Re: "wifi not working on ubuntu, when it did before upgrades"

[Alan White <awhite0006 gmail com>]

OK, we now have wifi -- sometimes. Then it disconnects, and usually 
reinits and reconnects within a few seconds. This is with erratic 
timing. See below.

This last time on reboot, the nm-applet was not in the sys notification 
area. When I re-ran it manually, it was obvious that the applet was 
running but not in the tray. This has been a continuing issue, but also 
erratic on reboot.

Also, every few minutes the applet looks into the default keychain for 
the password, doesn't seem to find it, and asks for the WPA/WPA2 key.

There's an additional state change near the bottom of this output.

Thanks for your assistance.

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awhite awhite:~$ nm-tool

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected

- Device: eth0  [Ifupdown (eth0)] 
----------------------------------------------
 Type:              Wired
 Driver:            forcedeth
 State:             connected
 Default:           yes
 HW Address:        00:1F:16:7F:E7:AC

 Capabilities:
   Carrier Detect:  yes
   Speed:           100 Mb/s

 Wired Properties
   Carrier:         on

 IPv4 Settings:
   Address:         192.168.0.71
   Prefix:          24 (255.255.255.0)
   Gateway:         192.168.0.1

   DNS:             192.168.0.1
   DNS:             205.171.3.65


- Device: wlan0  [Ifupdown (wlan0)] 
--------------------------------------------
 Type:              802.11 WiFi
 Driver:            ath5k
 State:             connected
 Default:           no
 HW Address:        00:24:2C:6E:54:A2

 Capabilities:
   Speed:           1 Mb/s

 Wireless Properties
   WEP Encryption:  yes
   WPA Encryption:  yes
   WPA2 Encryption: yes

 Wireless Access Points (* = current AP)
   *myqwest2835890: Infra, 00:24:7B:27:DE:64, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 
Mb/s, Strength 98 WPA WPA2
   Yepani:          Infra, 00:24:A0:AB:CC:52, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 
Mb/s, Strength 25 WPA

 IPv4 Settings:
   Address:         192.168.0.5
   Prefix:          24 (255.255.255.0)
   Gateway:         192.168.0.1

   DNS:             192.168.0.1
   DNS:             205.171.3.65


awhite awhite:~$ ** (nm-applet:7213): DEBUG: going for offline with 
icon: notification-network-wireless-disconnected

** (nm-applet:7213): WARNING **: _nm_object_get_property: Error getting 
'Default' for /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/10: 
Method "Get" with signature "ss" on interface 
"org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" doesn't exist


** (nm-applet:7213): DEBUG: going for offline with icon: 
notification-network-wireless-disconnected

** (nm-applet:7213): WARNING **: _nm_object_get_property: Error getting 
'Default' for /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/11: 
Method "Get" with signature "ss" on interface 
"org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" doesn't exist


** (nm-applet:7213): DEBUG: going for offline with icon: 
notification-network-wireless-disconnected

** (nm-applet:7213): WARNING **: _nm_object_get_property: Error getting 
'State' for /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/12: Method 
"Get" with signature "ss" on interface "org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" 
doesn't exist



** (nm-applet:7213): WARNING **: _nm_object_get_property: Error getting 
'Default' for /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/12: 
Method "Get" with signature "ss" on interface 
"org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" doesn't exist


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I thought I'd try something, so I unplugged the ethernet:

** (nm-applet:7213): DEBUG: old state indicates that this was not a 
disconnect 9
** (nm-applet:7213): DEBUG: going for offline with icon: 
notification-network-wireless-disconnected

** (nm-applet:7213): DEBUG: old state indicates that this was not a 
disconnect 9
** (nm-applet:7213): DEBUG: going for offline with icon: 
notification-network-wireless-disconnected
** (nm-applet:7213): DEBUG: foo_client_state_changed_cb
** (nm-applet:7213): DEBUG: going for offline with icon: 
notification-network-ethernet-disconnected
** (nm-applet:7213): DEBUG: going for offline with icon: 
notification-network-ethernet-disconnected

=============

Still no wifi, no nm-applet, no questions asked about the keychain. NM 
did not respond this time to the ethernet disconnect.... and no wireless 
connection, either.

When I plugged the ethernet back in, I got network again, but only wired...

** (nm-applet:7213): DEBUG: foo_client_state_changed_cb
** (nm-applet:7213): DEBUG: foo_client_state_changed_cb



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Alan White
awhite0006 gmail com