[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#707186: Bug#707186: network-manager: wireless reconnection doesn't work without stoping NM an killing nm-applet

[Michael Biebl]

Am 08.05.2013 03:52, schrieb Christoph Anton Mitterer:
> Package: network-manager
> Version: 0.9.8.0-4
> Severity: important
> 
> 
> Hi.
> 
> I have the following problem:
> Using NM in managed mode with a /e/n/interfaces connection like this:
> iface wlan0-foo inet dhcp
>         wpa-ssid foobar
>         wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK
>         wpa-psk blafas
>         dns-search example.org
> 

As a first advice, if you want to manage your wireless interface with
NM, I would recommed *against* using /e/n/i and managed=true.

ifupdown will still manage your wlan0-foo interface and having two
network management systems handling the same interface is not going to
work out well.

> setting up the connection only works the very first time (after system boot),
> i.e. I have to manually click that connection in GNOME's nm-applet, as it doesn't
> start it automatically (don't know why).
> 
> When it got lost or I disconnect via the NM applet... reconnection doesn't work anymore.
> The animation with the two turning bullets is circling forever.
> 
> This can be resolved by the following
> /etc/init.d/network-manager stop
> killall nm-applet
> /etc/init.d/network-manager start
> 
> Any idea what this could be or how to debug?

See above, are you actually sure the device is properly managed by NM?
As for debugging, see [1]. Please attach a debug log.

What kind of desktop environment are you using? Do you have proper
PolicyKit permissions? Is you desktop session marked as active and
local? (ck-list-sessions)

Michael

[1] https://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager/Debugging
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