NetworkManager not connecting automatically

[Alex Janssen <alex ourwoods org>]

Hi all.  Just joined the list due to a this little problem.

I am running Ubuntu 7.04 on a Dell Inspiron 1501 with a Dell 1390 
wireless card and using ndiswrapper 1.46 and the Dell R140747 driver.

Every time I boot, NM sees my access point and tries to connect but 
fails and displays the dual computer icon with the red x.  I can 
left-click and select my network(already selected via radio button) and 
it repeats the same action.  If I left click the icon, select "Create a 
new wireless network", let the name default to my computer name and 
click connect, it tries again and will time out.  Then if I left-click 
and select my network, it will finally connect.  I have to tell it to 
create a new network every time I reboot or rise from hibernation.

What I think is a relevent log after a failure follows:
tail /var/log/daemon.log
Jun 17 00:49:34 di1501aj NetworkManager: 
<information>^Iwpa_supplicant(19981):    skip - no WPA/RSN IE
Jun 17 00:49:34 di1501aj NetworkManager: 
<information>^Iwpa_supplicant(19981):    selected non-WPA AP 
00:0f:3d:4f:7c:7a ssid='stoneypoint'
Jun 17 00:49:42 di1501aj NetworkManager: <information>^IActivation 
(eth1/wireless): association took too long (>60s), failing activation.
Jun 17 00:49:42 di1501aj NetworkManager: <information>^IActivation 
(eth1) failure scheduled...
Jun 17 00:49:42 di1501aj NetworkManager: <information>^IActivation 
(eth1) failed for access point (stoneypoint)
Jun 17 00:49:42 di1501aj NetworkManager: <information>^IActivation 
(eth1) failed.
Jun 17 00:49:42 di1501aj NetworkManager: <information>^IDeactivating 
device eth1.
Jun 17 00:49:42 di1501aj avahi-daemon[5020]: Withdrawing address record 
for fe80::21b:fcff:fe46:2e2c on eth1.

Jun 17 00:49:42 di1501aj NetworkManager: <WARNING>^I 
nm_device_802_11_wireless_set_essid (): error setting ESSID to '' for 
device eth1: Invalid argument

Jun 17 00:49:48 di1501aj avahi-daemon[5020]: Registering new address 
record for fe80::21b:fcff:fe46:2e2c on eth1.*.

I tried re-installing networkmanager, but no satisfaction there.

Thanks for any help,
Alex

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