I get this occasionally too. However, for me this usually happens when the connection I'm using just stops working. Network Manager (NM) thinks it's fine, but it's not so I disconnect and try to reconnect. At this point, the connection process takes twice as long and the NM applet spins for a bit then just reverts back to a 'disconnected' state. Looking in the syslog usually shows the above "pppd_timed_out(): Looks like pppd didn't initialize our dbus module" issue.
I have a Huawei E169 modem that is usually plugged in at startup. However, I've found a script that enables me to reconnect after I run it: ----- restart_usb.sh ------ #!/bin/bash sudo modprobe -r uhci_hcd sudo modprobe uhci_hcd echo "Waiting kernel to detect modem device" #Wait till the kernel recognizes our E220 while [ ! -c /dev/ttyUSB1 ]; do sleep 1 done --- EOF --- I am not a linux guru leet haxor, but it looks like the above simply dumps the USB subsystem and then adds it back in again, forcing freshness and joy onto your system. I hope it's of help to people here or gives some insight into the source of the error/bug. -- Network-manager "Looks like pppd didn't initialize our dbus module" with Huawei E160G (E220) on amd64 Intrepid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/306049 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
