WIreless network device not managed

[Tudor M Pop]

I've just installed the 12.04 Beta 1 on a Asus EeePC 1005 PE using the alternate cd. However, I can't connect to any wireless networks using the GUI. When I right-click on the network icon on the titlebar, the option under "Wireless Networks" is greyed out and says "device is not managed".

I am successfully able to scan for networks using "sudo iwlist scan".
Here is my output
sudo lshw -C network
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: 1c:4b:d6:5a:4e:42
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k driverversion=3.2.0-18-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.2.4 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
       resources: irq:17 memory:fbff0000-fbffffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: AR8132 Fast Ethernet
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: c0
       serial: 48:5b:39:05:74:7c
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=atl1c driverversion=1.0.1.0-NAPI duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.2.3 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:46 memory:f7fc0000-f7ffffff ioport:ec00(size=128)

lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu precise (development branch)
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise

uname -a
Linux netbook 3.2.0-18-generic #28-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 2 20:02:50 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

sudo rfkill list
0: asus-wlan: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
1: asus-bluetooth: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: no
2: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no

While using the live-cd the wireless network was available, the same happened when installing from alternate cd.

Best regards.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Alex Williams (malexw)]

This bug affects me as well. I installed on a Thinkpad T42 using the mini iso. Similarly, I can scan for networks with
$ sudo iwlist scan
as expected.

 As a workaround, I am able to configure my wireless network by installing Wicd and using that instead of NetworkManager.

I found this quote on the NetworkManager FAQ (http://live.gnome.org/DarrenAlbers/NetworkManagerFAQ):
"My Card is not recognized by NetworkManager and I am running Debian or Ubuntu:

Debian and Ubuntu modified NetworkManager so that it would not manage any devices listed in /etc/network/interfaces. If you open this file and comment out the lines for the interfaces you want to manage and reboot NetworkManager will see them. **Do not comment out l0**"

When I checked /etc/network/interfaces, I saw that my card was listed there. After commenting it out and rebooting, NetworkManager was now able to manage my card, but there seemed to be numerous other issues with the NetworkManager applet. eg: all the WPA networks were greyed out (my card supports WPA/WPA2) and nm-applet died with SIGABRT when I clicked on "Create new network" (See bug #949441). I don't know if all of these issues are related or not.

My details:

$ sudo lshw -C network

  *-network:0
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 82540EP Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Mobile)
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 1
       bus info: pci@0000:02:01.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 03
       serial: 00:11:25:16:23:05
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000 driverversion=7.3.21-k8-NAPI firmware=N/A latency=64 link=no mingnt=255 multicast=yes port=twisted pair
       resources: irq:11 memory:c0220000-c023ffff memory:c0200000-c020ffff ioport:7000(size=64) memory:e8000000-e800ffff
  *-network:1
       description: Wireless interface
       product: PRO/Wireless 2915ABG [Calexico2] Network Connection
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:02:02.0
       logical name: eth1
       version: 05
       serial: 00:15:00:2c:a3:5d
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ipw2200 driverversion=1.2.2kmprq firmware=ABG:9.0.5.27 (Dec 12 2007) ip=192.168.0.103 latency=64 link=yes maxlatency=24 mingnt=3 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abg
       resources: irq:11 memory:c0214000-c0214fff

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu precise (development branch)
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise

$ uname -a
Linux Nova 3.2.0-17-generic #27-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 24 15:38:36 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

$ sudo rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no

[Alex Williams (malexw)]

I forgot to mention that iwconfig seems to have an issue with my card as well.

$ iwconfig eth1 essid <my network>
Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
    SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not permitted.

[Isak Enström (isen)]

I've only tested 12.04 beta1 from a live USB stick, but there definitely seem to be a problem when connecting to a wireless network with the ipw2200 driver. I have never before had any troubles with wireless in Ubuntu since I started using it in 2008. The wireless interface is named eth1 and it's been that way since 8.04

I'm suspecting that my issues are related to this since nm-applet crashes when I try to connect to a wireless network from the control panel app (gnome-nettool?) When clicking the network indicator all secured networks are 'greyed out' and only unsecured networks are clickable.

If I create a new network connection by running 'nm-connection-editor' and manually enter my details I get connected, so the hardware is working at least.

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo lspci -vvnn
06:05.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection [8086:4220] (rev 05)
 Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2702]
 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
 Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
 Latency: 32 (750ns min, 6000ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18
 Region 0: Memory at c8305000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
 Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
  Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
  Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=1 PME-
 Kernel driver in use: ipw2200
 Kernel modules: ipw2200

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo lshw -C network
*-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 5
       bus info: pci@0000:06:05.0
       logical name: eth1
       version: 05
       serial: 00:13:ce:60:0e:c0
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ipw2200 driverversion=1.2.2kmprq firmware=ABG:9.0.5.27 (Dec 12 2007) latency=32 link=no maxlatency=24 mingnt=3 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
       resources: irq:18 memory:c8305000-c8305fff

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox)]

We fixed this in an upload past the Beta 1 release. You may want to try this out with a recent daily image (or it will be included in Beta 2).

Closing as Fix Released.

FWIW; ipw2200 has nothing to do with this. If you're having issues with an Intel card using the ipw2200 (Calexico2 and others); please see bug 908380