Yeah, I was going to say the same thing: as long as you're not using a cellular broadband connection or tethered cellphone, rip out Network Manager and drop Wicd in there instead. Wicd is more reliable with WiFi but it didn't have cellmodem support last time I looked. That may have changed for all I know. You COULD do a cellmodem connection with an old-school dial-up script run at the command line. It's a pain but I used to do that a lot before Network Manager got smart about cellmodems. Or, you may be using a smartphone that will act as a WiFi hotspot, or you could tether to a cellphone across Bluetooth via the Bluetooth manager and run that in combation with Wicd. Jim On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote: > http://www.liberiangeek.net/2010/10/replace-network-manager-wicd-network-manager-ubuntu-10-0410-10-maverick-meerkat/ > > On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Mark Phillips > wrote: >> >> I thought i would give ubuntu a try for a new laptop install. It all >> works, except wireless networking. My main frustration is >> adding/deleting/editing network connections through the network gui: changes >> to connections are not kept when I click save, new connections don't appear >> in the dropdown from the taskbar, and old connections remain in the drop >> down from the task bar after then are deleted from the networking gui. I >> have tried rebooting, and still connections remain that have been deleted >> and new ones don't shoe up. I also tried editing a connection, (removing the >> password for WPA Personal), and I still get a popup asking for >> authentication, but no way to enter it into the dialog...the wireless >> security drop down is grayed out. Finally, when I tried >> /etc/init.d/networking stop/start, I get a message about using services >> networking start, but that command gives an error "rejected send >> message"....when I tried service networking stop I get the error stop: >> Unknown instance. I am a long time user of Debian, and I thought Ubuntu was >> supposed to be the easier/friendlier dialect...... >> >> My apologies for a long rant....my question >> >> Short of a complete system re-install, how do I get the networking gui >> working, or better yet, how do I clean out the old connections that don't >> work and start fresh with setting up the wireless from the command line? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Mark >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > (602) 791-8002  Android > (623) 239-3392 Skype > (623) 688-3392 Google Voice > > HomeSmartInternational.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss