There was a patch submitted to the master branch around a month ago. See
here:
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg14215.html

I guess it will be in a distribution near you soon :)

Graham

2009/11/20 Panayiotis Mousouliotis <[email protected]>

> I would like to start with Wireless disabled completely and enable it from
> network manager whenever i need it.
>
> Now, i have blacklisted the wireless module (in
> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf) and i make a script that executes
>
> modprobe iwlagn
>
> in order to start wireless.
>
> Loading the module makes wireless to start in network manager in my acer
> 5920g latop.
>
> And i would like to know if there is a simpler and more elegant way to do
> this.. maybe using network manager.
>
>
> Panayiotis
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 1:45 AM, Darren Albers <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Panayiotis Mousouliotis
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > I use ubuntu 9.10 and when i boot wireless always starts.
>> >
>> > Is there a way to disable wireless autostarting using some network
>> manager
>> > option or configuration?
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance,
>> >
>> > Panayiotis
>> >
>>
>> Do you want to start with Wireless disabled completely or just not
>> autoconnect to AP's?
>>
>> If you edit the profile for your wireless networks you can uncheck
>> connect automatically to make all networks manual connections.
>>
>
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