by the way, did you have any luck using psk instead of the passphrase in NetworkManager? i've had success only with the latter so far...I have the same wireless card as you and I use: $ dpkg -l |grep network-manager ii network-manager 0.6.6-2 network management framework daemon ii network-manager-gnome 0.6.6-2 network management framework (GNOME frontend with no problems. I recall there is / was a problem with network-manager not liking it when you have the '/etc/network/interfaces' setup with the wireless interface. here is a copy of my interfaces file if it any help.
best, -- Lubos _@_" http://www.lubos.vrbka.net