I've switched from natty (Ubuntu 11.04) to a fresh install of quantal (Xubuntu 12.10), so I'm now running network-manager 0.9.6.0-0ubuntu7 and network-manager-gnome 0.9.6.2-0ubuntu6 (not sure why they're different versions). It looks like the massive memory leaks in nm-applet are gone. nm-applet tends to hover around 6MB of memory usage. However, after running for a couple of days, the applet stops responding. I think, though I'm not sure, that network connectivity eventually breaks some time later.
As before, when nm-applet becomes unresponsive, I can still click the nm-applet icon in the indicator plugin in the panel to bring up the menu, but the VPN submenu only shows a stub, clicking on "Information" or "Edit" does nothing, and I suspect clicking on any of the other available networks doesn't do anything either. Killing and then restarting nm-applet fixes it for another couple of days. As many others, I'm always on WiFi, I suspend and resume often, and there tend to be a lot of wireless networks within range. Which, if any, of these factors makes a difference in causing nm-applet to become unresponsive remains unknown. Has anyone tried the latest 0.9.6.4 release from http://projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager ? It has some hopeful points about stability in the release notes: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/NetworkManager/0.9/NetworkManager-0.9.6.4.news -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager-applet in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/780602 Title: nm-applet leaks memory and stops functioning after a while Status in OEM Priority Project: Fix Committed Status in OEM Priority Project precise series: Confirmed Status in OEM Priority Project quantal series: Fix Committed Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: nm-applet leaks memory in a fresh install of Natty, increasing to over 200 Mb in 6-8 hours. In addition the nm-applet embedded in the task bar becomes unresponsive after several hours. Clicking on the applet will still show the popup menu, but none of the menu entries respond to mouse clicks. When this happens, the "VPN connections" and "Other networks" menus also show up completely empty (only a small menu stub is displayed). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: network-manager-gnome 0.8.4~git.20110318t152954.9c4c9a0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-9.43-generic-pae 2.6.38.4 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-9-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: i386 CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Date: Tue May 10 11:53:09 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110413) IpRoute: 192.168.2.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.2.12 metric 1 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000 default via 192.168.2.1 dev eth0 proto static Keyfiles: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_CA:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: network-manager-applet UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/oem-priority/+bug/780602/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
