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network-manager-applet package

  1. Bug #684599
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 684599

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Daniel Swarbrick (pressureman) wrote :

If you look in your ~/.xsession-errors you will also see a steady stream of errors from nm-applet:

(nm-applet:1648): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_image_get_storage_type: assertion `GTK_IS_IMAGE (image)' failed

(nm-applet:1648): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer instance

(nm-applet:1648): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_connect_data: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed

(nm-applet:1648): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_image_get_storage_type: assertion `GTK_IS_IMAGE (image)' failed

(nm-applet:1648): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer instance

(nm-applet:1648): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_connect_data: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed

(nm-applet:1648): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_image_get_storage_type: assertion `GTK_IS_IMAGE (image)' failed

(nm-applet:1648): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer instance

(nm-applet:1648): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_connect_data: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed

(nm-applet:1648): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_image_get_storage_type: assertion `GTK_IS_IMAGE (image)' failed

(nm-applet:1648): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer instance

(nm-applet:1648): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_connect_data: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed

I suspect every time it updates the WiFi signal strength icon in the panel, it's leaking memory.