[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#427299: Bug#427299: Automated work-around

[Michael Biebl]

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Tristan Schmelcher wrote:
> First of all, I should mention that I have tested version 0.6.4-8 and
> the behaviour is no different.
> 
> Now, for other users that are having this problem, I have written a
> simple shell script that automates my work-around. It is attached. You
> can run it from a shell as follows:
> 
>     sudo keep-up.sh ethX
> 
> where ethX is the wireless interface that NetworkManager keeps
> mistakenly shutting down.
> 
> The script simply checks every 5 seconds to see if the interface is
> down, and if so then it brings it up. If you want to run it
> automatically on boot, then put it in /usr/local/sbin add this line
> to /etc/rc.local:
> 
>     /usr/local/sbin/keep-up.sh ethX &

Unfortunately I can't reproduce your problem. What does your
/etc/network/interfaces look like? Do you perhaps have another instance of
wpasupplicant running which interferes with the one started by NM?

Cheers,
Michael
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