I've found an alternative solution to this problem. It seems the crux of the problem lay in the fact that ubuntu needed to connect to my wireless network before I had the chance to log in and open the connection with my password. The 60 seconds or so was the time it took for this operation to time out.
I've "undone" the above change and put the networking script link back where it was in the boot order. Using this very instructive HOWTO http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=202834 I modified my /etc/network/interfaces file so that my laptop can connect to my WPA network immediately, rather than waiting for my Kwallet key after I've logged in. Now I am not only free of the 60 second pause, I ALSO now do not have to enter a kwallet password to connect to the internet. As a related change, I've uninstalled network-manager and replaced it with Wicd (see http://wicd.sourceforge.net/ for installation details). Network-manager seemed to give up once I modified the interfaces file, calling my connection a "manually configured" one and refusing to allow me to manipulate or change it from the system tray (such as when I would like to connect to another network or see what else is available) Wicd seems to handle my change much better, allowing me to still select other networks when traveling. -- ipw3945: Feisty hanging on "Starting Network Interfaces" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/108152 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
