The bug hasn't seen any activity in years and there has been no recent similar reports, the code also changed quite a lot since and it's likely the issue doesn't exist anymore. Closing, feel free to open a new report if you still get problems in recent Ubuntu versions
** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/969972 Title: [network]: gnome-control-center crashed with SIGSEGV in _nm_remote_settings_ensure_inited() Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: problem occured after starting networking preferences ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.4.0-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-21.34-generic 3.2.13 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-21-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CrashCounter: 1 Date: Sat Mar 31 13:46:06 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-control-center ProcCmdline: gnome-control-center --overview SegvReason: reading NULL VMA Signal: 11 SourcePackage: gnome-control-center Title: [network]: gnome-control-center crashed with SIGSEGV in nm_remote_settings_list_connections() UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-28 (2 days ago) UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom chipcard clamav cyberjack davfs2 disk floppy fuse libvirtd lpadmin mythtv netdev plugdev sambashare saned scanner syslog users video videos usr_lib_gnome-control-center: deja-dup 22.0-0ubuntu1 gnome-bluetooth 3.2.2-0ubuntu4 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/969972/+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