F8 NetworkManager going crazy at startup

[Phil Meyer]

Christoph Höger wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, den 23.07.2008, 16:18 -0700 schrieb Konstantin Svist:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've noticed a problem with NM recently (might've happened after a 
>> system update, not 100% sure when it started).
>> When I log into KDE, NM starts connecting to the network. It used to 
>> connect eth0 if it was available, but nowadays it seems to both do that 
>> and attempt connecting to the wifi access point as well (or instead). 
>> After some chaotic motions on my part it settles down and connects eth0.
>>
>> What makes it do that and how do I make it stop?
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>     
>
> Right Mouse on nm-applet -> edit connections -> your wifi connection ->
> edit -> disable automatic start should do.
>   

This worked for me.

This edits the ONBOOT
option in the:
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0
file to:

ONBOOT=no

A manual edit appears to have the same results.

Good Luck!