Wifi networks device not ready

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Im unable to access network indicator because "Device not ready" issue, this problem happened after reverting back to NetworkManager from wicd network manager thanks to this method.

The odd things is, I could connect to wireless connection, unlike most people that cannot connect through WiFi because of this issue.

Open the System monitor, kill the process nm-applet, open a terminal and run nm-applet whats the output? — M. Becerra, Nov 02 '16 at 16:42
Check this: http://askubuntu.com/questions/810229/network-disabled-device-not-ready-16-04?rq=1 — M. Becerra, Nov 02 '16 at 16:47
No worries. While reverting the process to get back the Network Manager, did you follow this step by step? https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkManager — M. Becerra, Nov 02 '16 at 17:00

score 33 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 31 '17 at 20:34

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You can restart your device as it may solve your problem. Instead, you can also use try restarting your network services:

sudo systemctl restart network-manager

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answered Jan 31 '17 at 18:31

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Except this long standing virus of Ubuntu and Linux in general has evolved immunity against that antidote. The restart no longer works – KhoPhi Aug 17 '18 at 17:18

score 24 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 19 '16 at 06:07

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Im unable to access network indicator because "Device not ready" issue, this problem happened after reverting back to NetworkManager from wicd network manager thanks to this method.

Have you tried removing unused package that comes with wicd ? If no, consider removing it by running autoremove command:

sudo apt-get autoremove

answered Dec 19 '16 at 06:07

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Thanks ! I didn't think autoremove will solve the problem. – Dec 20 '16 at 03:56
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sudo service wicd stop and then sudo service network-manager restart also works – kenn Jan 12 '17 at 17:58

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