[intrepid] network-manager-applet does not load as of 27-jul-08

[Susan Cragin]

I have upgraded from Hardy Studio to Intrepid Studio, and have all updates as of 17-july-2008.
I keep an open internet connection and have installed gnome-network-manager on my machine.
Was working fine until this morning.

susan@ubuntu:~$ ps -eaf | grep nm-applet
susan 5885 5784 0 07:04 ? 00:00:00 nm-applet --sm-disable
susan 7517 7482 0 07:22 pts/1 00:00:00 grep nm-applet
susan@ubuntu:~$ ps -eaf | grep NetworkManager | grep -v NetworkManagerDispatcherroot 4739 1 0 07:02 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --pid-file /var/run/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.pid
susan 7551 7482 0 07:23 pts/1 00:00:00 grep NetworkManager

The applet no longer appears, and my wireless must be started manually.
I should also mention that both the wireless and GDM functions hang for a long time when I boot.

[Susan Cragin (susancragin)]

I am sorry for sending the whole dmesg log. If there is anything I can do to help, please let me know.

[Damien Dixon (damienxdixon)]

I too have this bug. I am unable to provide full logs as I am currently mobile, but I can provide snippets if I can be told where to look.

I installed Intrepid standard (not 64bit) and updated it fully last night, when I powered on this morning the bug occurred. Perhaps forcing a version of a particular package will be a temp fix?

[Damien Dixon (damienxdixon)]

I have since managed a work around.

1. Identify the pid of nm-applet and do 'kill <pid number>'
2. Run nm-applet with sudo/root (sudo nm-applet)

If you run nm-applet as a standard user it outputs something about insufficient user privileges. I can provide this output if it would help.

[Susan Cragin (susancragin)]

This worked for me briefly and then vanished.

[Damien Dixon (damienxdixon)]

This bug appears to have been fixed.

Can anyone else confirm?

[Susan Cragin (susancragin)]

I can confirm that the bug is fixed on my machine.
As I reported the bug, may I suggest that it can be closed out?

[Michele Mangili (mangilimic)]

This bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this being fixed with an update. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status . Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please submit any future bugs you may find.