Wireless won't enable on computer startup

[tokamocha]

Hey guys,

I have a minor, but annoying issue.
When I boot my computer, networking is enabled automatically, but wireless isn't enabled until I enable wireless manually.
I've reinstalled network manager, but to no avail.
There is probably a simple config file fix, but I can't figure it out.

How do I get my computer to enable wireless automatically as the computer starts up?

[mmusket33]

To get some help try giving more info. For example:

Are you booting a laptop with a manual on/off switch?
What wireless device?
How do you manually enable your wireless?

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MTeams

[tokamocha]

Thanks for replying.

I am using a laptop with an integrated intel centrino wireless device.
When I turn on my laptop and start Kali and then log in, the network manager icon in the top right shows that it is not connected to any network.
When I right click on the icon, I can see a check mark on "Networking", but no check mark beside "Wireless".

I then just click the wireless option on and it connects to my home network and everything is fine, but it still annoys me that this is not happening automatically.

I installed Kali on another one of my laptops, and it seems to start Wireless automatically, so I don't know what the problem is with this one.

Would it be possible to add the Wireless program to the gnome-session-properties autostart section?

[slim76]

Not sure if it will help but you could try the following.

Open Applications/System Tools/Preferences/Starup Applications.
Click the add button and paste this "nmcli nm wifi on" into the command box, then click add.

[tokamocha]

Thanks slim76.

That's what I was looking for.
I'll try that out and see what happens.

You may not see this reply for a while since all my comments need to be approved by a moderator, since I am new to this forum.

[slim76]

Thanks slim76.

That's what I was looking for.
I'll try that out and see what happens.

You may not see this reply for a while since all my comments need to be approved by a moderator, since I am new to this forum.

You're welcome mate, hope it solves your problem.

[tokamocha]

I figured it out and I'm updating this thread for others.

Ok, so the wireless startup command didn't work, but I was able to use this command to fix it:

rfkill unblock all

So, I added a startup application that uses this command as the computer boots.
This may not be the best way to do it, but it works.