Using the guest login I didn't see the behavior so I cleaned up .gconf, .local and .gnome2 in my home folder - which is on a different partition so it contains many old settings - and now the problem is gone. I cannot say which old configuration caused the problem but I especially tried to remove all settings from nm-applet...
The bug report is no longer valid for me. -- notification area shows wrong icons. erratic behaviour https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/439448 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs