Same issue with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x64, with a hardwired desktop. Happens about 50% of the time on startup, but I have actually recently noticed that it might be fine at startup, but appear hours later as well....Created a thread on it on ubuntuforums.org for those interested (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=12278500).
Every time I see it, I go to my terminal and "sudo service network- manager restart" and it fixes it.... Linux damir-ubuntu 3.2.0-31-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 7 16:16:45 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- 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/965895 Title: After boot, NetworkManager indicator menu only shows four entries Status in Libappindicator: New Status in “libappindicator” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After I boot in to the LiveCD environment for Ubuntu 12.04, I click on the NetworkManager icon in the top-right of the screen and it's only showing four items: -------------------------- | ✓ Enable Networking | ✓ Enable Wireless | ---------------------- | | Connection Information | Edit Connections... -------------------------- If I then select the "Enable Networking" or "Enable Wireless" option to disable that interface and then re-enable it, then the NetworkManager populates with all the normal menu items (listing of all WiFi SSID, VPN connection, etc.). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: network-manager 0.9.3.995+git201203152001.04b2a74-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.32-generic 3.2.12 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.312 Date: Tue Mar 27 03:23:48 2012 IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120325) NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash RfKill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/libappindicator/+bug/965895/+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