Spoke too soon - it is still happening. Just took longer to trigger. I noticed that if I restart network manager after the hang (/etc/dbus-1/event.d/25NetworkManager restart), the wireless networks will still be seen but cannot be connected too (in the panel icon both circles stay blue while the swirly thing swirls for a bit, where as the bottom circle is normally green).
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => New -- Ralink rt73 hangs with 2.6.24-21 and requires reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/258985 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