if you want your network to be up without being logged it, confiugre your connection to be "available to all users" in nm-connection-editor. In that way NM will automatically connect.
** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- Network is unavailable outside GNOME https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/386146 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs