I have implemented something like what I suggested in my previous comment and it seems to work. I haven't been able to test it as completely as I'd like, but my wireless network is starting correctly at boot now with the 85-ifupdown udev rule enabled.
I wrote a script that tests whether the loopback interface is up before bringing an interface up. The idea being that if lo is not up yet when a network device is added, then presumably the system is booting and /etc/init.d/networking has not been started yet (and when it is started, it will bring up the interface). If lo is up, on the other hand, then /etc/init.d/networking has been started already and so the new interface should be brought up by the udev rule. I'm attaching the script with this comment, save it as /etc/udev/ifup.sh (and make it executable, obviously) and then apply the patch to 85-ifupdown.rules (which I'll also upload here). ** Attachment added: "ifup.sh" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12689304/ifup.sh -- Manual WPA networks doesn't connect at boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/53387 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
