network-manager fails to connect with IEEE 802.1x wired network

[Jeroen Hoek]

Binary package hint: network-manager

In Karmic alpha 6, network-manager fails to connect to a wired network with IEEE 802.1x authentication (TTLS/PAP, no certificates). All it does is pop up:

"Wired network
Disconnected - you are now offline"

This is a very annoying and uninformative message. I know I'm off-line; I'm trying to get on-line. The same configuration works in Ibex and Jaunty.

Previous versions logged the authentication attempts in /var/log/wpa_supplicant, but this is gone in Karmic.

Please let me know if there is anything I can test or if further information is needed.

[Gabriele Monti (psicus78)]

Output of NetworkManager:

NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) starting connection 'Apice'
NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): device state change: 3 -> 4 (reason 0)
NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): device state change: 4 -> 5 (reason 0)
NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0/wired): connection 'Apice' requires no security. No secrets needed.
NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): supplicant interface state: starting -> ready
NetworkManager: dbus_g_proxy_get_path: assertion `DBUS_IS_G_PROXY (proxy)' failed
NetworkManager: nm_supplicant_config_add_setting_8021x: assertion `connection_uid != NULL' failed
NetworkManager: <WARN> build_supplicant_config(): Couldn't add 802.1X security setting to supplicant config.
NetworkManager: <WARN> supplicant_iface_state_cb_handler(): Activation (eth0/wired): couldn't build security configuration.
NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): device state change: 5 -> 9 (reason 9)
NetworkManager: <info> Marking connection 'Apice' invalid.
NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) failed.
NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): device state change: 9 -> 3 (reason 0)
NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): deactivating device (reason: 0).