I have the same problem, which I believe is also the one reported here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1307027
Moving the wpa config out into a separate configuration file, as detailed there, resolved the problem for me. -- wpasupplicant doesn't start when the network start https://launchpad.net/bugs/44194 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs