Tony I would leave wifi enabled on device that doesn't have a user setup. As soon as there is a user setup, part of those steps should be to setup a wifi connection and if there is none turn the wifi setting to off. In a similar fashion to wifi detection in desktop ubiquity now just with the added step of turning it off if it is not selected or no wifi ap exist.
That seems more logical to me at any rate. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1319906 Title: indicator-network show wifi disabled on a bootstrap install or ota update on 31 Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Indicator network shows wifi disabled on a fresh bootstrapped install or on an ota update. Enabling the wifi will aloow it to search and connect to a new network. On reboot wifi is disabled again on manta and flo but not on mako by the look of it. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: network-manager 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu10 Uname: Linux 3.4.0-5-mako armv7l ApportVersion: 2.14.2-0ubuntu3 Architecture: armhf CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'iw' Date: Thu May 15 15:38:10 2014 IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) # Include files from /etc/network/interfaces.d: source-directory /etc/network/interfaces.d InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-15 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu Utopic Unicorn (development branch) - armhf (20140515.1) IpRoute: default via 10.86.112.74 dev rmnet_usb0 proto static 10.86.112.0/24 dev rmnet_usb0 proto kernel scope link src 10.86.112.73 metric 13 NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true PciNetwork: SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) mtime.conffile..etc.dbus.1.system.d.org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.conf: 2014-05-15T09:58:23 nmcli-con: NAME UUID TYPE TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT READONLY DBUS-PATH /234308403223936/context3 00f83d8b-6636-7d5d-3266-70a1176b7bff gsm 0 never yes yes /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/1 /234308403223936/context1 a12a5a56-2d89-315e-38b0-9d3e8d4fe0e5 gsm 1400168303 Thu 15 May 2014 03:38:23 PM UTC yes yes /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0 nmcli-dev: DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH /ril_0 gsm connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 wlan0 802-11-wireless disconnected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 nmcli-nm: RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN running 0.9.8.8 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled enabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1319906/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
