Can't access networking (under system>admin>networking)

[master5o1]

This bug I am filing has the output from bug buddy (or what ever it's called) down below.

I can't access network-admin (either via terminal or system>administration>networking).
This prevents me from setting up my wireless card. My eth0 is fine due to it's dhcp but i want wifi :P

1Memory status: size: 61001728 vsize: 0 resident: 61001728 share: 0 rss: 11972608 rss_rlim: 0
CPU usage: start_time: 1176763687 rtime: 0 utime: 62 stime: 0 cutime:58 cstime: 0 timeout: 4 it_real_value: 0 frequency: 0

Backtrace was generated from '/usr/bin/network-admin'

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[New Thread -1225750864 (LWP 5550)]
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0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1 0xb731c323 in __waitpid_nocancel ()
   from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
#2 0xb7eb01b6 in gnome_gtk_module_info_get () from /usr/lib/libgnomeui-2.so.0
#3 <signal handler called>
#4 0xb75cfb92 in g_slice_free_chain_with_offset ()
   from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#5 0xb75b6891 in g_list_free () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#6 0x08050ba7 in ?? ()
#7 0x082fa8e0 in ?? ()
#8 0x0804e4dc in gtk_combo_box_set_active_iter@plt ()
#9 0x00000000 in ?? ()

Thread 1 (Thread -1225750864 (LWP 5550)):
#0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
No symbol table info available.
#1 0xb731c323 in __waitpid_nocancel ()
   from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
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#2 0xb7eb01b6 in gnome_gtk_module_info_get () from /usr/lib/libgnomeui-2.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#3 <signal handler called>
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#4 0xb75cfb92 in g_slice_free_chain_with_offset ()
   from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#5 0xb75b6891 in g_list_free () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
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#6 0x08050ba7 in ?? ()
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#7 0x082fa8e0 in ?? ()
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#8 0x0804e4dc in gtk_combo_box_set_active_iter@plt ()
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#9 0x00000000 in ?? ()
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#0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()

[master5o1 (iam5o1)]

BTW!

I am running EDGY...

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported, but feel free to report any other bugs you find.

[Baldbass (mark-w-giles)]

Sebastien Bacher,

If I remember correctly, the proposed solution for this bug was to
upgrade to the next version of Ubuntu. After googling around, I found
a work-around for this problem. I have implemented the following, and
thought that others might benefit.

First, I gave my network interface, eth0, some logical names in my
/etc/network/interfaces file.

iface home inet dhcp
iface work inet dhcp
iface devrack inet static
   address 192.168.1.100
   netmask 255.255.255.0
   gateway 192.168.1.1

Next, I created different instances of my /etc/hosts files with
extensions for each location to correspond with the logical names in
the above mentioned interfaces file.

hosts.home
hosts.work
hosts.devrack

Then, I wrote a bash script named changeNetwork.sh that will accept a
command line parameter that corresponds to the logical interface
names. Based on what parameter is given on the command line, the
script forces an ifdown, copies the appropriate hosts file to
/etc/hosts and then does an ifup with the logical name in the
interfaces file

Command line
> ./changeNetwork.sh devrack

Commands run by bash script
>sudo ifdown --force eth0
>sudo cp /etc/hosts.devrack /etc/hosts
>sudo ifup eth0=devrack

This process works for me with no problems since I have to swap cables
routinely at work. Yes it requires typing on the command line, I have
found that this approach is much faster and not as buggy as the gui
option.

Mark

On 4/17/07, Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 67936 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67936
>
> Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been
> reported, but feel free to report any other bugs you find.
>
> ** Changed in: gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Medium
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs
> Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 67936
> [network-admin] Crash when starting from menu.
>
> --
> Can't access networking (under system>admin>networking)
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/107111
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug (via bug 67936).
>