NetworkManager & wifi

[Derek Broughton]

Jean Hollis Weber wrote:

> Michal Ludvig wrote:
>> However only "Wired" (ethernet) 
>> connection appear in the menu. I can't see any wireless ones. Actually
>> the "wireless" section isn't there at all in the pop-up menu, just
>> "Wired" one.
> 
> I had the same problem, though I am using Ubuntu, not Kubuntu,
> Dapper.
> 
> On the advice of someone on this list, I *disabled* the wireless
> network connection in System -> Admin -> Networking. After that,
>   both the wired and wireless networks showed up in the menu
> displayed from the Network Manager icon.

Yes - Ubuntu & Debian versions both handle only those wireless adapters NOT
in /etc/network/interfaces, so you can either remove the options from that
file directly, or use the system administration interface.
-- 
derek