Network manager problem

[Mario Vukelic]

On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 02:28 +0000, Kenneth P. Turvey wrote:
> But then it quit.  It used to list the nearby wireless
> networks and allow me to connect to them.  It would even automatically
> connect if I had connected to them before.  Now it doesn't do any of
> that. There is no indication that it is doing anything.  When I click
> on it there is a grayed out menu item with "wired network" in it and
> an enabled menu item that says "manual configuration".  There isn't
> anything else.

My laptop has a button to toggle the state of WLAN and bluetooth.
Sometimes the cat walks over the laptop and steps on the button. Then
the WLAN goes off, and I cannot reenable it due to the same symptoms you
see. Does your laptop also have a button? :)