KNetworkManager sometimes fails to initialize

[Rob Hasselbaum <rhasselbaum comcast net>]

Hi,

First of all, thanks for a great tool! I'm using KNetworkManager on 
Kubuntu 6.10. Most of the time, it works well. But maybe 20% of the 
times I boot my laptop, the tray icon will fall to appear and I won't be 
connected to my wireless network. I can see "knetworkmanager" in the 
process list, though, and I can kill it and restart it and everything is 
fine again--although i have to manually connect to the network in this case.

Amy idea what could be causing this intermittent behavior? I have pasted 
the syslog below that shows an occurrence of the problem. As you can 
see, it seems to get stuck at stage 2. The network key should be 
available in KWallet, so I don't know why it says no valid key exists.

Appreciate any help!
-Rob


Dec  5 09:57:51 robh-kubuntu NetworkManager: <information>^IWill 
activate connection 'ath0/BEZ_WIRELESS'.
Dec  5 09:57:51 robh-kubuntu NetworkManager: <information>^IDevice ath0 
activation scheduled...
Dec  5 09:57:51 robh-kubuntu NetworkManager: <information>^IActivation 
(ath0) started...
Dec  5 09:57:51 robh-kubuntu NetworkManager: <information>^IActivation 
(ath0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
Dec  5 09:57:51 robh-kubuntu NetworkManager: <information>^IOld device 
'ath0' activating, won't change.
Dec  5 09:57:51 robh-kubuntu NetworkManager: <information>^IActivation 
(ath0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
Dec  5 09:57:51 robh-kubuntu NetworkManager: <information>^IActivation 
(ath0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
Dec  5 09:57:51 robh-kubuntu NetworkManager: <information>^IActivation 
(ath0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
Dec  5 09:57:51 robh-kubuntu NetworkManager: <information>^IActivation 
(ath0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
Dec  5 09:57:51 robh-kubuntu NetworkManager: <information>^IActivation 
(ath0/wireless): access point 'BEZ_WIRELESS' is encrypted, but NO valid 
key exists.  New key needed.
Dec  5 09:57:51 robh-kubuntu NetworkManager: <information>^IActivation 
(ath0) New wireless user key requested for network 'BEZ_WIRELESS'.
Dec  5 09:57:51 robh-kubuntu NetworkManager: <information>^IActivation 
(ath0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
Dec  5 09:57:53 robh-kubuntu hcid[4617]: name_listener_add(:1.7)
Dec  5 09:57:53 robh-kubuntu hcid[4617]: Default passkey agent (:1.7, 
/org/bluez/passkey_agent_4932) registered
Dec  5 09:57:54 robh-kubuntu kernel: [17179656.480000] NET: Registered 
protocol family 4
Dec  5 09:57:54 robh-kubuntu kernel: [17179656.768000] NET: Registered 
protocol family 3
Dec  5 09:57:54 robh-kubuntu kernel: [17179656.944000] NET: Registered 
protocol family 5
Dec  5 09:57:55 robh-kubuntu dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.
Dec  5 09:57:55 robh-kubuntu dhclient: No working leases in persistent 
database - sleeping.
Dec  5 09:57:55 robh-kubuntu dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 2
Dec  5 09:57:55 robh-kubuntu ntpdate[4977]: can't find host ntp.ubuntu.com
Dec  5 09:57:55 robh-kubuntu ntpdate[4977]: no servers can be used, exiting
Dec  5 09:57:57 robh-kubuntu dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.
Dec  5 09:57:57 robh-kubuntu dhclient: No working leases in persistent 
database - sleeping.
Dec  5 09:57:57 robh-kubuntu ntpdate[4990]: can't find host ntp.ubuntu.com
Dec  5 09:57:57 robh-kubuntu ntpdate[4990]: no servers can be used, exiting