Problem when trying to view Network information

[Dmytro Korzhevin]

Binary package hint: network-manager-gnome

When i trying to discover some network information, i get error:

The mistake displaying the information on connection: it was not possible to find out some necessary resources (a file of the description of interface GLADE)!

(see screenshot)

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Apr 2 20:29:55 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
Uname: Linux korg-desktop 2.6.20-13-generic #2 SMP Sun Mar 25 00:21:25 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

[wvengen (wvengen)]

I have the same problem here. Yesterday I could view the information, but after some suspend-resume cycles I suddenly get this error (no upgrades in the meanwhile). I haven't seen many references on internet to this, but it's been reported here before on Edgy http://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2006-December/msg00186.html - he also experiences it after some wireless reconnects or something like that.

By the way, the english message is:
    Error displaying connection information:
    Could not find some required resources (the glade file)!

[wvengen (wvengen)]

Well, after some more testing I found out how to reproduce this:
- right click on the nm-applet icon
- selection "Connection Information"
- close the window _not_ using the "Close" button, but for example the window manager's right-corner-cross (or whatever you have)
- repeat the first two steps

Killing nm-applet and restarting makes it work again.

[wvengen (wvengen)]

Still present in Gutsy as of 10 September 2007, network-manager-gnome 0.6.5-0ubuntu8 .

[wvengen (wvengen)]

It appears that the window is hidden when closed, not destroyed. The delete event did destroy it though. The attached patch fixes that and solves it for me.

[wvengen (wvengen)]

Note that I changed the order to first connect, then present the window. This avoids a (theoretical) race condition where the handler is not yet setup but the window is shown.

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

thanks for the patch.

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

network-manager-applet (0.6.5-0ubuntu9) gutsy; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/11_lp95064-enable-xdg-autostart-for-xfce.patch: enable
    autostart of nm-applet for XFCE nm-applet.desktop. (LP: #95064)
  * debian/patches/12_lp101978-connection-info-hide-on-delete-event.patch:
    hide connection info on delete-event; patch by Dima Korzhevin.
    (LP: #101978).

 -- Alexander Sack <email address hidden> Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:24:28 +0200

[wvengen (wvengen)]

Thanks! (although it wasn't Dima's patch)