I'm running Debian but this fix helped me with this exact problem: http://technowizah.com/2007/02/debian-how-to-managing-networks-with.html
1) Comment out all but the following from your /etc/network/interfaces: auto lo iface lo inet loopback 2) Add the user to the netdev group: sudo adduser your_username netdev -- network-manager-kde say 'no active devices' https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/154581 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs