Network indicator applet does not populate the menu with options until after changing something in the network control panel

Bug #962192 reported by Nicolás Abel Carbone
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
network-manager (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

I have a notebook connected to a WiFi network which needs a VPN to be fully operative. When I start the session, the notebook connects fine to the WiFI network and the network indicator reflects this fine. However, when I go to this indicator to enable OpenVPN, the menu of the indicator only shows two entries, the option to enable/disable the network, and the option to enable/disable WiFi.

Only after enabling OpenVPN through the network control panel, the indicator menu shows all the usual options, including OpenVPN.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: network-manager 0.9.3.995+git201203152001.04b2a74-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.32-generic 3.2.12
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Mar 22 10:55:11 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120301)
NetworkManager.state:
 [main]
 NetworkingEnabled=true
 WirelessEnabled=true
 WWANEnabled=true
 WimaxEnabled=true
SourcePackage: network-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-20 (1 days ago)
nmcli-dev:
 DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH
 wlan0 802-11-wireless connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1
 eth0 802-3-ethernet unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
nmcli-nm:
 RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
 running 0.9.3.995 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled disabled

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Nicolás Abel Carbone (nicocarbone) wrote :
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Tomas Cassidy (tomas-cassidy) wrote :

Hi Nicolás,

I think bug 965895 may be related to this one. If that bug is the same issue as what you are reporting, can you please mark one of the bug reports as a duplicate of the other. If not, then nothing needs to be changed. Thanks.

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Nicolás Abel Carbone (nicocarbone) wrote :

 @Tomas: I agree. I made this bug a duplicate of bug 965895.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in network-manager (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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