[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#505156: network-manager auto keyword in interfaces file fails

[Michael Biebl]

Michael Biebl wrote:
> network-manager.to.peejay at spamgourmet.com wrote:
>> Michael Biebl wrote:
>>> Instead of running /etc/init.d/network-manager start,
>>> could you please run "NetworkManager --no-daemon" and attach the output
>>> to the bug report.
>> OK. ifconfig just before running "NetworkManager --no-daemon" shows now
>> wlan0 up. Then I run "NetworkManager --no-daemon" and I see the wlan0
>> comes up (that is, ifconfig | grep wlan0  gives something). There is no
>> clue in the output (of the NetworkManager --no-daemon command) about wlan0
>> coming up though. Here's the output:
> 
> Well, do you actually have any problems, i.e. does NM tear down any
> existing connection on wlan0?

It seems as if NM is ignoring wlan0 and does not start scanning for
wireless networks  and try to establish a connection over wlan0.

So the only issue seems to be, that wlan0 is in some way "initialized"
by NM.

Michael


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