System monitor not showing network traffic

[Helio]

When I run the System Monitor the network history is zero and it keeps on zero... while i'm downloading large files.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: gnome-system-monitor 3.8.2.1-2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Apr 21 13:38:51 2014
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-system-monitor
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-20 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=es
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-system-monitor
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[SFeek (sfeek)]

Same here, running Ubuntu 14.04 64bit edition and System Monitor Network History is always zero even if large amounts of network traffic are flowing.
This is a fresh upgrade from 12.04. It was broken in 12.04 as well and I had hoped that upgrading would fix the issue. It did not!

[SFeek (sfeek)]

I also just noticed that ifconfig also shows zero RX or TX packets on eth0 which is the only network interface. Could this be a NIC driver issue? The machine is running fine otherwise.

[joelgs (joel-joelguilherme)]

I have two installations of 14.04 Desktop. One done as a fresh install, which is now with kernell 3.13.0-32-generic and has no problem to show network activiy. The other was installed as an upgrade from 12.04, it has now the same 3.13.0-32-generic kernell, and shows no activity at all, though I may be transferring lots of data either from local network or the Internet.
The only difference I see is how the installation was done: fresh/upgrade.
Does this help anybody to finding the problem?

[dreamon (db4mt)]

same problem. zero network activity in all traffic monitors. (conky, netspeed-applet2, netstat -i, .. )

I upgrade from 12.04.4 to 14.04. after that traffic is gone to zero.

someone wrote -> Stats are back in 3.14rc1. -> We will see.

[Mina (842mono)]

apparently it's a kernel bug in 14.04's kernel as I've read before. Upgrading to 16.04 fixes it.

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1309757, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.