Gnome Network Manager enable / disable wireless does not work

[Rainer Rohde]

I noticed today that the Gnome Network Manager does not work correctly when it comes to enabling / disabling wireless networks.

Please see the attached screenshot as reference. I highlighted the issue in which, even though wireless networks are enabled (but shows disabled), the available networks don't show up and the system does not connect to my adhoc wifi hotspot either.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: network-manager-gnome 0.9.6.2-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-14.19-generic 3.5.3
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-14-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Sep 17 12:16:04 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
IpRoute:
 default via 172.25.128.1 dev p3p1 proto static
 169.254.0.0/16 dev p3p1 scope link metric 1000
 172.25.128.0/22 dev p3p1 proto kernel scope link src 172.25.129.182 metric 1
NetworkManager.state:
 [main]
 NetworkingEnabled=true
 WirelessEnabled=true
 WWANEnabled=true
 WimaxEnabled=true
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: network-manager-applet
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
nmcli-con:
 NAME UUID TYPE TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT READONLY DBUS-PATH
 UbuntuAdhoc 9d60fbf9-1f9c-4668-8992-410329cba08a 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/2
 LAN 419947ad-0cd4-4405-9937-dfe63f844d78 802-3-ethernet 1347902042 Mon 17 Sep 2012 12:14:02 PM CDT yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/1
 CurbYourEnthusiasm de289622-1567-45dc-bee0-9810ab6de2b1 802-11-wireless 1347836612 Sun 16 Sep 2012 06:03:32 PM CDT yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0
nmcli-dev:
 DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH
 p3p1 802-3-ethernet connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1
 wlan0 802-11-wireless disconnected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
nmcli-nm:
 RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
 running 0.9.6.0 connected enabled enabled disabled enabled disabled

[Rainer Rohde (rainer-rohde)]

The Gnome Network Manager also seems to have lost its "Connect to Hidden Networks..." option.

[Rainer Rohde (rainer-rohde)]

It seems to be working again... see attached screenshot. Not sure if this is a fluke or not just yet.

[Frédéric Kapp (fred-kapp)]

i am affected by this bug too. When i turn off via the applet
i have to manually do a "sudo rfkill unblock all" in order to access again the wireless

[Miguel Gonzalez (miguel-3-gonzalez)]

One of my users is experiencing the same issue on 12.04.

It's a Dell Precision 4700 with a Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 wireless card.

I believe it was working before so maybe an update has broken network-manager.

The versions we have are:

ii network-manager 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4.2 network management framework (daemon and userspace tools)
ii network-manager-gnome 0.9.4.1-0ubuntu2 network management framework (GNOME frontend)
ii network-manager-pptp 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu1 network management framework (PPTP plugin core)
ii network-manager-pptp-gnome 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu1 network management framework (PPTP plugin GNOME GUI)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.