Well this bug is marked as a duplicate. The original bug actually gives a solution and tells you where to get a "fixed" version of network manager. Quotation marks there because it's no different from the buggy one in terms of connecting to my flatmate's AP. I solved this problem by completely uninstalling network-manager and installing wicd instead.
-- [b43] Intrepid upgrade/can't connect to wpa network https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292368 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
