Steps to reproduce:
1. Left click at the NM-applet in the tray, select "Connect to the Hidden Wireless network";
2. Create new successful connection with hidden wireless (input the name, key and press "Connect");
3. Use this connection for some time;
4. Reboot;
5. Left click at the NM-applet in the tray, check networks list. Expected: recently added network present in the list. Actual: not present;
6. Click "Connect to the Hidden Wireless network", choose added network in the "Connection" menu. Expected: ability to connect to the selected network. Actual: Button "Connect" is not enabled. See screenshot.
OS: Ubuntu karmic 9.10; 2.6.31-14-generic-pae
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Date: Mon Oct 26 20:51:36 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
IfupdownConfig:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
pre-up iwconfig wlan0 rate 54M
IpRoute:
192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.3 metric 2
169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000
default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlan0 proto static
Package: network-manager-gnome 0.8~a~git.20091014t134532.4033e62-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic-pae
SourcePackage: network-manager-applet
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic-pae i686
Similar problem happened to me. I would say that I connected to the hidden network once, even if I don't remember if that was when using jaunty or after upgrade to karmic.
What I'm totally sure is that I've attempted to connect to a hidden network (with no password needed) and the network-
The network exists and works fine. Using the same machine (dual boot macbookpro 5.5) with Snow Leopard OS, or with nokia symbian v60 I can connect to that hidden network with no problem.