Ubuntu
gnome-system-tools package

  1. Bug #80499
  2. Comment #8

Comment 8 for bug 80499

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Hamish Downer (mishd) wrote : Re: Changing ESSID requires reboot or, or manual iwconfig for changes to take effect

Did a little experiment on boot today. I booted into safe mode. When I landed at the root command prompt I typed "ifconfig" and discovered that the network was working fine at that point. ifconfig reported my IP address and I was able to ping the internet.

I then did "telinit 5" to complete the boot process, logged in and found that the wireless card had had it's ESSID unset (or set to "") and I no longer had a network. The usual sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart was then required to get networking back.

As an aside, the networking icon at the top of the screen continues to report the network being disconnected, even once I am connected.

Would you like more info? Should I wait until the login screen, go to a different terminal and check for the network? Or is the above info enough to pin it on gnome-system-tools? Let me know.