Comment 0 for bug 1388130

For some strange reason, we cannot connect to WiFi on hardware with a descrete Nvidia GPU (using the nvidia-331 driver) when the system is running off a fast SSD.

Swap the SSD for a platter drive, and things work fine. Likewise, on Intel GPU systems, with either an SSD or a platter drive, WiFi works fine.

The failure message is:

"""
Connection activation failed.
(1) Creation of object for path '/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/2' failed in libnm-glib
"""

See the attached screenshot.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: network-manager 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu28
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-24.32-generic 3.16.4
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Oct 31 08:58:25 2014
IfupdownConfig:
 # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
IpRoute:
 default via 10.17.76.1 dev eth0 proto static
 10.17.76.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 10.17.76.193 metric 1
NetworkManager.state:
 [main]
 NetworkingEnabled=true
 WirelessEnabled=true
 WWANEnabled=true
 WimaxEnabled=true
SourcePackage: network-manager
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
nmcli-con:
 NAME UUID TYPE TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT READONLY DBUS-PATH
 system76_5g d7cafbd5-f1ef-422d-9ed4-4b3a9095b234 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/1
 Wired connection 1 c52af28c-07c5-4140-bf2c-3f0d236a05fc 802-3-ethernet 1414767492 Fri 31 Oct 2014 08:58:12 AM MDT yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0
nmcli-dev:
 DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH
 wlan0 802-11-wireless disconnected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1
 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