nm-applet shows incorrect info re wifi

[David Edwards]

(This platform is *insisting* that I say this has to do with the network-manager-applet package, which does not exist on my system. The real package seems to be network-manager-gnome.

I'd file another bug for bugs.launchpad.net, but that's way too meta for me just now.)

nm-applet's icons in the top-right of the unity panel (I think that's what it's called) often shows incorrect information on the status of the wifi network.

Specifically, it often shows the ethernet icon when my machine is connected only wirelessly; or it shows the wifi icon as having *no* signal strength, when in fact, the signal strength is fine.

The change from correct info to incorrect, or from incorrect to another kind of incorrect, occurs after waking the machine from suspend.

Logging out and back in, either through the panel system menu, or via Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, fixes it; until the next suspend.

$ dpkg -S /usr/bin/nm-applet
network-manager-gnome: /usr/bin/nm-applet

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 16.10
Release: 16.10

$ apt-cache policy network-manager-gnome
network-manager-gnome:
  Installed: 1.2.4-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 1.2.4-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 1.2.4-0ubuntu2 500
        500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

$ lspci
...
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Limited BCM43227 802.11b/g/n
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Limited NetLink BCM57785 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 10)

$ grep nm-applet /var/log/syslog
Feb 11 11:03:35 pobox nm-applet[15366]: get_menu_item_for_ap: assertion 'dup_data.hash != NULL' failed
Feb 11 11:03:35 pobox nm-applet[15366]: message repeated 22 times: [ get_menu_item_for_ap: assertion 'dup_data.hash != NULL' failed]
Feb 11 11:03:36 pobox nm-applet[15366]: get_menu_item_for_ap: assertion 'dup_data.hash != NULL' failed
Feb 11 11:03:36 pobox nm-applet[15366]: message repeated 25 times: [ get_menu_item_for_ap: assertion 'dup_data.hash != NULL' failed]
Feb 11 14:56:01 pobox nm-applet[15366]: get_menu_item_for_ap: assertion 'dup_data.hash != NULL' failed
Feb 11 14:56:01 pobox nm-applet[15366]: message repeated 15 times: [ get_menu_item_for_ap: assertion 'dup_data.hash != NULL' failed]
Feb 11 14:56:03 pobox nm-applet[15366]: get_menu_item_for_ap: assertion 'dup_data.hash != NULL' failed
Feb 11 14:56:03 pobox nm-applet[15366]: get_menu_item_for_ap: assertion 'dup_data.hash != NULL' failed
Feb 11 14:56:03 pobox nm-applet[15366]: message repeated 18 times: [ get_menu_item_for_ap: assertion 'dup_data.hash != NULL' failed]
Feb 11 19:41:07 pobox nm-applet[15366]: get_menu_item_for_ap: assertion 'dup_data.hash != NULL' failed
Feb 11 19:41:07 pobox nm-applet[15366]: message repeated 20 times: [ get_menu_item_for_ap: assertion 'dup_data.hash != NULL' failed]
Feb 11 19:41:08 pobox nm-applet[15366]: get_menu_item_for_ap: assertion 'dup_data.hash != NULL' failed
Feb 11 19:41:08 pobox nm-applet[15366]: message repeated 22 times: [ get_menu_item_for_ap: assertion 'dup_data.hash != NULL' failed]

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: network-manager-gnome 1.2.4-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-37.39-generic 4.8.16
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-37-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Feb 11 22:50:08 2017
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nm-applet
IfupdownConfig:
 # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-01-30 (12 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.0.1 dev wlp2s0 proto static metric 600
 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlp2s0 scope link metric 1000
 192.168.0.0/24 dev wlp2s0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.0.181 metric 600
NetworkManager.state:
 [main]
 NetworkingEnabled=true
 WirelessEnabled=true
 WWANEnabled=true
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: network-manager-applet
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
nmcli-con:
 NAME UUID TYPE TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT AUTOCONNECT-PRIORITY READONLY DBUS-PATH ACTIVE DEVICE STATE ACTIVE-PATH
 Olive Tapenade 1 73d59401-3bee-4031-9284-d31d10212a92 802-11-wireless 1486871352 Sat 11 Feb 2017 10:49:12 PM EST yes 0 no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0 yes wlp2s0 activated /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/36
 Wired connection 1 91e3b2fe-3456-39e9-b8df-d745cc2f4857 802-3-ethernet 1485807661 Mon 30 Jan 2017 03:21:01 PM EST yes 4294966297 no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/2 no -- -- --
nmcli-dev:
 DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH CONNECTION CON-UUID CON-PATH
 wlp2s0 wifi connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 Olive Tapenade 1 73d59401-3bee-4031-9284-d31d10212a92 /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/36
 enp3s0f0 ethernet unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 -- -- --
 lo loopback unmanaged /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2 -- -- --
nmcli-nm:
 RUNNING VERSION STATE STARTUP CONNECTIVITY NETWORKING WIFI-HW WIFI WWAN-HW WWAN
 running 1.2.4 connected started full enabled enabled enabled enabled enabled

[dino99 (9d9)]

This is an unsupported release now. Please think to install the next LTS 'Bionic 18.04'

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-next/daily-live/current/
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/02/ubuntu-18-04-minimal-install-option

[Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)]

Marking as Invalid because the release is EOL is not correct. Marking as Incomplete. Also, 18.04 is (at the time of writing) still in development, and you should expect some breakage.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Responses#Release_has_reached_End_of_Life_.28EOL.29

Reporter, is this still present on 17.10 or 16.04?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for network-manager-applet (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]