Kubuntu 23.10 connects to wifi, but only after all other startup programs have run.
I’m just curious as to why that is. And what controls this startup behavior.
I’ve had to change some startup scripts for rclone, to wait until a network connection is present before starting. Other than that it’s not a problem.
Maybe you didn’t add the connection as a system connection this time.
I don’t know what that means. Mind explaining?
In the Networkmanager you can set that a connection is either available to all users or just yourself. If you set it to “all users” its configuration will be saved somewhere in
/etc/Networkmanager(I’m too lazy to look up the real path) and will therefore be available for Networkmanager on boot. If you just make it available for yourself Networkmanager will only attempt to connect after you log in.I think the default is to make it only available to yourself, because then you don’t have to enter your sudo password when you set it up or want to change something. The downside is of course what you describe in your post.
Perfect, thank you!
I think the connection is made by some program after login and not automatically by the system as in other operating systems
If for example i install icewm on kubuntu I don’t have Wi-Fi connection at all
I remember having to go out of my way to get an Ubuntu machine to connect to WiFi before login for this reason. It felt strange to have to do that at first, but it’s also reassuring that the machine isn’t by default connecting to a wireless network without user input first unless I give it explicit instructions to do so.
I actually like that. Have to put in the password on fist boot before network will connect to wifi.
Network Manager?
You could probably fix this with some troubleshooting. That’s all I ever did on Ubuntu and it’s derivatives.
