I've seen this too since I upgraded from 11.10 to 12.04 (never experienced this prior to 12.04). I would add that it is not just the VPN Connections submenu that stops working; it's any entry in the applet's menu that stops working. When this happens, the workaround that I use is:
kill -1 `pidof nm-applet` nm-applet & I usually see this problem after several suspend-resume cycles while commuting between home and work. It could have something to do with new wireless networks being detected so it is probably not the suspend- resume cycles themselves but the constant scanning and discovery of wireless networks that is associated with suspending the machine in one place and then resuming in some other place. I can try to run with wireless disabled (via the nm-applet option for this) for a few days to see if the problem reoccurs. I've read about previous memory leaks in nm-applet possibly causing this but I have been monitoring memory utilization of the nm-applet process and I have not noticed a huge utilization when the applet is in an unresponsive state. If anyone finds the master bug please lets us know so we can subscribe to it. -- 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/985028 Title: nm-applet stops displaying VPN connections Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: At first boot, nm-applet shows my (openvpn) VPN connections just fine. After some number of hours of running, typically after suspending and resuming, the VPN Connections submenu appears empty. There is still a submenu, but it's only a few pixels tall, as if it's not populated with anything. This is a regression from 11.10. Note that I can still initiate the vpn connection from nmcli without any trouble, so I'm sure this is nm-applet related. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: network-manager-gnome 0.9.4.1-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Apr 18 08:56:05 2012 IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback #auto wlan0 #iface wlan0 inet dhcp InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20110720.1) NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=false ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/zsh SourcePackage: network-manager-applet UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-22 (26 days ago) nmcli-dev: DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH wlan0 802-11-wireless connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 eth0 802-3-ethernet unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 nmcli-nm: RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN running 0.9.4.0 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled disabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/985028/+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
