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network-manager-applet package

  1. Bug #282209
  2. Comment #6

Comment 6 for bug 282209

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Holger Mayer (holger-mayer) wrote :

My Asus Eeepc 1000H (eeebuntu, intrepid) get this error message in ~/.xsession-errors if the SSID is hidden by the WLAN network. It takes a very long time until there is a connetion established.
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** (nm-applet:5573): CRITICAL **: nm_utils_ssid_to_utf8: assertion `ssid != NULL' failed
** (nm-applet:5573): CRITICAL **: nm_utils_ssid_to_utf8: assertion `ssid != NULL' failed
** (nm-applet:5573): CRITICAL **: nm_utils_ssid_to_utf8: assertion `ssid != NULL' failed
** (nm-applet:5573): CRITICAL **: nm_utils_ssid_to_utf8: assertion `ssid != NULL' failed
...
...
(nm-applet:5573): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: instance of invalid non-instantiatable type `(null)'
(nm-applet:5573): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_handlers_disconnect_matched: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed
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My gess is that nm-applet fails because of the hidden SSID. In fact there is no SSID. The SSID field in the broadcasted WLAN beacon frame is empty. (I suppose "ssid" should be a zero length string, not a NULL pointer)