mv /etc/dbus1/event.d/25NetworkManager /root/dbus-networkmanager-stuff/

mv /etc/dbus1/event.d/26NetworkManager-dispatcher /root/dbus-networkmanager-stuff/

dbus does hardware detection and passes that information to Network Manager

ps aux | grep NetworkManager? kill <pid> NetworkManager? kill <pid> NetworkManagerDispatcher?

To bring up the wireless manually, run the following commands iwlist wlan0 scan iwconfig wlan0 essid <essid of wireless network> dhclient wlan0

This could be added to /etc/network/interfaces file, for a home wireless network.