[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#568243: network-manager-gnome: NetworkManger (0.7.2-2) applet crashes when trying to prompt user

[Julian Tibble]

Package: network-manager-gnome
Version: 0.7.2-2
Severity: important

To trigger the bug, attempt to connect to a wireless network that is
password-protected but either:

  (a) not accessible (i.e. you've suspended a laptop and an
      old network is still listed by the applet)
  (b) not previously set up (i.e. nm-applet does not have the
      password)

nm-applet then dumps one of the following messages to the
console:

Case (a):
   ** Message: <info>  New secrets for [....] requested; ask the user

Case (b):
   ** Message: <info>  No keyring secrets found for [....]; asking user.

There is then the following dbus error and nm-applet crashes:

  process 21457: arguments to dbus_message_new_method_call() were
   incorrect, assertion "_dbus_check_is_valid_path (path)" failed
   in file dbus-message.c line 1078.
   This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages network-manager-gnome depends on:
ii  dbus-x11                      1.2.16-2   simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  gconf2                        2.28.0-1   GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnome-icon-theme              2.28.0-1   GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  libc6                         2.10.2-5   Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libdbus-1-3                   1.2.16-2   simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2              0.84-1     simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libgconf2-4                   2.28.0-1   GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0                   1:2.6.4-1  library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0                  2.22.4-1   The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-keyring0             2.28.2-1   GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgtk2.0-0                   2.18.5-1   The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libnm-glib-vpn0               0.7.2-2    network management framework (GLib
ii  libnm-glib0                   0.7.2-2    network management framework (GLib
ii  libnm-util1                   0.7.999-2  network management framework (shar
ii  libnotify1 [libnotify1-gtk2.1 0.4.5-1    sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libpango1.0-0                 1.26.2-1   Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpolkit-gnome0              0.9.2-2    PolicyKit-gnome library
ii  libpolkit2                    0.9-4      library for accessing PolicyKit
ii  network-manager               0.7.999-2  network management framework daemo
ii  policykit-gnome               0.9.2-2    GNOME dialogs for PolicyKit

Versions of packages network-manager-gnome recommends:
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring [libpam- 2.28.2-1   PAM module to unlock the GNOME key
ii  notification-daemon           0.4.0-2    a daemon that displays passive pop

Versions of packages network-manager-gnome suggests:
pn  network-manager-openvpn-gnome <none>     (no description available)
pn  network-manager-pptp-gnome    <none>     (no description available)
ii  network-manager-vpnc-gnome    0.7.2-1    network management framework (VPNC

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