I have the same issue, however using brcmfmac instead of iwlwifi. Your workaround (reloading the module) works fine.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572250 Title: Wrong type of Wi-Fi device (wlp2s0) after boot Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Hello My Wi-Fi adapter is Intel 7260. After boot I have nmcli device status DEVICE TYPE STATE CONNECTION wlp2s0 ethernet unavailable -- lo loopback unmanaged -- after some dirty fix (sudo rmmod iwlmvm iwlwifi && sudo modprobe iwlwifi) nmcli device status DEVICE TYPE STATE CONNECTION wlp2s0 wifi disconnected -- lo loopback unmanaged -- ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: network-manager 1.1.93-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-18.34-generic 4.4.6 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-18-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Tue Apr 19 22:22:59 2016 EcryptfsInUse: Yes IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback #auto wlp2s0 IpRoute: default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlp2s0 proto static metric 600 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlp2s0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.1.0/24 dev wlp2s0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.123 metric 600 NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) nmcli-dev: DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH CONNECTION CON-UUID CON-PATH wlp2s0 wifi connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2 libreCMC 91f33459-b8b5-43ea-a742-a09720f20821 /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/0 lo loopback unmanaged /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 -- -- -- nmcli-nm: Error: command ['nmcli', '-f', 'all', 'nm'] failed with exit code 2: Error: Object 'nm' is unknown, try 'nmcli help'. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1572250/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
