Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: network-manager
Use case:
- the computer has just been started, user A logs in.
- the network manager icon appears, < RIGHT.
- user B needs the computer, but user A does not want to lose his work. They
click on "User B" in the loggin applet, so user A's session is not closed and
goes to the background.
- user B enters his password and gets to his session. The network manager's
tray icon is missing. < WRONG
This has to be investigated a little further, but here is more information.
Suppose we resume the use case above:
- any new other opened session won't see the tray icon;
- if all session are closed, then opening a new one will display the icon again.
It seems to really be that only session 1 has the network manager's tray
icon to display. This is not a new bug and has been around for so many
different ubuntu releases I can't remember when it worked right. (I
usually am the only user on my computer but do take care of the family's
computer that has multiple users on it, occasionally).
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release: 10.04
$ apt-cache policy network-manager
network-manager:
Installed: 0.8-0ubuntu3
Candidate: 0.8-0ubuntu3
Version table:
*** 0.8-0ubuntu3 0
500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
I could not find any particular package for nm-applet, so I suppose it's
part of the network-manager package.
What I expect to happen: the network manager's tray icon should show in
any user session, no matter how many of these are running. The network
manager itself, of course, should not be started more than once at a
time. I am only considering the applet. As it is today, non-super-user B
would have no means to troubleshoot his network connectivity (unless
rebooting the computer and losing all of the other users' work).
** Affects: network-manager (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Tray icon only visible in the first opened session.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/642649
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