Package: network-manager Version: 0.6.6-1
When trying to connect wlan0 to an open WLAN (through nm-applet), network-manager times out and switches back to eth0 after some time: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ groups stephen dialout cdrom floppy sudo audio video plugdev netdev powerdev [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -r 2.6.24-1-amd64 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lspci | grep Network 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566MM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03) 10:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN Network Connection (rev 61) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsmod | grep iw iwl4965 111848 0 firmware_class 15104 2 pcmcia,iwl4965 mac80211 132236 1 iwl4965 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo tail -f /var/log/daemon.log May 1 11:18:29 buendia acpid: received event "thermal_zone TZ2 00000081 00000000" May 1 11:18:29 buendia acpid: notifying client 3196[106:111] May 1 11:18:29 buendia acpid: notifying client 3290[0:0] May 1 11:18:29 buendia acpid: completed event "thermal_zone TZ2 00000081 00000000" May 1 11:18:40 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Updating allowed wireless network lists. May 1 11:18:40 buendia NetworkManager: <WARN> nm_dbus_get_networks_cb(): error received: org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerInfo.NoNetworks - There are no wireless networks stored.. May 1 11:18:43 buendia acpid: received event "thermal_zone TZ1 00000081 00000000" May 1 11:18:43 buendia acpid: notifying client 3196[106:111] May 1 11:18:43 buendia acpid: notifying client 3290[0:0] May 1 11:18:43 buendia acpid: completed event "thermal_zone TZ1 00000081 00000000" May 1 11:19:52 buendia NetworkManager: <debug> [1209633592.788190] nm_device_802_11_wireless_get_activation_ap(): Forcing AP 'mywlan' May 1 11:19:52 buendia NetworkManager: <info> User Switch: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/wlan0 / mywlan May 1 11:19:52 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device wlan0. May 1 11:19:52 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Device wlan0 activation scheduled... May 1 11:19:52 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device eth0. May 1 11:19:52 buendia dhclient: There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.eth0.pid with pid 3315 May 1 11:19:52 buendia dhclient: killed old client process, removed PID file May 1 11:19:52 buendia dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801 May 1 11:19:52 buendia dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801 May 1 11:19:52 buendia dhclient: DHCPRELEASE on eth0 to 192.168.1.1 port 67 May 1 11:19:52 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: Withdrawing address record for 192.168.1.7 on eth0. May 1 11:19:52 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.7. May 1 11:19:52 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: Interface eth0.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS. May 1 11:19:53 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: Withdrawing address record for fe80::21a:4bff:fe7e:342c on eth0. May 1 11:19:53 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address fe80::21a:4bff:fe7e:342c. May 1 11:19:53 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: Interface eth0.IPv6 no longer relevant for mDNS. May 1 11:19:53 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) started... May 1 11:19:53 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... May 1 11:19:53 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... May 1 11:19:53 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... May 1 11:19:53 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. May 1 11:19:53 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... May 1 11:19:53 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless): access point 'mywlan' is unencrypted, no key needed. May 1 11:19:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'INTERFACE_ADD wlan0^I^Iwext^I/var/run/wpa_supplicant^I' May 1 11:19:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' May 1 11:19:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'AP_SCAN 1' May 1 11:19:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' May 1 11:19:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'ADD_NETWORK' May 1 11:19:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was '0' May 1 11:19:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 ssid 333631312031333434' May 1 11:19:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' May 1 11:19:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 key_mgmt NONE' May 1 11:19:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' May 1 11:19:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'ENABLE_NETWORK 0' May 1 11:19:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' May 1 11:19:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. May 1 11:19:57 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Old device 'wlan0' activating, won't change. May 1 11:20:02 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Old device 'wlan0' activating, won't change. May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless): association took too long (>120s), failing activation. May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) failure scheduled... May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) failed for access point (mywlan) May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) failed. May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device wlan0. May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> SWITCH: no current connection, found better connection 'eth0'. May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Will activate connection 'eth0'. May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Device eth0 activation scheduled... May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) started... May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) successful. May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) scheduled. May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) started... May 1 11:21:56 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Beginning DHCP transaction. May 1 11:21:56 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) complete. May 1 11:21:56 buendia NetworkManager: <info> DHCP daemon state is now 12 (successfully started) for interface eth0 May 1 11:21:56 buendia dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801 May 1 11:21:57 buendia NetworkManager: <info> DHCP daemon state is now 1 (starting) for interface eth0 May 1 11:21:57 buendia dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801 May 1 11:21:58 buendia dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 May 1 11:21:59 buendia dhclient: DHCPOFFER from 192.168.1.1 May 1 11:21:59 buendia dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 May 1 11:22:01 buendia dhclient: DHCPACK from 192.168.1.1 May 1 11:22:01 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.7. May 1 11:22:01 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: New relevant interface eth0.IPv4 for mDNS. May 1 11:22:01 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: Registering new address record for 192.168.1.7 on eth0.IPv4. May 1 11:22:01 buendia dhclient: bound to 192.168.1.7 -- renewal in 41111 seconds. May 1 11:22:01 buendia NetworkManager: <info> DHCP daemon state is now 2 (bound) for interface eth0 May 1 11:22:01 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Get) scheduled... May 1 11:22:01 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Get) started... May 1 11:22:01 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Retrieved the following IP4 configuration from the DHCP daemon: May 1 11:22:01 buendia NetworkManager: <info> address 192.168.1.7 May 1 11:22:01 buendia NetworkManager: <info> netmask 255.255.255.0 May 1 11:22:01 buendia NetworkManager: <info> broadcast 192.168.1.255 May 1 11:22:01 buendia NetworkManager: <info> gateway 192.168.1.1 May 1 11:22:01 buendia NetworkManager: <info> nameserver 192.168.1.1 May 1 11:22:01 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) scheduled... May 1 11:22:01 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Get) complete. May 1 11:22:01 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) started... May 1 11:22:01 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: Withdrawing address record for 192.168.1.7 on eth0. May 1 11:22:01 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.7. May 1 11:22:01 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: Interface eth0.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS. May 1 11:22:01 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.7. May 1 11:22:01 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: New relevant interface eth0.IPv4 for mDNS. May 1 11:22:01 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: Registering new address record for 192.168.1.7 on eth0.IPv4. May 1 11:22:02 buendia NetworkManager: <info> DHCP returned name servers but system has disabled dynamic modification! May 1 11:22:02 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Finish handler scheduled. May 1 11:22:02 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) complete. May 1 11:22:02 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) successful, device activated. May 1 11:22:03 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address fe80::21a:4bff:fe7e:342c. May 1 11:22:03 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: New relevant interface eth0.IPv6 for mDNS. May 1 11:22:03 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: Registering new address record for fe80::21a:4bff:fe7e:342c on eth0.*. Configuring it manually works as expected: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid "mywlan" [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo iwconfig wlan0 ap auto [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dhclient wlan0 Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.0 Copyright 2004-2007 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801 wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801 Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:1f:3b:13:c2:4f Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:1f:3b:13:c2:4f Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPREQUEST on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 DHCPACK from 192.168.1.1 bound to 192.168.1.63 -- renewal in 41105 seconds.