nm-applet doesn't show connection/devices on startup

[Jessica Lambiase]

Nm-applet doesn't show any connection on startup, only options to enable/disable wireless/cabled network functionality, get connection infos and edit connection options, altough it is able to connect to default wireless; kinda bug #827884 replied on Ubuntu Quantal x86. Attached screenshot.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: network-manager-gnome 0.9.6.0~git201207161252.13c6db8-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.4.0-5.11-generic 3.4.0
Uname: Linux 3.4.0-5-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.4-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Jul 22 16:11:23 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nm-applet
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha i386 (20120606.2)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth1 proto static
 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth1 scope link metric 1000
 192.168.1.0/26 dev eth1 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.5 metric 9
NetworkManager.state:
 [main]
 NetworkingEnabled=true
 WirelessEnabled=true
 WWANEnabled=true
 WimaxEnabled=true
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: network-manager-applet
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
XsessionErrors: (compiz:1704): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_client_add_dir: assertion `gconf_valid_key (dirname, NULL)' failed
nmcli-con:
 NAME UUID TYPE TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT READONLY DBUS-PATH
 Default_WLAN b747187f-7aed-4895-8d58-cf0c2d75f287 802-11-wireless 1342709024 gio 19 lug 2012 16:43:44 CEST yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/2
 Vodafone-10897827 6067030d-42de-41d8-8fd1-132b5ac82410 802-11-wireless 1342966304 dom 22 lug 2012 16:11:44 CEST yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/1
 Vodafone Internet Facile (old) da955c1a-d832-4556-b4c9-fec38051be3f gsm 1342630946 mer 18 lug 2012 19:02:26 CEST no no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0
 Connessione via cavo 1 3f685677-a390-435b-9145-1b0ad6e87acc 802-3-ethernet 1342963904 dom 22 lug 2012 15:31:44 CEST yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/3
nmcli-dev:
 DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH
 eth0 802-3-ethernet unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1
 eth1 802-11-wireless connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
nmcli-nm:
 RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
 running 0.9.5.95 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled disabled

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Josep Pujadas-Jubany (jpujades)]

Similar problem...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) up-to-date
* Tested with a netbook (32 bit) with WiFi connection
* Tested with a desktop (64 bit) with VPN connections.

After login, nm-applet doesn't show the wifi connections (on netbook) or the VPN connections (on desktop).

* For the netbook, WiFi connections appear after waiting some minutes.
* For the desktop, I need to logout and login to see the VPN submenu.

Another (obvious) solution is

sudo service network-manager stop
sudo service network-manager start

No trouble with network connections, only with nm-applet submenues.

Regards,

Josep Pujadas-Jubany

Copied from https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/1039670 (marked as dupicated).

[Hrotkó Gábor (roti-al)]

Restarting the nm-applet after login, works.

At this link:
http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/Nm-applet
the "nm-applet >= 0.9.4.1-1" section says that polkit has to be running for nm-applet to work properly.

So I had to modify the file:
/etc/xdg/autostart/nm-applet.desktop

and change this line:
Exec=nm-applet

to this (my machine is not too fast):
Exec=sh -c "sleep 30; nm-applet" &

And after the login, nm-applet appears, with the correct menus.

Maybe the order of autostart items would help, or an upstart-like start mechanism can help.

[Damir Butmir (d4m1r2)]

Same issue with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x64, with a hardwired desktop. Happens about 50% of the time on startup, but I have actually recently noticed that it might be fine at startup, but appear hours later as well....Created a thread on it on ubuntuforums.org for those interested (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=12278500).

Every time I see it, I go to my terminal and "sudo service network-manager restart" and it fixes it....

Linux damir-ubuntu 3.2.0-31-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 7 16:16:45 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[Josep Pujadas-Jubany (jpujades)]

gksu gedit /etc/xdg/autostart/nm-applet.desktop

and changed Exec line as:

Exec=sh -c "sleep 30; nm-applet" &

worked for me. I put 10 seconds for my 64 bit wired desktop and 30 seconds for wifi netbook.

[Damir Butmir (d4m1r2)]

I appreciate the workarounds, but I am waiting for an official fix instead of manually adding a delay as a workaround.

My only concern is if we have narrowed down exactly what the problem is caused by and its impact, why is this bug still not assigned?