Description of problem: NetworkManager crashes every few days for no apparent reason. Hardware is eth0=e1000, eth1=airo, typically only wireless gets used (and one of them often gets renamed to somethin like __tmp1804289383 by something, but that's another thing). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 0.6.4-5.fc6 How reproducible: Use NetworkManager in a scenario, where there's one SSID that's almost always there, occasionally a second one with WEP turned on (and when that's in reach, it's also used). Wired port is seldom touched. Crashdump from syslog attached including debug symbols. Could be related to #195643, but since the traceback didn't have any symbols, it's impossible to say whether this is the same crash or not.
Created attachment 137606 [details] /var/log/messages from affected machine
A workaround seems to be to fill in the appropriate HWADDR lines in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-*
I'm getting a different crash: Signal 6: (log attached) Oct 27 06:51:01 localhost NetworkManager: <WARN> nm_signal_handler(): Caught signal 6. Generating backtrace... Oct 27 06:51:02 localhost NetworkManager: ******************* START ********************************** Oct 27 06:51:03 localhost NetworkManager: (no debugging symbols found) Oct 27 06:51:03 localhost NetworkManager: Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1". Oct 27 06:51:03 localhost NetworkManager: (no debugging symbols found) Oct 27 06:51:04 localhost last message repeated 10 times [root@localhost ~]# service NetworkManager status NetworkManager dead but pid file exists [root@localhost ~]# [root@localhost ~]# service NetworkManager start Setting network parameters... Starting NetworkManager daemon: [ OK ] [root@localhost ~]# Started up correctly and seems to be working.
Created attachment 139582 [details] /var/log/messages output for NetworkManager catching Signal 6
Seems more like a libdbus error, what version of dbus do you have installed?
Err. Versions now are NetworkManager-0.7.0-0.8.svn3302.fc9.i386 dbus-1.1.4-4.fc9.i386 (vs. fc6 or rawhide after it in the report) and I can't remember NM crashing for ages, F8 was fine at least. -> closing CURRENTRELEASE, I'm pretty sure someone would have added later comments had this not been fixed by either a NM or dbus update.