12.4 to 12.10 upgrade, Network Manager unable to associate

I just upgraded to 12.10 and now Network Manager can no longer associate with any networks.

Wifi is working fine (I'm using the broadcom-STA for a bcm4325 with no problems) and the available networks show up in the applet and the command line, but every time I try to associate with a network, I get the following error:

Failed to add/activate connection (32) None of the registered plugins support add.

Using nmcli from the command line fails with the same error. I haven't come up with much of anything searching the internets, but evidence suggests a permissions problem, maybe?

Any suggestions are welcome. For now, I'd even be happy with a command line work-around.

Thanks!

Here's a reply to myself:

Wicd can be used as a workaround.

I am having same issue after a pretty crappy upgrade experience.. but wicd and wifi radar are not working for me.

I get the same message. I am going to try the live cd version of 12.10 to check if it is a config or bad upgrade issue.