One of my users is experiencing the same issue on 12.04. It's a Dell Precision 4700 with a Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 wireless card.
I believe it was working before so maybe an update has broken network- manager. The versions we have are: ii network-manager 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4.2 network management framework (daemon and userspace tools) ii network-manager-gnome 0.9.4.1-0ubuntu2 network management framework (GNOME frontend) ii network-manager-pptp 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu1 network management framework (PPTP plugin core) ii network-manager-pptp-gnome 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu1 network management framework (PPTP plugin GNOME GUI) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager-applet in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1052081 Title: Gnome Network Manager enable / disable wireless does not work Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I noticed today that the Gnome Network Manager does not work correctly when it comes to enabling / disabling wireless networks. Please see the attached screenshot as reference. I highlighted the issue in which, even though wireless networks are enabled (but shows disabled), the available networks don't show up and the system does not connect to my adhoc wifi hotspot either. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: network-manager-gnome 0.9.6.2-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-14.19-generic 3.5.3 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-14-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Sep 17 12:16:04 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes IpRoute: default via 172.25.128.1 dev p3p1 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev p3p1 scope link metric 1000 172.25.128.0/22 dev p3p1 proto kernel scope link src 172.25.129.182 metric 1 NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: network-manager-applet UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) nmcli-con: NAME UUID TYPE TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT READONLY DBUS-PATH UbuntuAdhoc 9d60fbf9-1f9c-4668-8992-410329cba08a 802-11-wireless 0 never yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/2 LAN 419947ad-0cd4-4405-9937-dfe63f844d78 802-3-ethernet 1347902042 Mon 17 Sep 2012 12:14:02 PM CDT yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/1 CurbYourEnthusiasm de289622-1567-45dc-bee0-9810ab6de2b1 802-11-wireless 1347836612 Sun 16 Sep 2012 06:03:32 PM CDT yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0 nmcli-dev: DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH p3p1 802-3-ethernet connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 wlan0 802-11-wireless disconnected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 nmcli-nm: RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN running 0.9.6.0 connected enabled enabled disabled enabled disabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/1052081/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp