The network indicator shows the wrong status

[Cyrus Lien]

[Summary] The network indicator shows the wrong status

[Reproduce Steps]
1.Boot into Ubuntu OS , disconnect wireless connection
Note : the issue can't be reproduced with wifi connected
2.Enable/disable wifi function by pressing hotkey then check network manager status

[Results]
Expected: "Enable Wi-Fi" option should be OFF
Actual:"Enable Wi-Fi" option is ON

[Additional Information]
Product Name:Inspiron-7460
BIOS Version:1.0.0

[Cyrus Lien (cyruslien)]

The issue already fixed, please help to pull the patch into ubuntu network-manager-applet package.
Thanks!

Upstream bug https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770218.

[Ara Pulido (ara)]

What version of Ubuntu? What version of network manager? Has this been tested in Zesty)

[Cyrus Lien (cyruslien)]

The fix already landed lp:network-manager-applet. (revno: 3503)

[Kent Lin (kent-jclin)]

This issue can be reproduced on Yakkety live image, which uses, network-manager 1.2.2-0ubuntu6
network-manager-gnome 1.2.2-0ubuntu1

[Kent Lin (kent-jclin)]

Tested Zesty daily build 2016-12-02 the issue still could be reproduced.
The "Enable Wifi" in pull downlist will not reflect the wifi status time to time if use hotkey to enable and disable wifi.

Network manager version:

network-manager 1.2.4-0ubuntu1
network-manager-gnome 1.2.4-0ubuntu2
network-manager-openvpn 1.2.6-2ubuntu1
network-manager-pptp 1.2.4-1
network-manager-pptp-gnome 1.2.4-1

[Kent Lin (kent-jclin)]

The original issue is reported against Xenial.

[Kent Lin (kent-jclin)]

It's being merged into master:

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/?id=0d7bf7dee31175d3eeab2bd5a9eef8e7b6618016

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Cyrus Lien (cyruslien)]

The fix landed in network-manager-applet-1.4.2, still need porting to 1.2.6 for xenial.

[Yuan-Chen Cheng (ycheng-twn)]

per comment from PM, we still want this to be fixed.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package network-manager-applet - 1.4.2-1ubuntu5

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network-manager-applet (1.4.2-1ubuntu5) artful; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/git_fix_wrong_status_for_wireless_toggle.patch
    * Fix wrong status for wireless toggle (LP: #1641889)

 -- Ken VanDine <email address hidden> Tue, 09 May 2017 09:39:33 -0400

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

I'll let this into the xenial-proposed queue but it looks like it should also be fixed in Yakkety and Zesty.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Hello Cyrus, or anyone else affected,

Accepted network-manager-applet into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/1.2.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed.Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Cyrus Lien (cyruslien)]

Hello Brian,

Network-manager-applet (1.2.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.3) works like a charm.

Test case:
1.Boot into Ubuntu OS , disconnect wireless connection
2.Enable/disable wifi function by pressing hotkey then check wifi manager status

Result: "Enable Wi-Fi" option is OFF

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package network-manager-applet - 1.2.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.3

---------------
network-manager-applet (1.2.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.3) xenial-proposed; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/git_fix_wrong_status_for_wireless_toggle.patch
    * Fix wrong status for wireless toggle (LP: #1641889)

 -- Ken VanDine <email address hidden> Tue, 09 May 2017 09:52:11 -0400