Q2 and Q3 answered: The wireless connection was available to everyone. Thus the credentials are not stored in my own keyring.
I will observ if the issue reappears now. If so and reconnection works, the issue lies within nm-applet trying to access root keyring credentials -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1073662 Title: network manager looses connection, reconnect not possible To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1073662/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs