I gave up trying to get the NM applet to work by using pkill nm-applet && nm-applet &
I mean, it works, but since I have to be in a terminal window to run pkill anyway, it is just easier for me to use one command to connect to the network that I want. So, I just run this, which works perfectly even if the applet is not working: shell$ nmcli con up id <name of network to connect to> This means that my NM applet is always screwed up (because of this bug), but at least I can connect to any network without worrying about making the applet work first by killing its process and then restarting it. On a related note, I am surprised that this bug has existed since 12.04 and it still has not been fixed. Personally, I have two machines that my wife uses and that are still running 11.10 because, if I upgrade them, I can see her become very frustrated when she has to connect to a wireless network and the NM applet does not allow her to. This bug has huge usability implications. I hope it can get fixed soon. Cheers! -- 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/1011073 Title: NetworkManager submenus sometimes unpopulated Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Submenus in Network Manager are sometimes unusable as they are not populated. This happens both with the list of available networks and with the VPN list. When the bug happens, it occurs for *both* the wireless submenu and the VPN menu. I know there are entries for those submenus as I can see them with other network UI mechanisms. The issue is intermittent. Expected: Dropping down the menu then hovering over the submenu trigger-point (example: "More networks") shows the additional expected entries (example: more wifi networks to choose from). Actual: Dropping down the menu and hovering over the submenu trigger displays a submenu but the submenu has nothing in it and is unusable. Ubuntu 12.04 network-manager 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4.1 Apple Macbook Pro 8,1 03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 02) 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 10) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/1011073/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
