I suppose this is due to the network-manager package. For more information on this topic please read: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.user/422158 It provides some answers and tricks remove/replace this package (but I do not see whether thay actually work).
Furthermore, you could find (or file it is not present) an upstream bug report for network-manager and add it as bugwarch URL to this report, so the progress on this problem can be tracked. (see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/ ) ** Also affects: network-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/383922 Title: wpa_supplicant running with no wireless card Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “wpasupplicant” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: wpa_supplicant is running even when no wireless card is present in the system and uses up memory. Removing it is not possible due to dependency issues. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/383922/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
