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 Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985028 Title: nm-applet stops displaying VPN connections To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/985028/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
