just revisiting this bug report to make an update. i still get the white box where the wifi signal icon should be when i click the arrow in the top right corner for the menu located there but it's very rare anymore. it still seems like i've lost connection when it happens and i've got to click on select network and then the box disappears and the wifi signal icon reappears and my connection comes back.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1710425 Title: Wifi icon becomes a white square when connection lost. Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: When my laptop has been idle for a little while, somewhere between 30 minutes to an hour, my wifi connection will drop and disappear and a small white box will present where the name of my connection should in the window for connections, battery percentage/time, etc. I'm attaching screen grabs for analysis. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: gnome-shell 3.24.3-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.12.0-11.12-generic 4.12.5 Uname: Linux 4.12.0-11-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.6-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Sat Aug 12 16:00:39 2017 DisplayManager: gdm3 GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.shell' b'app-picker-view' b'uint32 1' b'org.gnome.shell' b'favorite-apps' b"['org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop', 'firefox.desktop', 'thunderbird.desktop', 'hexchat.desktop', 'libreoffice-writer.desktop', 'libreoffice-calc.desktop', 'org.gnome.Terminal.desktop', 'org.gnome.Software.desktop', 'gnome-control-center.desktop']" b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'gtk-im-module' b"'gtk-im-context-simple'" b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'gtk-color-scheme' b"'selected_bg_color:#3465a4;selected_fg_color:#ffffff;'" InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-08-09 (3 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170809) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1710425/+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
