Hi, I use gentoo and this problem was reported by me to the gentoo bugzilla. But devs over there could not really figure out what the problem is, hence this email.
Recently I upgraded from 0.9.8.4 to 0.9.8.6 and as a result I can not use nm at all. The problem is that I can not add a profile (clicking Add in the add profile window has no effect) or even connect to a wireless network. I can see my devices and wifi aps but turning them on or selecting aps has no effect. I tried removing the /etc/NetworkManager dir entirely but it had no effect. I've been using nm for a long time and this is the first time I am facing such a problem. Here are the logs I have: Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor dbus-daemon[371]: dbus[371]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.NetworkManager' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service' Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor dbus[371]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.NetworkManager' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service' Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <info> NetworkManager (version 0.9.8.6) is starting... Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <info> Read config file /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <info> WEXT support is enabled Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: Error parsing file '/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf': No such file or directory Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <info> Loaded plugin keyfile: (c) 2007 - 2010 Red Hat, Inc. To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list. Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: Error parsing file '/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf': No such file or directory Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: keyfile: parsing .keep_net-misc_networkmanager-0 ... Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: Connection failed to verify: (unknown) Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: keyfile: error: invalid or missing connection property '(null)/connection setting not found' Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: Error parsing file '/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf': No such file or directory Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <info> monitoring kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware'. Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <info> WiFi hardware radio set enabled Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor dbus-daemon[371]: dbus[371]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager' Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor dbus[371]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager' Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <info> WiFi enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <info> WWAN enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <info> WiMAX enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <info> Networking is enabled by state file Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <warn> failed to allocate link cache: (-10) Operation not supported Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <info> (eth0): carrier is OFF Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <info> (eth0): new Ethernet device (driver: 'r8169' ifindex: 2) Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <info> (eth0): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <info> (eth0): device state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed') [10 20 2] Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <info> (eth0): bringing up device. Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <info> (eth0): preparing device. Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <info> (eth0): deactivating device (reason 'managed') [2] Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <info> Added default wired connection 'Wired connection 1' for /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0/0000:04:00.0/net/eth0 Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: Unknown setting '802-3-ethernet' Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <warn> plugin provided invalid connection: '(null)' / 'base setting GType not found' invalid: 2 Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <warn> failed to allocate link cache: (-10) Operation not supported Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <info> (eth1): carrier is ON Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <info> (eth1): new Ethernet device (driver: 'r8169' ifindex: 3) Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <info> (eth1): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <info> (eth1): device state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed') [10 20 2] Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <info> (eth1): preparing device. Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <info> (eth1): deactivating device (reason 'managed') [2] Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <info> Added default wired connection 'Wired connection 1' for /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:05:00.0/net/eth1 Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: Unknown setting '802-3-ethernet' Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <warn> plugin provided invalid connection: '(null)' / 'base setting GType not found' invalid: 2 Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <warn> /sys/devices/virtual/net/lo: couldn't determine device driver; ignoring... Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <warn> /sys/devices/virtual/net/lo: couldn't determine device driver; ignoring... Oct 12 12:56:24 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <info> (eth1): device state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'none') [20 30 0] Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <info> caught signal 15, shutting down normally. Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <info> (eth0): device state change: unavailable -> unmanaged (reason 'removed') [20 10 36] Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <info> (eth0): cleaning up... Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: <info> (eth0): taking down device. Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor kernel: [ 7329.448248] NetworkManager[13390]: segfault at 0 ip 00007fd417a37060 sp 00007fffb1128228 error 4 in libglib-2.0.so.0.3600.4[7fd4179fb000+12c000] Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13390]: nm_connection_get_path: assertion `NM_IS_CONNECTION (connection)' failed Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor systemd[1]: NetworkManager.service: main process exited, code=killed, status=11/SEGV Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor systemd[1]: Unit NetworkManager.service entered failed state. Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor dbus-daemon[371]: dbus[371]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.NetworkManager' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service' Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor dbus[371]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.NetworkManager' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service' Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <info> NetworkManager (version 0.9.8.6) is starting... Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <info> Read config file /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <info> WEXT support is enabled Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: Error parsing file '/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf': No such file or directory Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <info> Loaded plugin keyfile: (c) 2007 - 2010 Red Hat, Inc. To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list. Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: Error parsing file '/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf': No such file or directory Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: keyfile: parsing .keep_net-misc_networkmanager-0 ... Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: Connection failed to verify: (unknown) Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: keyfile: error: invalid or missing connection property '(null)/connection setting not found' Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: Error parsing file '/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf': No such file or directory Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <info> monitoring kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware'. Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <info> WiFi hardware radio set enabled Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor dbus-daemon[371]: dbus[371]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager' Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor dbus[371]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager' Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <info> WiFi enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <info> WWAN enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <info> WiMAX enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <info> Networking is enabled by state file Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <warn> failed to allocate link cache: (-10) Operation not supported Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <info> (eth0): carrier is OFF Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <info> (eth0): new Ethernet device (driver: 'r8169' ifindex: 2) Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <info> (eth0): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <info> (eth0): device state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed') [10 20 2] Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <info> (eth0): bringing up device. Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <info> (eth0): preparing device. Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <info> (eth0): deactivating device (reason 'managed') [2] Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <info> Added default wired connection 'Wired connection 1' for /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0/0000:04:00.0/net/eth0 Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: Unknown setting '802-3-ethernet' Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <warn> plugin provided invalid connection: '(null)' / 'base setting GType not found' invalid: 2 Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <warn> failed to allocate link cache: (-10) Operation not supported Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <info> (eth1): carrier is ON Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <info> (eth1): new Ethernet device (driver: 'r8169' ifindex: 3) Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <info> (eth1): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <info> (eth1): device state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed') [10 20 2] Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <info> (eth1): preparing device. Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <info> (eth1): deactivating device (reason 'managed') [2] Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <info> Added default wired connection 'Wired connection 1' for /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:05:00.0/net/eth1 Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: Unknown setting '802-3-ethernet' Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <warn> plugin provided invalid connection: '(null)' / 'base setting GType not found' invalid: 2 Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <warn> /sys/devices/virtual/net/lo: couldn't determine device driver; ignoring... Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <warn> /sys/devices/virtual/net/lo: couldn't determine device driver; ignoring... Oct 12 12:56:30 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <info> (eth1): device state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'none') [20 30 0] Oct 12 12:57:37 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: Unknown setting 'connection' Oct 12 12:57:37 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: Unknown setting '802-3-ethernet' Oct 12 12:57:37 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: Unknown setting '802-3-ethernet' Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <info> caught signal 15, shutting down normally. Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <info> (eth0): device state change: unavailable -> unmanaged (reason 'removed') [20 10 36] Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <info> (eth0): cleaning up... Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: <info> (eth0): taking down device. Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13440]: nm_connection_get_path: assertion `NM_IS_CONNECTION (connection)' failed Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor kernel: [ 7513.530353] NetworkManager[13440]: segfault at 0 ip 00007fca8df02060 sp 00007fff2da4fc78 error 4 in libglib-2.0.so.0.3600.4[7fca8dec6000+12c000] Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor systemd[1]: NetworkManager.service: main process exited, code=killed, status=11/SEGV Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor systemd[1]: Unit NetworkManager.service entered failed state. Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor dbus-daemon[371]: dbus[371]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.NetworkManager' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service' Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor dbus[371]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.NetworkManager' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service' Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: <info> NetworkManager (version 0.9.8.6) is starting... Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: <info> Read config file /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: <info> WEXT support is enabled Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: <info> Loaded plugin keyfile: (c) 2007 - 2010 Red Hat, Inc. To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list. Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: keyfile: parsing .keep_net-misc_networkmanager-0 ... Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: Connection failed to verify: (unknown) Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: keyfile: error: invalid or missing connection property '(null)/connection setting not found' Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: <info> monitoring kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware'. Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: <info> WiFi hardware radio set enabled Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor dbus-daemon[371]: dbus[371]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager' Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor dbus[371]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager' Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: <info> WiFi enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: <info> WWAN enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: <info> WiMAX enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: <info> Networking is enabled by state file Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: <warn> failed to allocate link cache: (-10) Operation not supported Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: <info> (eth0): carrier is OFF Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: <info> (eth0): new Ethernet device (driver: 'r8169' ifindex: 2) Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: <info> (eth0): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: <info> (eth0): device state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed') [10 20 2] Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: <info> (eth0): bringing up device. Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: <info> (eth0): preparing device. Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: <info> (eth0): deactivating device (reason 'managed') [2] Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: <info> Added default wired connection 'Wired connection 1' for /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0/0000:04:00.0/net/eth0 Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: Unknown setting '802-3-ethernet' Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: <warn> plugin provided invalid connection: '(null)' / 'base setting GType not found' invalid: 2 Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: <warn> failed to allocate link cache: (-10) Operation not supported Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: <info> (eth1): carrier is ON Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: <info> (eth1): new Ethernet device (driver: 'r8169' ifindex: 3) Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: <info> (eth1): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: <info> (eth1): device state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed') [10 20 2] Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: <info> (eth1): preparing device. Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: <info> (eth1): deactivating device (reason 'managed') [2] Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: <info> Added default wired connection 'Wired connection 1' for /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:05:00.0/net/eth1 Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: Unknown setting '802-3-ethernet' Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: <warn> plugin provided invalid connection: '(null)' / 'base setting GType not found' invalid: 2 Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: <warn> /sys/devices/virtual/net/lo: couldn't determine device driver; ignoring... Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: <warn> /sys/devices/virtual/net/lo: couldn't determine device driver; ignoring... Oct 12 12:59:34 mordor NetworkManager[13760]: <info> (eth1): device state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'none') [20 30 0] _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
