[8048000+55000]

[qdlaty (wojciech-kudla)]

Same here. The device is:
10:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)
using iwl3945
Ubuntu 10.04, 64-bit, kernel: 2.6.32-25-generic #44-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 17 20:05:27 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
It's impossible to create an ad-hoc network - neither with gnome-network-manager nor iwconfig.
The network's essid gets changed to something like:
"e\xCCM($H:\xA0\x00\xD2j\x14|\xE8w#\x9F\xA3\xB9\x05x\xAE\xCA\x98\x12S\x03\xFE\x05\x9F\x0Cj"
after several seconds.
Come on guys, is it so hard to take a look and propose a workaround or something?