Public bug reported: since edgy I cannot connect to a (unencrypted) wlan anymore with NetworkManager. NM (or something else?) freeze the system after a short while.
maybe related to: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/network- manager/+bug/51385 Package: network-manager Version: 0.6.3-2ubuntu5 Severity: wishlist -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers edgy-updates APT policy: (990, 'edgy-updates'), (990, 'edgy-security'), (990, 'edgy-proposed'), (990, 'edgy-backports'), (990, 'edgy') Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-7-powerpc Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages network-manager depends on: ii dbus 0.92-2ubuntu2 simple interprocess messaging syst ii dhcdbd 1.14-2ubuntu2 dbus interface to the ISC DHCP cli ii hal 0.5.7.1-0ubuntu10 Hardware Abstraction Layer ii iproute 20051007-4ubuntu1 Professional tools to control the ii iputils-arping 3:20020927-3ubuntu1 Tool to send ICMP echo requests to ii libc6 2.4-1ubuntu10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libdbus-1-3 0.92-2ubuntu2 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.71-1ubuntu1 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libgcrypt11 1.2.2-2 LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr ii libglib2.0-0 2.12.3-1ubuntu1 The GLib library of C routines ii libgpg-error0 1.2-1 library for common error values an ii libhal1 0.5.7.1-0ubuntu10 Hardware Abstraction Layer - share ii libiw28 28-1ubuntu2 Wireless tools - library ii libnl1-pre6 1.0~pre5+svn21-2ubuntu2 Library for dealing with netlink s ii libnm-util0 0.6.3-2ubuntu5 network management framework (shar ii lsb-base 3.1-10ubuntu2 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip ii wpasupplicant 0.5.4-5 Client support for WPA and WPA2 (I Versions of packages network-manager recommends: ii network-manager-gnome 0.6.3-2ubuntu5 network management framework (GNOM -- no debconf information ** Affects: network-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Untriaged Status: Unconfirmed -- trying to join wireless network with nm freeze system https://launchpad.net/bugs/60825 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs