Much ado about nothing - cannot reproduce the issue with today's amd64 image (11-Dec-2011 08:25).
Robert, could you try again with a daily live image (http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/) and check if you are still having that problem? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/894473 Title: when connecting to a wireless network, gksu asks for password root , but root has no password Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: when connecting to a wireless network, gksu asks for password root , but root has no password. A workaround is to set a password for root then I was able to connect. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: network-manager 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-1.3-generic 3.2.0-rc2 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-1-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Date: Thu Nov 24 09:40:14 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes Gconf: IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20111123) IpRoute: default via 192.168.33.1 dev wlan0 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.33.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.33.100 metric 2 Keyfiles: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/894473/+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