You can automate the replacement of knetworkmanager by writing a file .kde/Autostart/nm-applet : #!/bin/bash sleep 10 killall /usr/bin/knetworkmanager nm-applet &
then chmod +x it. Can't believe this hasn't been fixed as a higher priority - simple sliding the hardware enable/disable switch is enough to trigger it ! -- Desktop locks up when wireless network drops https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351032 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs -- universe-bugs mailing list universe-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/universe-bugs