The supposed workaround "remove plasma applet and start knetworkmanager" does not work for me. Knetworkmanager worked for me in 8.10, doesn't in 9.04. Neither does the above "iwconfig wlan0 essid..." work for me.
Releasing Kubuntu with such a serious bug is truly surprising. The low priority assigned to it is disheartening. Time to look for a different Linux distribution, I suppose... -- Can't connect to a hidden network https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/330811 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