nm-applet includes random networks in the top 5 wireless networks list

[DavidBriscoe]

I have a fresh Lucid install.

When I click on network-manager-applet, it shows a list of five networks and a More Networks submenu. The the five networks include networks I've connected to and other networks that I've never connected to. (Example: andrew, Banana, Do not click, eateat, watermelon. Where watermelon is the name of my network.) The other networks aren't always the same (but they are early in the alphabet).

Since all of the first networks change, it looks like the whole list is changing (especially initially when I had connected only to my first network). I only realized that the list is supposed to show networks I connected to from here: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=607575
"The NM 0.8 applet automatically puts "known" networks near the top, regardless of the alphabetical sorting."

If the top five list can be restricted to the networks you've actually connected to or at least select other networks from the end of the alphabet, that would be much better. (So the first network you see is more likely to be a familiar name.)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: network-manager-gnome 0.8-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: amd64
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Date: Sun May 16 12:31:30 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nm-applet
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
IpRoute:
 10.10.0.0/24 dev eth1 proto kernel scope link src 10.10.0.42 metric 2
 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth1 scope link metric 1000
 default via 10.10.0.1 dev eth1 proto static
Keyfiles: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RfKill:

SourcePackage: network-manager-applet

[DavidBriscoe (idbrii)]

I think fixing this could address bug #367721 and bug #485041 because you won't see a changing list networks.

Another suggestion for filling in the top five with unknown networks is to use the strongest signals instead of filling alphabetically (and put them below your known networks).

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[dino99 (9d9)]

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