Many instances of nm-applet loaded in Xfce panel

[dale gallagher]

Binary package hint: network-manager

When nm-applet is added to the Xfce panel at first, only a single instance of it appears, as expected. However, when logging out and back in again, 5 instances of the applet are loaded. Xfce is setup to start GNOME services on session initiation. Ubuntu Dapper, up-to-date as of 2006-05-31.

[dale gallagher (zoot)]

This may have something to do with another issue, where the user is prompted quite regularly to re-enter the GNOME key-ring password in order to connect to a wireless network.

[dale gallagher (zoot)]

network-manager 0.6.2-0ubuntu7
xfce4-panel_4.3.90.1svn+r21633-0ubuntu2

[Simon Ruggier (simon80)]

Try running nm-applet --sm-disable, if you aren't already. nm-applet in gnome likes to add itself to the session as restart, so it'll get restarted automatically, and it doesn't make sure it's the only instance running.

[Scott Robinson (scott-ubuntu)]

Did running nm-applet as instructed fix the issue? Isn't this a bug in the xfce4 panel anyway?

[dale gallagher (zoot)]

Unfortunately not.

nm-applet is the only applet with the multiple instance issue under Xfce (as far as I'm aware). All other GNOME specific applets (which I've used under Xfce) run perfectly.

[John Chee (chee)]

Package: network-manager-gnome
Version: 0.6.3-2ubuntu6

Package: xfce4-panel
Version: 4.3.99.1-0ubuntu1

ps ax | grep nm-applet

 5027 ? S 0:00 nm-applet --sm-config-prefix /nm-applet-vTRGo9/ --sm-client-id 117f000001000116398245600000046790002 --screen 0
 5031 ? S 0:00 nm-applet --sm-config-prefix /nm-applet-22BSpC/ --sm-client-id 117f000001000116398159800000047980007 --screen 0
 5036 ? S 0:00 nm-applet --sm-config-prefix /nm-applet-wCw2DC/ --sm-client-id 117f000001000116398153200000047980006 --screen 0
 5038 ? S 0:00 nm-applet --sm-config-prefix /nm-applet-Gvg2GC/ --sm-client-id 117f000001000116398152300000047980005 --screen 0
 5040 ? S 0:00 nm-applet --sm-config-prefix /nm-applet-MyJ0zC/ --sm-client-id 117f000001000116398142700000047980004 --screen 0
 5046 ? S 0:00 nm-applet --sm-config-prefix /nm-applet-ccK3BC/ --sm-client-id 117f000001000116398202100000046810002 --screen 0
 5049 ? S 0:00 nm-applet --sm-config-prefix /nm-applet-mXHWvC/ --sm-client-id 117f000001000116398171000000047980008 --screen 0

[tactus (tactusetc)]

Not an explanation on why this is happening, but logging out and "rm ~/.cache/sessions/*" solved it for me. Unfortunately I didn't back up the cache files before removing them.

[Mario Vukelic (kreuzsakra)]

I have the same issue in the GNOME panel after upgrading from Feisty to Gutsy a few days ago. I do run nm-applet --sm-disable.

Regarding the previous comment: I don't have a ~/.cache/sessions/. There is nothing in ~/.cache except a directory created by thoggen (DVD ripper).

[Mario Vukelic (kreuzsakra)]

Ah, got it: the nm-applet is listed in ~/.gnome2/session several times. Attached.

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

nm-applet has now its own source package ... reassigning accordingly.

 - Alexander

[reliable-robin-22 (nicolasdiogo)]

thanks for the tip

 Mario Vukelic
 * GNOME session file (7.4 KiB, text/plain)

Ah, got it: the nm-applet is listed in ~/.gnome2/session several times. Attached.

i was having network problem and network manger misbehaved, thus i killed the application and invoked it from the command line and it has since start with two instances of nm-applet.

just deleted the one entry from the session file and it works fine,

thanks for sharing this info.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for network-manager-applet (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

reopening.

[Alexandre Campo (alexandre-campo)]

I have exactly the same problem with Gutsy. And no session directory in .gnome2 ...

[Alexandre Campo (alexandre-campo)]

Ok I could fix that by :
0. menu->autostarted applications, uncheck network manager, close
1. killall nm-applet
2. rm -rf ~/.cache/sessions
3. log out (don't save session)
4. log in
5. now I don't have any nm-applet. Go to autostarted apps, add network manager
6. logout, save session
7. login -> I have one instance of nm-applet running fine.

[Endolith (endolith)]

I have the same problem. I see three intances of the icon on the panel, and three instances of "nm-applet" in my GNOME sessions information ("Preferences --> Sessions"). Two with "-sm-config-prefix" and one with "-sm-disable".

[Endolith (endolith)]

I removed all three from the Current Session in the session manager and saved changes. When I logged out and logged back in again, it only had one present, with "--sm-disable".

[Miguel Martinez (el-quark)]

I was on the verge of opening a new bug basically related to this one. Shouldn't nm-applet check there are other instances of it already running?

One might make a case that Ubuntu is a multiuser operating system, in which having several users with that applet loaded is a real possibility. In this cas, however, it could check that $USER is already running nm-applet, and thus not loading again. Comments?

[Riccardo Magliocchetti (riccardo)]

Found this bugreport today, i've the same issue and i've already opened two bugs upstream:

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=527998

http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4014

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

should be gone by now. at some point we shipped autostart file at two locations. thats not done anymore.