You can automate the replacement of knetworkmanager by writing a file
.kde/Autostart/nm-applet :
#!/bin/bash
sleep 10
killall /usr/bin/knetworkmanager
nm-applet &
then chmod +x it.
Can't believe this hasn't been fixed as a higher priority - simple
sliding the hardware enable/disable switch is e
Yup, still happens here too, most often when resuming from hibernate.
Things that seem to help (or at least mean doesn't need a reboot to fix).
Don't use knetworkmanager use 'nm-applet' (killall knetworkmanager;nm-applet &)
- only needed once at login
Restart network manager and/or networking (/e
Dual boot Vista/Kubuntu 9.10 HP 6715b laptop.
The wireless under Kubuntu frequently drop outs when copying large files
across the network. The desktop becomes unresponsive and the system
needs to be rebooted.
It's so unreliable that the system is unusable using wireless on
Kubuntu. Previous OpenS