Re: NM Shutting Down

[Pavel Simerda <psimerda redhat com>]

> From: CACook quantum-sci com
> On Monday, 20 August, 2012 07:48:59 you wrote:
> > > Aug 19 10:44:34 hex NetworkManager[17362]: <info> Auto-activating
> > > connection 'Sirius'.
> > > Aug 19 10:44:34 hex NetworkManager[17362]: <info> Activation
> > > (wlan0)
> > > starting connection 'Sirius'
> > > Aug 19 10:44:34 hex NetworkManager[17362]: <info> (wlan0): device
> > > state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none') [30 40 0]
> > 
> > This is probably not enough. By the way, do you have IPv6 in your
> > network?
> 
> Not enough of the log?  I wonder what a reason 4 is?
> 
> Notice I'm using 5.2GHz 'n'.  NM's icon shows only two bars out of
> four, but no idea whether that's Tx or Rx, and there doesn't seem to
> be a way to adjust power or sensitivity in NM.
> 
> I have IPV6 absolutely disabled in sysctl.conf.

Just an idea. Follow Dan's reply please...

> > > Yeah, it only allows one cloned MAC address.  I want random MACs
> > > every boot, which I used to have.
> > 
> > On every boot or on every connection start?
> 
> Ideally on every connection start.  That's what I had before NM, when
> I could use if-pre-up.d.

Sure. You might be interested in the following bug report:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=681301

Cheers,

Pavel