nm-applet does not offer to restart NetworkManager if it crashed

[Satya Mishra]

It happens very infrequently (only once so far, in my case) where nm-applet cannot contact NetworkManager. The only option in the gui is "NetworkManager is not running" when one points at nm-applet. It should instead offer to restart the service. Incidentally, NetworkManager is not available under Administration->Services, either. The average user is unlikely to know that they have to type "sudo /etc/init.d/NetworkManager restart" at the command prompt to resolve the situation.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

Thank you for bringing this bug to our attention. However, a paper cut should be a small usability issue , in the default Ubuntu 9.10 install , that affects many people and is quick and easy to fix. So this bug can't be addressed as part of the project.

feature request is not a papercut

For further info about papercuts criteria , pls read > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PaperCut

Don't worry though, This bug has been marked as "invalid" ONLY in the papercuts project.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox)]

Hrm, I wonder if it would be possible to try to start NM through dbus if it's not running yet... The issue is, it's hard to tell under which circumstances it makes sense to do so (if it crashes, it is fairly likely to crash again under the same circumstances, and it would not be good to constantly try to restart a crashing NM if it has no chance to "get better").