But then the strace doesn't differ much from the strace of a "working" nm-applet.
-- 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/960535 Title: vpn submenu suddenly empty Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I reported the very same bug 2 or 3 releases ago. As you can see from the attached screenshot, the VPN submenu is empty. Yet I still can see a VPN connection when editing connections. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: network-manager-gnome 0.9.3.995+git.20120313t141231.c89224f-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-19.30-generic 3.2.11 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-19-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Mar 20 20:16:24 2012 IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110901) IpRoute: default via 192.168.178.1 dev wlan0 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.178.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.178.38 metric 2 NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=false WimaxEnabled=true SourcePackage: network-manager-applet UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-21 (28 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 0.9.3.995 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled disabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/960535/+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