network-manager, no desktop no network

[T o n g <mlist4suntong@yahoo.com>]

Hi,

Background: I still don't have time to dive into the whole wireless 
networking thing, so I'm using (an older version of) Ubuntu for my 
wireless networking. 

Problem: Strange to me is that, whenever I switch away from gnome, to 
console or to my normal VM on anther VT, the wireless network disappears. 

Is this the normal behaviour of network-manager? How can I get wireless 
network for the machine, not for the gnome desktop alone? 

Thanks

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