I found this revision in which code that formerly duplicated the string was replaced with code that copies a pointer to the relevant settings data structure "id" value.
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/saucy/network- manager-applet/saucy/revision/105.1.1#src/applet-device-cdma.c -- 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/1185330 Title: network manager error Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: 1. network manager crashes while switching between wifi to reliance dongle and vice a versa i also experienced the same in wifi to lan wired connection the network manager icon in top right corner vanishes and the network manager starts behaving weirdly 2. i have configured reliance dongle and given it a name reliance connection 1 when i first insert the dongle and it gets detected it shows proper name of the available connection in network manager drop down list then when i disconnect the network and join wifi and then again disconnect wifi and come back to reliance network it shows weird names or no title in the drop down list ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: network-manager-gnome 0.9.8.0-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-22.33-generic 3.8.11 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-22-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8 Architecture: i386 Date: Wed May 29 14:55:26 2013 IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-03-24 (430 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120324) IpRoute: default via 220.224.141.129 dev ppp0 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev ppp0 scope link metric 1000 220.224.141.129 dev ppp0 proto kernel scope link src 101.63.85.225 MarkForUpload: True NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true SourcePackage: network-manager-applet UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-01-25 (124 days ago) nmcli-dev: DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH ttyUSB0 cdma connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/4 eth0 802-3-ethernet unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 wlan0 802-11-wireless unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 nmcli-nm: RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN running 0.9.8.0 connected enabled disabled disabled enabled enabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/1185330/+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