Public bug reported: (This platform is *insisting* that I say this has to do with the network-manager-applet package, which does not exist on my system. The real package seems to be network-manager-gnome.
I'd file another bug for bugs.launchpad.net, but that's way too meta for me just now.) nm-applet's icons in the top-right of the unity panel (I think that's what it's called) often shows incorrect information on the status of the wifi network. Specifically, it often shows the ethernet icon when my machine is connected only wirelessly; or it shows the wifi icon as having *no* signal strength, when in fact, the signal strength is fine. The change from correct info to incorrect, or from incorrect to another kind of incorrect, occurs after waking the machine from suspend. Logging out and back in, either through the panel system menu, or via Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, fixes it; until the next suspend. $ dpkg -S /usr/bin/nm-applet network-manager-gnome: /usr/bin/nm-applet $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 16.10 Release: 16.10 $ apt-cache policy network-manager-gnome network-manager-gnome: Installed: 1.2.4-0ubuntu2 Candidate: 1.2.4-0ubuntu2 Version table: *** 1.2.4-0ubuntu2 500 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status $ lspci ... 02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Limited BCM43227 802.11b/g/n 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Limited NetLink BCM57785 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 10) $ grep nm-applet /var/log/syslog Feb 11 11:03:35 pobox nm-applet[15366]: get_menu_item_for_ap: assertion 'dup_data.hash != NULL' failed Feb 11 11:03:35 pobox nm-applet[15366]: message repeated 22 times: [ get_menu_item_for_ap: assertion 'dup_data.hash != NULL' failed] Feb 11 11:03:36 pobox nm-applet[15366]: get_menu_item_for_ap: assertion 'dup_data.hash != NULL' failed Feb 11 11:03:36 pobox nm-applet[15366]: message repeated 25 times: [ get_menu_item_for_ap: assertion 'dup_data.hash != NULL' failed] Feb 11 14:56:01 pobox nm-applet[15366]: get_menu_item_for_ap: assertion 'dup_data.hash != NULL' failed Feb 11 14:56:01 pobox nm-applet[15366]: message repeated 15 times: [ get_menu_item_for_ap: assertion 'dup_data.hash != NULL' failed] Feb 11 14:56:03 pobox nm-applet[15366]: get_menu_item_for_ap: assertion 'dup_data.hash != NULL' failed Feb 11 14:56:03 pobox nm-applet[15366]: get_menu_item_for_ap: assertion 'dup_data.hash != NULL' failed Feb 11 14:56:03 pobox nm-applet[15366]: message repeated 18 times: [ get_menu_item_for_ap: assertion 'dup_data.hash != NULL' failed] Feb 11 19:41:07 pobox nm-applet[15366]: get_menu_item_for_ap: assertion 'dup_data.hash != NULL' failed Feb 11 19:41:07 pobox nm-applet[15366]: message repeated 20 times: [ get_menu_item_for_ap: assertion 'dup_data.hash != NULL' failed] Feb 11 19:41:08 pobox nm-applet[15366]: get_menu_item_for_ap: assertion 'dup_data.hash != NULL' failed Feb 11 19:41:08 pobox nm-applet[15366]: message repeated 22 times: [ get_menu_item_for_ap: assertion 'dup_data.hash != NULL' failed] ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: network-manager-gnome 1.2.4-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-37.39-generic 4.8.16 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-37-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sat Feb 11 22:50:08 2017 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nm-applet IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-01-30 (12 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2) IpRoute: default via 192.168.0.1 dev wlp2s0 proto static metric 600 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlp2s0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.0.0/24 dev wlp2s0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.0.181 metric 600 NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_CA:en PATH=(custom, user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: network-manager-applet UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) nmcli-con: NAME UUID TYPE TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT AUTOCONNECT-PRIORITY READONLY DBUS-PATH ACTIVE DEVICE STATE ACTIVE-PATH Olive Tapenade 1 73d59401-3bee-4031-9284-d31d10212a92 802-11-wireless 1486871352 Sat 11 Feb 2017 10:49:12 PM EST yes 0 no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0 yes wlp2s0 activated /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/36 Wired connection 1 91e3b2fe-3456-39e9-b8df-d745cc2f4857 802-3-ethernet 1485807661 Mon 30 Jan 2017 03:21:01 PM EST yes 4294966297 no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/2 no -- -- -- nmcli-dev: DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH CONNECTION CON-UUID CON-PATH wlp2s0 wifi connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 Olive Tapenade 1 73d59401-3bee-4031-9284-d31d10212a92 /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/36 enp3s0f0 ethernet unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 -- -- -- lo loopback unmanaged /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2 -- -- -- nmcli-nm: RUNNING VERSION STATE STARTUP CONNECTIVITY NETWORKING WIFI-HW WIFI WWAN-HW WWAN running 1.2.4 connected started full enabled enabled enabled enabled enabled ** Affects: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug yakkety -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1663959 Title: nm-applet shows incorrect info re wifi To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/1663959/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs