[Hardy] Wireless broken with latests updates

[Vytas]

After latest updates of March 5th, I cannot connect to any wireless network by using network manager.
I only managed to connect by configuring it manually by using network-admin.

According to the logs, there is some problem while communicating with WPA supplicant.

Package versions:
network-manager 0.6.6~rc2-0ubuntu1
wpasupplicant 0.6.0+0.5.8-0ubuntu1

[vlowther (victor-lowther)]

I see this error on my system as well. Relavent part of /var/log/daemon.log attached.

[vlowther (victor-lowther)]

nm failing to talk to supplicant. Network is open.

[Caroline Ford (secretlondon)]

undecided ->high

[Francois Rigaut (francois.rigaut)]

+1 here. Since March 6 updates (must have been the same than Vytas).
I see exactly the same symptoms (network is listed normally under the nm-applet, but selecting it fails to connect).
My network is open too.
Bugs is present both with 2.6.24-11 and 2.6.24-10.
I'm using an atheros card.

in /var/log/daemon.log:
Mar 8 23:57:30 poliahu NetworkManager: <WARN> nm_utils_supplicant_request_with_check(): nm_supplicant_interface_init: supplicant error for 'INTERFACE_ADD ath0^I^Iwext^I/var/run/wpa_supplicant0^I'. Response: 'FAIL'

[Vytas (vytas)]

Yes, but for me it was fixed again since I updated to 0.6.6-0ubuntu1.

What version are you using?

[Nikolaus.x (nikolaus.x)]

I also had this issue. Installed Hardy alpha 6, which OOTB worked fine with my wireless (D-Link 655), however after applying all updates I can no longer connect to it. I can see the signal strength of my AP, but Ubuntu can't connect to it. Just keeps trying and trying. Since it works after Hardy a6 install, and not after the updates, the updates broke something.

[Francois Rigaut (francois.rigaut)]

@Vytas: no luck. I am using 0.6.6-0ubuntu1 and my wireless still won't connect (I was already using this version when I wrote my previous message).

I also tried directly with the alpha6 liveCD and I get exactly the same problem: my open) network is listed by the nm-applet but the thing will not connect.

I can't come back to an earlier version and 0.6.6-0ubuntu1 is the only one left in the repos (if there's another way to get an earlier version I don't know it).

This seems to me a very serious bug, and I am surprised that other (thinkpad) users are not reporting it.

I am currently doing the latest upgrade (with 2.6.24-12), but I doubt this will solve my problem. I attach the relevant part of daemon.log and lspci in case it could be useful.
Note that I am now at work and this is a closed network, but the problem was also present at home with an open network.

[Jordan (jordanu)]

I was encountering ( what I think to be at least ) this bug and the most recent network-manager update today seems to have fixed it.

[Francois Rigaut (francois.rigaut)]

Yes, it did ! Thanks.

[vladimir prieto (vladimirprieto)]

yeap, i did connect with latest update.

i didn't update since 1 week, so don't know wich one does fix.

[Robert (robrwo)]

I have the same bug. I can only connect using Network Manager but not wpa_supplicant with ifup/ifdown. Actually, using ifup, I get an error that the interface "eth1=eth1" isn't configured.

[Robert (robrwo)]

I should add that this is still an issue for me as of 24 March.