I have the same problem. Writing this comment connected to an open network, so it obviously USUALLY works fine.
Earlier today tried connecting to two different open networks and both generated the same problems. /var/log/syslog visually looked like the first report on the problem here. I'm attaching my own /var/log/syslog Observe that prior to migrating from WinXP to Kubuntu 7.10 connecting with wireless to both of the problematic accesspoints have never failed for me. ** Attachment added: "syslog" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11682045/syslog -- Unable to connect to an open network, wlassistant can connect https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/89092 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