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No joy on either account.<BR>
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/etc/network/interfaces:<BR>
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<TT> # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system</TT><BR>
<TT> # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).</TT><BR>
<TT> </TT><BR>
<TT> # The loopback network interface</TT><BR>
<TT> auto lo</TT><BR>
<TT> iface lo inet loopback</TT><BR>
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ps -ef | grep wpa:<BR>
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<TT> root 21719 1 0 15:32 ? 00:00:00 /sbin/wpa_supplicant -dd -g /var/run/wpa_supplicant-global</TT><BR>
<TT> tristan 22023 12861 0 15:33 pts/0 00:00:00 grep wpa</TT><BR>
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If I disable networking with nm-applet, that single wpa_supplicant process disappears, so its definitely the NM one.<BR>
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I'm not too surprised that you can't reproduce this--it has the smell of a hardware-dependent bug. Perhaps I should strace the NM processes?<BR>
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On Tue, 2007-12-06 at 23:13 +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Tristan Schmelcher wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> First of all, I should mention that I have tested version 0.6.4-8 and</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> the behaviour is no different.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Now, for other users that are having this problem, I have written a</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> simple shell script that automates my work-around. It is attached. You</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> can run it from a shell as follows:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> sudo keep-up.sh ethX</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> where ethX is the wireless interface that NetworkManager keeps</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> mistakenly shutting down.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> The script simply checks every 5 seconds to see if the interface is</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> down, and if so then it brings it up. If you want to run it</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> automatically on boot, then put it in /usr/local/sbin add this line</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> to /etc/rc.local:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> /usr/local/sbin/keep-up.sh ethX &</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Unfortunately I can't reproduce your problem. What does your</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">/etc/network/interfaces look like? Do you perhaps have another instance of</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">wpasupplicant running which interferes with the one started by NM?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Cheers,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Michael</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">- --</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">universe are pointed away from Earth?</FONT>
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