Comment 10 for bug 64841

I can now confirm that my workaround posted on 11/01/06 does indeed work for my installation of Kubuntu 6.10. I have been using the modified 'interfaces' file since then and performed a great number of cold boots as well as regular boot sequences.

The computer boots with the wireless connection already working. I do not need to go to the Wireless Lan Assistant. In fact, I avoid touching it at all cost because I noticed that my system slows down to a crawl whenever I get the Wlan Assistant involved.

My modified 'interfaces' file looks like this:

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
address 127.0.0.1
netmask 255.0.0.0

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp

auto eth2
iface eth2 inet dhcp

auto ath0
iface ath0 inet dhcp

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp

#auto lo
#iface lo inet loopback

#auto eth0
#iface eth0 inet dhcp

#auto eth1
#iface eth1 inet dhcp

#auto eth2
#iface eth2 inet dhcp

#auto ath0
#iface ath0 inet dhcp
#wireless-essid xxxxxxxxxxxx

#auto wlan0
#iface wlan0 inet dhcp
#wireless-essid xxxxxxxxxxxx

The section with the entries commented out is the 'original' Kubuntu 6.10 text while the active part of the file is a direct copy of my Kubuntu 6.06 'interfaces' file.

This may not work for everyone but it certainly solved my problem.