The remote bug that is marked to be a duplicate of gnome-bugs #631904 is apparently not identical to this one.
I'm having the same issues on my x61s with 11.10 (and 10.04, 10.10 before that). ** Tags added: oneiric -- 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/628827 Title: after 10.10 upgrade have to enter sim pin code each logon Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: not sure yet if this an NM problem. Since the upgrade from lucid to 10.10 i have to enter the simcode after booting and logging into gnome. The pin is saved in the vodafone connection. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/628827/+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