The maximum number of pending replies per connection has been reached

[Bill Moseley <moseley hank org>]

This is on Ubuntu Feisty network-manager 0.6.4-6ubuntu7

I'm not sure if this is related to the (Atheros only?) frequent
disconnects, but when I'm running long tasks on the laptop the network
becomes unavailable and I have to reboot (but, I can't reboot because
I'm waiting on the long-running task to complete first).

I can't tell if it's not connecting because of the "max number of
pending replies" or because of the "New wireless user key requested
for network 'hanklan'" yet it's not asking me for my pass phrase.

Normally, when I first boot and start GNOME 

I see this in the logs (sorry for the long lines):


Aug 12 22:16:30 tiger NetworkManager: <information>^Iwpa_supplicant(17983): State: COMPLETED -> DISCONNECTED 
Aug 12 22:16:30 tiger NetworkManager: <information>^Iwpa_supplicant(17983): wpa_driver_wext_set_operstate: operstate 1->0 (DORMANT) 
Aug 12 22:16:30 tiger NetworkManager: <information>^Iwpa_supplicant(17983): WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=-1, operstate=5 
Aug 12 22:16:38 tiger NetworkManager: <information>^Iath0: link timed out. 
Aug 12 22:16:38 tiger NetworkManager: <information>^ISWITCH: found better connection 'ath0/hanklan' than current connection 'ath0/hanklan'.  same_ssid=1, have_link=0 
Aug 12 22:16:38 tiger NetworkManager: <information>^IError from dhcdbd on 'reason' request because: name 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.LimitsExceeded', message 'The maximum number of pending replies per connection has been reached'. 
Aug 12 22:16:38 tiger NetworkManager: <information>^IWill activate connection 'ath0/hanklan'. 
Aug 12 22:16:38 tiger NetworkManager: <information>^IDevice ath0 activation scheduled... 
Aug 12 22:16:38 tiger NetworkManager: <information>^IDeactivating device ath0. 
Aug 12 22:16:40 tiger avahi-daemon[5231]: Interface ath0.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS.
Aug 12 22:16:40 tiger avahi-daemon[5231]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface ath0.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.19.
Aug 12 22:16:40 tiger dhclient: receive_packet failed on ath0: Network is down
Aug 12 22:16:40 tiger avahi-daemon[5231]: Withdrawing address record for fe80::219:7eff:fe57:655d on ath0.
Aug 12 22:16:40 tiger avahi-daemon[5231]: Withdrawing address record for 192.168.1.19 on ath0.
Aug 12 22:16:40 tiger NetworkManager: <information>^IActivation (ath0) started... 
Aug 12 22:16:40 tiger NetworkManager: <information>^IActivation (ath0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... 
Aug 12 22:16:40 tiger NetworkManager: <information>^IActivation (ath0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... 
Aug 12 22:16:40 tiger NetworkManager: <information>^IActivation (ath0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... 
Aug 12 22:16:40 tiger NetworkManager: <information>^IActivation (ath0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. 
Aug 12 22:16:40 tiger NetworkManager: <information>^IActivation (ath0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... 
Aug 12 22:16:40 tiger NetworkManager: <information>^IActivation (ath0/wireless): access point 'hanklan' is encrypted, but NO valid key exists.  New key needed. 
Aug 12 22:16:40 tiger NetworkManager: <information>^IActivation (ath0) New wireless user key requested for network 'hanklan'. 
Aug 12 22:16:40 tiger NetworkManager: <information>^IActivation (ath0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. 
Aug 12 22:16:40 tiger kernel: [ 8047.204000] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): ath0: link is not ready

-- 
Bill Moseley
moseley hank org