A NetworkManager GUI fight with monitor mode frustrates a newbie on a city assessment laptop. What conflict class explains the pain?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
NetworkManager is the helpful coworker who keeps “fixing” your Wi-Fi while you are trying to hold a still monitor pose. It resets interfaces at the worst time. Pause or disable it for the capture window, then bring normal networking back when you are done.
Full Explanation
Desktop network managers frequently reconfigure wireless interfaces, pull them back to managed mode, or kill monitor setups. Wireless assessments therefore often stop, mask, or carefully coordinate NetworkManager (or similar) during monitor and injection work. The conflict is operational, not a compositor-only quirk.