Can't stop wireless networking in Intrepid
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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network-manager (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Now that I've upgraded from Hardy to Intrepid, my wireless networking has gotten very aggressive!
If I start the computer (a Dell Inspiron E1505) with the ethernet connected, it still tries to connect to a wireless network. There are (usually) two wireless signals available, one open but weak and another password-protected. When I log in, I'm properly connected over the wire, and I can use the Internet and everything. Nevertheless, the automatic wireless searcher will try to connect to the open wireless network. If this succeeds, I seem to be connected two ways at once! (I'm not sure how to tell which connection I'm actually using.) If this fails, then it tries to connect to the closed network, popping up a password-request window that I must cancel. Then it gives up; nothing else that I try (short of disabling wireless networking) will make it give up.
The desired behaviour, which is what occurred under Hardy, is that it should never try to connect to wireless while I have a wired connection, unless I specifically tell it to.
The obvious work-around is to turn off wireless networking, to turn it on only when I need it. Fine, but guess what? When I start the computer up next time, wireless networking is back on again! I can't get rid of it!
uname -a: Linux toby-s 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 21:57:00 UTC 2008 i686 GNU
/proc/version_
dmesg: attached
lspci -vnvn: attached
Ubuntu version: 8.10
This seems to be more about an issue with network-manager so I'm reassigning. Thanks.