Upstream is having a branch that should fix the issue, you might want to give it a try?
** Changed in: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Also affects: network-manager-applet via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=776384 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- 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/1651019 Title: nm-applet not show wwan options on menu after logout/in Status in Network Manager Applet: Unknown Status in network-manager-applet package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: With DW5811e(EM7455), mobile data connection not show on nm indicator after logout -> login. packages which be used: network-manager: network-manager_1.2.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.3_amd64 nm-applet: network-manager-gnome_1.2.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.4_amd64 Steps to reproduce: 1. boot device with 4G sim card + DW5811e(EM7455) wwan card 2. check nm-applet indicator then "Mobile Braodband" could be found in menu in normal cases. 3. logout then login 4. check nm-applet indicator then "Mobile Braodband" not shows in menu anymore. 5. but still could connect to wwan by nmcli, so looks device and networkmanager work fine. investigation: * In nm-applet, it caused by device-added signal comes before mm_new_ready() which is the call back of mm_manager_new(). And that asynchronous way was added by 408b88cc (Dan Williams 2014-05-01: http://paste.ubuntu.com/23639247/ * revert 408b88cc fixed this issue. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/network-manager-applet/+bug/1651019/+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