Could you please provide a screenshot of the drop-down menu when "the only option in the network indicator is to disconnect [the] wired connection"?
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1057616 Title: Network indicator requires disconnect and reconnect to access VPN settings Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: When I first log in, the only option in the network indicator is to disconnect my wired connection. When I do that and reconnect it, then the other options (such as VPN) appear. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: network-manager 0.9.6.0-0ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.23-generic 3.5.4 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Date: Thu Sep 27 17:41:40 2012 IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) IpRoute: default via 192.168.2.1 dev eth0 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.2.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.2.50 metric 1 IwConfig: eth0 no wireless extensions. lo no wireless extensions. NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true RfKill: 0: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-09-14 (12 days ago) nmcli-con: NAME UUID TYPE TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT READONLY DBUS-PATH Drata konekto 1 7395fd95-eb70-44c0-aff4-d7b7b13e4146 802-3-ethernet 1348760321 ĵaŭ 27 Sep 2012 17:38:41 +0200 yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/2 IPredator-OpenVPN 5ab38ea2-bc4b-418e-8903-adfcf6c43ac4 vpn 1348720693 ĵaŭ 27 Sep 2012 06:38:13 +0200 no no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/1 iPredator 332d031a-3fad-4f32-a593-f9965c680944 vpn 1346279602 ĵaŭ 30 Aŭg 2012 00:33:22 +0200 no no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0 nmcli-dev: DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH eth0 802-3-ethernet connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 nmcli-nm: RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN running 0.9.6.0 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled enabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1057616/+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