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[Bug 1388130] Re: Cannot connect to WiFi with Nvidia GPU using nvidia-331, SSD

 

You'd think it wouldn't be related to the nvidia driver... but it
definitely is.

At System76, we've frequently encountered scattered problems like this.
The nvidia proprietary effects the boot sequence enough (for example, no
kms) that it frequently exposes subtle problems in the overall structure
of the upstart jobs, usually related to timing issues.

My hunch is some upstart job actually should depend on an event that it
doesn't, but without the nvidia proprietary driver installed, this job
works correctly by chance because this event will usually have already
happened.

This might not be a network-manager problem, but that's where the
symptom is occurring.

My current hunch is this might be related to nvidia-persistenced being
started via udev in Utopic, vs Upstart in Trusty and older.

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Title:
  Cannot connect to WiFi with Nvidia GPU using nvidia-331, SSD

Status in System76:
  Triaged
Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  For some strange reason, we cannot connect to WiFi on hardware with a
  descrete Nvidia GPU (using the nvidia-331 driver) when the system is
  running off a fast SSD.

  Swap the SSD for a platter drive, and things work fine. Likewise, on
  Intel GPU systems, with either an SSD or a platter drive, WiFi works
  fine.

  The failure message is:

  """
  Connection activation failed.
  (1) Creation of object for path '/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/2' failed in libnm-glib
  """

  See the attached screenshot.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: network-manager 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu28
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-24.32-generic 3.16.4
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-24-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Fri Oct 31 08:58:25 2014
  IfupdownConfig:
   # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
   auto lo
   iface lo inet loopback
  IpRoute:
   default via 10.17.76.1 dev eth0  proto static 
   10.17.76.0/24 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 10.17.76.193  metric 1
  NetworkManager.state:
   [main]
   NetworkingEnabled=true
   WirelessEnabled=true
   WWANEnabled=true
   WimaxEnabled=true
  SourcePackage: network-manager
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  nmcli-con:
   NAME                      UUID                                   TYPE              TIMESTAMP    TIMESTAMP-REAL                     AUTOCONNECT   READONLY   DBUS-PATH                                 
   system76_5g               d7cafbd5-f1ef-422d-9ed4-4b3a9095b234   802-11-wireless   0            never                              yes           no         /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/1
   Wired connection 1        c52af28c-07c5-4140-bf2c-3f0d236a05fc   802-3-ethernet    1414767492   Fri 31 Oct 2014 08:58:12 AM MDT    yes           no         /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0
  nmcli-dev:
   DEVICE     TYPE              STATE         DBUS-PATH                                  
   wlan0      802-11-wireless   disconnected  /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1  
   eth0       802-3-ethernet    connected     /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
  nmcli-nm:
   RUNNING         VERSION    STATE           NET-ENABLED   WIFI-HARDWARE   WIFI       WWAN-HARDWARE   WWAN      
   running         0.9.8.8    connected       enabled       enabled         enabled    enabled         disabled

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