Enable wireless by default?

[Eric]

I just installed Mint 10 and now every time I turn on my laptop, I have to right-click the network icon on the taskbar and select "Enable Wireless." Then everything works fine. Is there anyway I can save myself this process and just have it enabled by default? I didn't have this problem with previous versions of Linux Mint.

Thanks for the help.

[tdockery97]

When you right-click on the network icon and select edit connections, and then select your wireless and press edit, is there a box near the top left of the next window that needs to be checked for automatically connect?

[Eric]

It automatically connects to the wireless network, I just have to right-click on the network icon and enable wireless first every time I turn on the computer.

[tdockery97]

That's strange. Hopefully someone will come along who knows what config file that is controlled by.

[pdjetlic]

Exact same problem here, everything works but i have to enable wireless manually at every startup.
Mint Julia on a Lenovo S12. Maybe its the Broadcom drivers but they worked fine on Mint 9.

[marcdilnutt]

I have the same problem with Mint 9. Never had it before but reinstalled with the same .iso which was working previously, now every time I start the machine up I need to manually enable wireless. 'Tis very strange.

FYI I am using an Acer AspireOne 531H with Atheros 5700 card.

[pdjetlic]

Maybe there has been a change in broadcom drivers.
Is there a simple way of trying older versions of wireless drivers?

[cmedina]

Hi. This is what I did and it is working for me now:

Just open /etc/rc.local with gedit (newbies: open a terminal and type sudo gedit /etc/rc.local) and copy/paste the following line:

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dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Set string:org.freedesktop.NetworkManager string:WirelessEnabled variant:boolean:true

This is an equivalent command as right-clicking 'Enable Wireless' on NetworkManager. Newbies (like me) Remember to insert this command after the commented lines on this file and before exit 0

This is my first contribution to this great community. Just changed from Window$ about a month ago and everything I was using before there is all set here in Linux and never going back... I love mint!

[rivenathos]

One thing I have noted previously in regards to this issue is when the computer is set to boot automatically and skip the password screen, that sometimes keeps the wireless from automatically connecting. In the wireless section, putting a check in the box to allow all users seems to be one fix. It is worth a shot to see if it works for you.

[patnaik7]

Hi. This is what I did and it is working for me now:

Just open /etc/rc.local with gedit (newbies: open a terminal and type sudo gedit /etc/rc.local) and copy/paste the following line:

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dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Set string:org.freedesktop.NetworkManager string:WirelessEnabled variant:boolean:true

This is an equivalent command as right-clicking 'Enable Wireless' on NetworkManager. Newbies (like me) Remember to insert this command after the commented lines on this file and before exit 0

This is my first contribution to this great community. Just changed from Window$ about a month ago and everything I was using before there is all set here in Linux and never going back... I love mint!

This is it...finally wireless auto connects after reboot. Thanks a million cmedina