<pre>Package: network-manager<br>Version: 0.6.6-1<br><br><br>When trying to connect wlan0 to an open WLAN (through nm-applet), network-manager times out and switches back to eth0 after some time:<br><br>stephen@buendia:~$ groups<br>
stephen dialout cdrom floppy sudo audio video plugdev netdev powerdev<br><br>stephen@buendia:~$ uname -r<br>2.6.24-1-amd64<br><br>stephen@buendia:~$ lspci | grep Network<br>00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566MM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)<br>
10:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN Network Connection (rev 61)<br><br>stephen@buendia:~$ lsmod | grep iw<br>iwl4965 111848 0 <br>firmware_class 15104 2 pcmcia,iwl4965<br>
mac80211 132236 1 iwl4965<br><br>stephen@buendia:~$ sudo tail -f /var/log/daemon.log<br>May 1 11:18:29 buendia acpid: received event "thermal_zone TZ2 00000081 00000000" <br>May 1 11:18:29 buendia acpid: notifying client 3196[106:111] <br>
May 1 11:18:29 buendia acpid: notifying client 3290[0:0] <br>May 1 11:18:29 buendia acpid: completed event "thermal_zone TZ2 00000081 00000000" <br>May 1 11:18:40 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Updating allowed wireless network lists. <br>
May 1 11:18:40 buendia NetworkManager: <WARN> nm_dbus_get_networks_cb(): error received: org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerInfo.NoNetworks - There are no wireless networks stored.. <br>May 1 11:18:43 buendia acpid: received event "thermal_zone TZ1 00000081 00000000" <br>
May 1 11:18:43 buendia acpid: notifying client 3196[106:111] <br>May 1 11:18:43 buendia acpid: notifying client 3290[0:0] <br>May 1 11:18:43 buendia acpid: completed event "thermal_zone TZ1 00000081 00000000" <br>
May 1 11:19:52 buendia NetworkManager: <debug> [1209633592.788190] nm_device_802_11_wireless_get_activation_ap(): Forcing AP 'mywlan' <br>May 1 11:19:52 buendia NetworkManager: <info> User Switch: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/wlan0 / mywlan <br>
May 1 11:19:52 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device wlan0. <br>May 1 11:19:52 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Device wlan0 activation scheduled... <br>May 1 11:19:52 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device eth0. <br>
May 1 11:19:52 buendia dhclient: There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.eth0.pid with pid 3315<br>May 1 11:19:52 buendia dhclient: killed old client process, removed PID file<br>May 1 11:19:52 buendia dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801<br>
May 1 11:19:52 buendia dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801<br>May 1 11:19:52 buendia dhclient: DHCPRELEASE on eth0 to <a href="http://192.168.1.1">192.168.1.1</a> port 67<br>May 1 11:19:52 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: Withdrawing address record for <a href="http://192.168.1.7">192.168.1.7</a> on eth0.<br>
May 1 11:19:52 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv4 with address <a href="http://192.168.1.7">192.168.1.7</a>.<br>May 1 11:19:52 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: Interface eth0.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS.<br>
May 1 11:19:53 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: Withdrawing address record for fe80::21a:4bff:fe7e:342c on eth0.<br>May 1 11:19:53 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address fe80::21a:4bff:fe7e:342c.<br>
May 1 11:19:53 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: Interface eth0.IPv6 no longer relevant for mDNS.<br>May 1 11:19:53 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) started... <br>May 1 11:19:53 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... <br>
May 1 11:19:53 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... <br>May 1 11:19:53 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... <br>
May 1 11:19:53 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. <br>May 1 11:19:53 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... <br>
May 1 11:19:53 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless): access point 'mywlan' is unencrypted, no key needed. <br>May 1 11:19:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'INTERFACE_ADD wlan0^I^Iwext^I/var/run/wpa_supplicant^I' <br>
May 1 11:19:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' <br>May 1 11:19:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'AP_SCAN 1' <br>May 1 11:19:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' <br>
May 1 11:19:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'ADD_NETWORK' <br>May 1 11:19:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was '0' <br>May 1 11:19:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 ssid 333631312031333434' <br>
May 1 11:19:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' <br>May 1 11:19:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 key_mgmt NONE' <br>May 1 11:19:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' <br>
May 1 11:19:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'ENABLE_NETWORK 0' <br>May 1 11:19:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' <br>May 1 11:19:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. <br>
May 1 11:19:57 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Old device 'wlan0' activating, won't change. <br>May 1 11:20:02 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Old device 'wlan0' activating, won't change. <br>
May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless): association took too long (>120s), failing activation. <br>May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) failure scheduled... <br>
May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) failed for access point (mywlan) <br>May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) failed. <br>May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device wlan0. <br>
May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> SWITCH: no current connection, found better connection 'eth0'. <br>May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Will activate connection 'eth0'. <br>
May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Device eth0 activation scheduled... <br>May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) started... <br>May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... <br>
May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... <br>May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... <br>
May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. <br>May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... <br>
May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) successful. <br>May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) scheduled. <br>
May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. <br>May 1 11:21:55 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) started... <br>
May 1 11:21:56 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Beginning DHCP transaction. <br>May 1 11:21:56 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) complete. <br>
May 1 11:21:56 buendia NetworkManager: <info> DHCP daemon state is now 12 (successfully started) for interface eth0 <br>May 1 11:21:56 buendia dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801<br>May 1 11:21:57 buendia NetworkManager: <info> DHCP daemon state is now 1 (starting) for interface eth0 <br>
May 1 11:21:57 buendia dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801<br>May 1 11:21:58 buendia dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to <a href="http://255.255.255.255">255.255.255.255</a> port 67 interval 4<br>May 1 11:21:59 buendia dhclient: DHCPOFFER from <a href="http://192.168.1.1">192.168.1.1</a><br>
May 1 11:21:59 buendia dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to <a href="http://255.255.255.255">255.255.255.255</a> port 67<br>May 1 11:22:01 buendia dhclient: DHCPACK from <a href="http://192.168.1.1">192.168.1.1</a><br>May 1 11:22:01 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv4 with address <a href="http://192.168.1.7">192.168.1.7</a>.<br>
May 1 11:22:01 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: New relevant interface eth0.IPv4 for mDNS.<br>May 1 11:22:01 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: Registering new address record for <a href="http://192.168.1.7">192.168.1.7</a> on eth0.IPv4.<br>
May 1 11:22:01 buendia dhclient: bound to <a href="http://192.168.1.7">192.168.1.7</a> -- renewal in 41111 seconds.<br>May 1 11:22:01 buendia NetworkManager: <info> DHCP daemon state is now 2 (bound) for interface eth0 <br>
May 1 11:22:01 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Get) scheduled... <br>May 1 11:22:01 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Get) started... <br>
May 1 11:22:01 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Retrieved the following IP4 configuration from the DHCP daemon: <br>May 1 11:22:01 buendia NetworkManager: <info> address <a href="http://192.168.1.7">192.168.1.7</a> <br>
May 1 11:22:01 buendia NetworkManager: <info> netmask <a href="http://255.255.255.0">255.255.255.0</a> <br>May 1 11:22:01 buendia NetworkManager: <info> broadcast <a href="http://192.168.1.255">192.168.1.255</a> <br>
May 1 11:22:01 buendia NetworkManager: <info> gateway <a href="http://192.168.1.1">192.168.1.1</a> <br>May 1 11:22:01 buendia NetworkManager: <info> nameserver <a href="http://192.168.1.1">192.168.1.1</a> <br>
May 1 11:22:01 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) scheduled... <br>May 1 11:22:01 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Get) complete. <br>
May 1 11:22:01 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) started... <br>May 1 11:22:01 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: Withdrawing address record for <a href="http://192.168.1.7">192.168.1.7</a> on eth0.<br>
May 1 11:22:01 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv4 with address <a href="http://192.168.1.7">192.168.1.7</a>.<br>May 1 11:22:01 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: Interface eth0.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS.<br>
May 1 11:22:01 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv4 with address <a href="http://192.168.1.7">192.168.1.7</a>.<br>May 1 11:22:01 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: New relevant interface eth0.IPv4 for mDNS.<br>
May 1 11:22:01 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: Registering new address record for <a href="http://192.168.1.7">192.168.1.7</a> on eth0.IPv4.<br>May 1 11:22:02 buendia NetworkManager: <info> DHCP returned name servers but system has disabled dynamic modification! <br>
May 1 11:22:02 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Finish handler scheduled. <br>May 1 11:22:02 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) complete. <br>
May 1 11:22:02 buendia NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) successful, device activated. <br>May 1 11:22:03 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address fe80::21a:4bff:fe7e:342c.<br>
May 1 11:22:03 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: New relevant interface eth0.IPv6 for mDNS.<br>May 1 11:22:03 buendia avahi-daemon[3145]: Registering new address record for fe80::21a:4bff:fe7e:342c on eth0.*.<br><br><br>Configuring it manually works as expected:<br>
<br><br>stephen@buendia:~$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up<br>stephen@buendia:~$ sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid "mywlan"<br>stephen@buendia:~$ sudo iwconfig wlan0 ap auto<br>stephen@buendia:~$ sudo dhclient wlan0<br>Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.0<br>
Copyright 2004-2007 Internet Systems Consortium.<br>All rights reserved.<br>For info, please visit <a href="http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/">http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/</a><br><br>wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801<br>
wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801<br>Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:1f:3b:13:c2:4f<br>Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:1f:3b:13:c2:4f<br>Sending on Socket/fallback<br>DHCPREQUEST on wlan0 to <a href="http://255.255.255.255">255.255.255.255</a> port 67<br>
DHCPACK from <a href="http://192.168.1.1">192.168.1.1</a><br>bound to <a href="http://192.168.1.63">192.168.1.63</a> -- renewal in 41105 seconds.<br><br><br><br><br><br></pre>