Cannot connect to a WPA enabled network with NetworkManager and Prisim 2.5 chipset

please get a backtrace as documented in the debugging crashes section on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingNetworkManager

Thanks,
 - Alexander

I assume that the wiki page meant tail -f -n0 /var/log/syslog > /tmp/syslog, rather than tail -n0 /var/log/syslog > /tmp/syslog, which outputs nothing.

Happily (or I guess unfortunately, depending on how you look at it) I wasn't able to replicate the crash. However there is still a bug. When I first tried to connect to the network, I was asked for a WEP key like before. I hit cancel and it didn't connect. So I selected manual connection, specified the essid and the WPA key. Network manager connected, but then disconnected a few seconds later. I then tried selecting the network again (from the list, not manually). This time I wasn't asked the key, but it did connect to the network and seems to be staying connected.

I tried rebooting to see if it would connect again after I logged in and it did. So it seems the problem is rather that I'm not given the option to select WPA encryption when I fist connect, but then if I manually specify it I am able to connect, on the second try.

I tried to mark out in the log where I tried to connect, like requested in the wiki.

do you still see this in latest hardy? If so, please attach your _complete_ /Var/log/syslog taken _after_ you reproduced this problem. Thanks!

Yes, it still happens on the first connections. I have to manually enter the network information, and even then, it only connects after several reattempts.

Here is the syslog as requested.

Sorry, that log has other information from boot (in order to reproduce the problem, I have to delete the connection from gconf as it only happens on the first connection attempts). This log contains only the boot where the config info wasn't present and I had to enter manually.

do you still have problems with prism chipset with intrepid kernel?

I'm not sure, I've retired that laptop. I still have it though so I will dig it out of storage and give it a try later in the week.

Yes, now the option for WPA is not given anywhere, even under the manual setup. I don't have a network cable handy at the moment to see if there are any updates available. I don't know what logs might be useful in this case either.

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