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[Question #76325]: Why is my wireless adapter not automatically activating on login?

 

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Recently, my wireless adapter has ceased its normal routine of activating on login.  Now I have to push the keyboard button that activates it every time I log in.  Here's the relevant log, I think:

Jul  7 11:06:56 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info>  Found radio killswitch /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_acer_wmi_rfkill_acer_wireless_wlan 
Jul  7 11:06:56 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info>  Found radio killswitch /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_4232_rfkill_phy0_wlan 
Jul  7 11:06:56 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info>  (eth5): new Ethernet device (driver: 'ATL1E') 
Jul  7 11:06:56 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info>  (eth5): exported as /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_23_8b_5b_c1_13 
Jul  7 11:06:56 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan4): driver supports SSID scans (scan_capa 0x01). 
Jul  7 11:06:56 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan4): new 802.11 WiFi device (driver: 'iwlagn') 
Jul  7 11:06:56 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan4): exported as /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_21_6b_50_f8_12 
Jul  7 11:06:56 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info>  Trying to start the supplicant... 
Jul  7 11:06:56 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info>  Trying to start the system settings daemon... 
Jul  7 11:06:56 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info>  Wireless now disabled by radio killswitch 

... some other stuff, then:

Jul  7 11:07:01 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info>  (eth5): device state change: 1 -> 2 
Jul  7 11:07:01 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info>  (eth5): bringing up device. 
Jul  7 11:07:01 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info>  (eth5): preparing device. 
Jul  7 11:07:01 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info>  (eth5): deactivating device (reason: 2). 
Jul  7 11:07:01 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info>  Unmanaged Device found; state CONNECTED forced. (see http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191889) 
Jul  7 11:07:01 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info>  Unmanaged Device found; state CONNECTED forced. (see http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191889) 
Jul  7 11:07:01 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan4): device state change: 1 -> 2 
Jul  7 11:07:01 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan4): bringing up device. 
Jul  7 11:07:01 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan4): deactivating device (reason: 2). 

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