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Booting hangs at Configuring Network Interfaces if out of range of home wifi network.

Asked by Josh Smith

Ubuntu always hangs on Configuring Network Interfaces, and it's because of my wireless card. It only happens if I leave my wireless card switched off, or I'm not in range of my home network.
In older versions (Dapper and Edgy) I could just comment out everything for wlan0 in /etc/network/interfaces. This would solve the boot problem, but also stop GNOME network-admin from recognising my wireless card. I could just use network-manager to manage my connections instead.

But, in Feisty, if I change my /etc/network/interfaces, my wireless card isn't recognised at all; not even by network-manager.
How can I stop Ubuntu from hanging while booting, and use network-manager for my wifi?

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Best josh04 (josh04) said : 		#1

/etc/network/interfaces isn't used by NetworkManager. Try compiling a newer version of ndsiwrapper, if that's what you're using.

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Josh Smith (saxsux) said : 		#2

I've tried compiling the latest stable version of ndiswrapper, but it hasn't helped.

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Josh Smith (saxsux) said : 		#3

Oh, actually, it _has_ worked. My mistake.
Thanks, Joshman! =D

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Josh Smith (saxsux) said : 		#4

Thanks josh04, that solved my question.