Ubuntu 12.04 Recent Update Breaks Network Services (FIXED)

I recently updated ubuntu using the automatic update and it broke my network services. Luckily, after a lot of research and history I found the solution and want to post it for everyone who runs into this issue.

For starters after the upgrade when turning the computer on I got the message "Waiting for network configuration" and "waiting up to 60 more seconds for network configuration"

After it finally booted i had no network access wireless or on the lan. When i tried opening the network tool i got the error "The system network services are not compatible with this version"

FInally the fix that I came up with:

There appears to be an issue with the latest update of network manager. If you open software center, go to history, search keyword "Network" you will probably see "network-manager (0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4, 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4.1)"

If you see this then you have the same problem as I did. The solution is to downgrade to version 3: Search in google "ubuntu network-manager package" and select the ubuntu.com link -> scroll down the page to "network-manager-dbg" select the precise (debug) ubuntu3 version.

http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/network-manager-dbg

Download the 4 related packages for your system (amd64 or i386):

network-manager (= 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu3)
network management framework (daemon and userspace tools) 
or libnm-util2 (= 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu3)
network management framework (shared library) 
or libnm-glib4 (= 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu3)
network management framework (GLib shared library) 
or libnm-glib-vpn1 (= 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu3)
network management framework (GLib VPN shared library)

install each of them using the command "sudo dpkg -i FILENAME"

his little script might save people from a lot of annoying clicking around.

wget http://mirror.pnl.gov/ubuntu//pool/main/n/network-manager/network-manager_0.9.4.0-0ubuntu3_i386.deb
wget http://mirror.pnl.gov/ubuntu//pool/main/n/network-manager/libnm-util2_0.9.4.0-0ubuntu3_i386.deb
wget http://mirror.pnl.gov/ubuntu//pool/main/n/network-manager/libnm-glib-vpn1_0.9.4.0-0ubuntu3_i386.deb
wget http://mirror.pnl.gov/ubuntu//pool/main/n/network-manager/libnm-glib4_0.9.4.0-0ubuntu3_i386.deb