Network Manager Error Messages When Shutting Down

I'm not entirely sure that I am posting this in the right place, but I couldn't really make it fit anywhere else.

This is a brief how-to that will show you how to stop those annoying error messages that Network Manager can throw up when your PC shuts down.

This feels slightly hackish in the good way and has worked fine for me. So far I have experienced no ill effects from doing this but as with all advice found on the Internet you follow it at your own risk :)

Open a terminal
cd /etc/init.d
sudo gedit nwm (this should create a new file called nwm)
Add the following into the file

Code:

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#! /bin/sh
#        Kill all Network Managers.
#        Should hopefully stop those annoying error messages
killall NetworkManager
exit 0

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Save the file and exit gedit

cd ../rc6.d
sudo ln -s ../init.d/nwm K00nwn

When your computer enters runlevel 6 (shutting down or preparing to reboot) your new script should be the first thing that is run.

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Originally Posted by elija

I'm not entirely sure that I am posting this in the right place, but I couldn't really make it fit anywhere else.

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Well Linux Tutorials, HOWTO's & Reference Material - Linux Forums is the right place.

hmm... my network manager never threw a error.
can I know what kind of error is throws while rebooting or shutdown?

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Originally Posted by b2bwild

Well Linux Tutorials, HOWTO's & Reference Material - Linux Forums is the right place.

hmm... my network manager never threw a error.
can I know what kind of error is throws while rebooting or shutdown?

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I didn't think it was good enough to qualify as an "official" how to or tutorial. Maybe a mod will do the honor :)

There are a whole stream of error messages, so many that the shutdown process takes an awful lot longer than it needs to. I have seen this on Ubuntu and Mint and know that it also affects Sabayon and Arch among others.