Gutsy network-manager causes OS to freeze on system restart or power down
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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network-manager (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: network-manager
Using ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon
Dell Optiplex 620
Radeon x1350 family graphics card
Proprietary ATI drivers for the graphics card
Broadcom GB network card
Wired ethernet
Reproduction Steps:
Start OS,
Log into the gnome gui
Click the red button in the upper right hand corner
Select restart from the popup menu.
The ubuntu power-down splash image will appear
The ubuntu power-down splash image will disappear & be replaced by the command line
The system halts - the following is the last message
Network Manager: nm_dbus_
This problem can be reproduced by selecting power down rather than restart in the gui.
It can also be reproduced by performing
sudo shutdown -r now
at the command line.
Cross reference the following thread on the ubuntu forums:
http://
The forum suggested several workarounds:
add reboot=b in /boot/grub/menu.lst
this didn't work.
Alternate workaround
add
deb http://
to software sources
use the synaptic package manager
uninstall network-manager & network-
install wicd
This workaround was successful for my configuration, however it is sub-optimal.
It looks like development on wicd stopped around the time of edgy eft.
wicd appears to be optimized for wireless rather than wired networks.
following the instructions for autoconnect on system startup leads wicd into an endless loop.
I reverted back to network-manager and just hope that this bug gets fixed soon.
I don't have to power down this system that often. Right now, when I have to
power down, I do a hard reset using the power button on the front of the machine.
I have exactly the same problem. It is really annoying. Have anything happened with this bug?