I also experienced this annoying bug after upgrading to 14.10. I think I found a work around.
According to SteveRiley, on the Kubuntu Forum, if you enable "All users may connect to this network" in the settings, then the connection does autoconnect. I tried this once or twice with my wifi networks and it seems to work. https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php?66702-NetworkManagement- widget-not-connecting-to-wifi-automatically&p=361413 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1354924 Title: Networkmanager does not autoconnect to wireless network To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1354924/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs