NetwokManager fails to start with core dumped

[Uldis Jansons <uldis jansons tele2 com>]

Hi!

Try to launch NetworkManager but it fails to start in ugly way.

~# NetworkManager --config=/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf  --no-daemon
NetworkManager: /lib/libnl-genl-3.so.200: no version information available (required by NetworkManager)
NetworkManager: /lib/libnl-3.so.200: no version information available (required by NetworkManager)
NetworkManager: /lib/libnl-3.so.200: no version information available (required by 
/usr/lib/libnl-route-3.so.200)
NetworkManager[2033]: <info> NetworkManager (version 0.9.8.8) is starting...
NetworkManager[2033]: <info> Read config file /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
NetworkManager[2033]: <info> WEXT support is enabled
NetworkManager[2033]: <warn> Failed to connect to netlink: (4) unable to allocate netlink link cache for 
monitoring link status: Operation not supported
NetworkManager[2033]: <info> Loaded plugin keyfile: (c) 2007 - 2010 Red Hat, Inc.  To report bugs please use 
the NetworkManager mailing list.
NetworkManager[2033]: <info> monitoring kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware'.
NetworkManager[2033]: <info> WiFi hardware radio set enabled
NetworkManager[2033]: <info> WiFi enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
NetworkManager[2033]: <info> WWAN enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
NetworkManager[2033]: <info> WiMAX enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
NetworkManager[2033]: <info> Networking is enabled by state file
NetworkManager[2033]: <warn> failed to allocate link cache: (-10) Operation not supported
NetworkManager[2033]: <warn> Failed to connect to netlink: (4) unable to allocate netlink link cache for 
monitoring link status: Operation not supported
 
(NetworkManager:2033): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_type_instance_get_private: assertion `instance != NULL && 
instance->g_class != NULL' failed
Segmentation fault (core dumped)


In syslog along with this output there is one extra line (dumped core):

Dec 17 12:43:32 lte kernel: [ 8225.410376] NetworkManager[2033]: segfault at 18 ip 000000000046d106 sp 
00007fff7ebfa2a0 error 4 in NetworkManager[400000+101000]


> From logfile output I assume the problem is somehow releated with Netlink. Netlink lib is installed and as 
> far as I found is linked correctly.

~# ldd /usr/sbin/NetworkManager 
/usr/sbin/NetworkManager: /lib/libnl-genl-3.so.200: no version information available (required by 
/usr/sbin/NetworkManager)
/usr/sbin/NetworkManager: /lib/libnl-3.so.200: no version information available (required by 
/usr/sbin/NetworkManager)
/usr/sbin/NetworkManager: /lib/libnl-3.so.200: no version information available (required by 
/usr/lib/libnl-route-3.so.200)
        linux-vdso.so.1 =>  (0x00007fffeb7ff000)
        libmm-glib.so.0 => /usr/lib/libmm-glib.so.0 (0x00007feea2662000)
        libnm-util.so.2 => /usr/lib/libnm-util.so.2 (0x00007feea23ff000)
        libdbus-glib-1.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-glib-1.so.2 (0x00007feea21d8000)
        libdbus-1.so.3 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3 (0x00007feea1f94000)
        libgio-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0 (0x00007feea1c45000)
        libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0x00007feea1a40000)
        libgudev-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgudev-1.0.so.0 (0x00007feea1836000)
        libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0x00007feea15e7000)
        libglib-2.0.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x00007feea12f1000)
        libnl-route-3.so.200 => /usr/lib/libnl-route-3.so.200 (0x00007feea109e000)
        libnl-genl-3.so.200 => /lib/libnl-genl-3.so.200 (0x00007feea0e99000)
        libnl-3.so.200 => /lib/libnl-3.so.200 (0x00007feea0c80000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007feea0a63000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007feea0767000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007feea03a6000)
        libuuid.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libuuid.so.1 (0x00007feea01a1000)
        libnss3.so => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss3.so (0x00007fee9fe99000)
        libsmime3.so => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsmime3.so (0x00007fee9fc71000)
        libnspr4.so => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnspr4.so (0x00007fee9fa32000)
        librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x00007fee9f82a000)
        libz.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 (0x00007fee9f612000)
        libselinux.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libselinux.so.1 (0x00007fee9f3f3000)
        libresolv.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libresolv.so.2 (0x00007fee9f1d7000)
        libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007fee9efd2000)
        libudev.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.0 (0x00007fee9edc5000)
        libffi.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.6 (0x00007fee9ebbd000)
        libpcre.so.3 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpcre.so.3 (0x00007fee9e97f000)
        /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007feea291c000)
        libnssutil3.so => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnssutil3.so (0x00007fee9e758000)
        libplc4.so => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libplc4.so (0x00007fee9e552000)
        libplds4.so => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libplds4.so (0x00007fee9e34e000)


Environment info:
Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS
Linux 3.5.0-23-generic #35~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 25 17:13:26 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux


Any ideas where the problem might be?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Best regards,
Uldis