Public bug reported:

I get a notification from the KDE applet every few seconds, telling me
about a connection being deactivated. The wifi network is way out of
range, so NetworkManager should not be trying to connect to it. (The log
even mentions "failed (reason 'SSID not found')".) This is happening so
often that it's very distracting.

Here is some of the output from NetworkManager:

Jan 27 11:33:49 dima-xps NetworkManager[729]: <warn> Activation 
(wlan0/wireless): association took too long, failing activation.
Jan 27 11:33:49 dima-xps NetworkManager[729]: <info> (wlan0): device state 
change: config -> failed (reason 'SSID not found') [50 120 53]
Jan 27 11:33:49 dima-xps NetworkManager[729]: <warn> Activation (wlan0) failed 
for connection 'Dima'
Jan 27 11:33:49 dima-xps NetworkManager[729]: <warn> Couldn't disconnect 
supplicant interface: This interface is not connected.
Jan 27 11:33:49 dima-xps NetworkManager[729]: <info> (wlan0): device state 
change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none') [120 30 0]
Jan 27 11:33:49 dima-xps NetworkManager[729]: <info> (wlan0): deactivating 
device (reason 'none') [0]
Jan 27 11:33:49 dima-xps NetworkManager[729]: <warn> Couldn't disconnect 
supplicant interface: This interface is not connected.
Jan 27 11:33:51 dima-xps NetworkManager[729]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant 
interface state: scanning -> inactive
Jan 27 11:33:52 dima-xps NetworkManager[729]: <info> Auto-activating connection 
'Dima'.
Jan 27 11:33:52 dima-xps NetworkManager[729]: <info> Activation (wlan0) 
starting connection 'Dima'
Jan 27 11:33:52 dima-xps NetworkManager[729]: <info> (wlan0): device state 
change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none') [30 40 0]
Jan 27 11:33:52 dima-xps NetworkManager[729]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 
of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
Jan 27 11:33:52 dima-xps NetworkManager[729]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 
of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
Jan 27 11:33:52 dima-xps NetworkManager[729]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 
of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
Jan 27 11:33:52 dima-xps NetworkManager[729]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 
of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
Jan 27 11:33:52 dima-xps NetworkManager[729]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 
of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
Jan 27 11:33:52 dima-xps NetworkManager[729]: <info> (wlan0): device state 
change: prepare -> config (reason 'none') [40 50 0]
Jan 27 11:33:52 dima-xps NetworkManager[729]: <info> Activation 
(wlan0/wireless): access point 'Dima' has security, but secrets are required.
Jan 27 11:33:52 dima-xps NetworkManager[729]: <info> (wlan0): device state 
change: config -> need-auth (reason 'none') [50 60 0]
Jan 27 11:33:52 dima-xps NetworkManager[729]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 
of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
Jan 27 11:33:52 dima-xps NetworkManager[729]: get_secret_flags: assertion 
'is_secret_prop (setting, secret_name, error)' failed
Jan 27 11:33:52 dima-xps NetworkManager[729]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 
of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
Jan 27 11:33:52 dima-xps NetworkManager[729]: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 
of 5 (Device Prepare) started...

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: network-manager 0.9.8.0-0ubuntu22
Uname: Linux 3.12.0-031200-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jan 27 12:43:23 2014
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
IfupdownConfig:
 # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-05 (297 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.1)
IpRoute:
 default via 172.16.10.1 dev eth0  proto static 
 172.16.10.0/24 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 172.16.10.139  metric 1
MarkForUpload: True
NetworkManager.state:
 [main]
 NetworkingEnabled=true
 WirelessEnabled=true
 WWANEnabled=true
 WimaxEnabled=true
SourcePackage: network-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-24 (95 days ago)

** Affects: network-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug saucy

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