I may be too impatient. Now in order not to reboot and to generally speed up things I right click on the NetworkManager Applet, turn off the network and then turn it on again. Then I do the same with the wireless network. Then the wireless networks that are in range appear.
-- network-manager does not react when wireless network is turned on physically https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290219 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs