Hi guys, I too am seeing this on 15.10
USB WiFi dongle is not configured/present in network manager after a boot. Nov 29 16:53:29 desktop systemd[1]: Starting WPA supplicant... Nov 29 16:53:29 desktop kernel: [ 3.270513] usb 1-8: r8712u: CustomerID = 0x0015 Nov 29 16:53:29 desktop kernel: [ 3.270516] usb 1-8: r8712u: MAC Address from efuse = 94:44:52:28:34:43 Nov 29 16:53:29 desktop kernel: [ 3.270519] usb 1-8: r8712u: Loading firmware from "rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin" Nov 29 16:53:29 desktop kernel: [ 3.270547] usbcore: registered new interface driver r8712u Nov 29 16:53:29 desktop kernel: [ 3.272672] r8712u 1-8:1.0 wlx944452283443: renamed from wlan0 Nov 29 16:53:29 desktop NetworkManager[873]: <error> [1448816009.248759] [platform/wifi/wifi-utils-wext.c:519] wext_get_range(): (wlan0): couldn't get driver range information (19). Nov 29 16:53:29 desktop NetworkManager[873]: <info> (wlan0): driver WEXT range request failed Nov 29 16:53:29 desktop NetworkManager[873]: <warn> (wlan0): failed to initialize WiFi driver Nov 29 16:53:29 desktop NetworkManager[873]: <warn> wlan0: factory failed to create device: (unknown) Nov 29 16:53:29 desktop NetworkManager[873]: (NetworkManager:873): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: object NMDeviceWifi 0x117e450 finalized while still in-construction Nov 29 16:53:29 desktop NetworkManager[873]: (NetworkManager:873): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: Custom constructor for class NMDeviceWifi returned NULL (which is invalid). Please use GInitable instead. Nov 29 16:53:29 desktop NetworkManager[873]: <info> devices added (path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-8/1-8:1.0/net/wlx944452283443, iface: wlx944452283443) Nov 29 16:53:29 desktop NetworkManager[873]: <info> device added (path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-8/1-8:1.0/net/wlx944452283443, iface: wlx944452283443): no ifupdown configuration found. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1434986 Title: Not working network connection after boot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/network-manager/+bug/1434986/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs