I think I have the same issue. The VPN switches always appear in the Off state, although the VPN is active. I think this might be part of a wider issue, because there are several problems with the network applet:
- In the menu, the wired connections has no name or icon, there is just a blank line with an arrow to expand it (see attached picture). Once expanded, the wired connection options (profiles, turn off, configure) are there. - The connection icon does not appear in the top bar (see attached picture) - There is no WiFi connections line, although WiFi is up and running: gpothier@tadzim3:~$ nmcli d DEVICE TYPE STATE CONNECTION eth3 ethernet connected auto wlan0 wifi connected kyg virbr0 bridge connected virbr0 lo loopback unmanaged -- virbr0-nic tun unmanaged -- - Restarting network manager causes the applet to completely misbehave. For instance, after restarting NM, attempting to connect to a VPN through the applet actually tries to connect to some random remembered WiFi network. It is necessary to restart Gnome Shell for the applet to resync with NM. ** Attachment added: "Screenshot from 2018-04-06 10-48-13.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/1756720/+attachment/5104055/+files/Screenshot%20from%202018-04-06%2010-48-13.png -- 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/1756720 Title: nm-applet stop showing vpn status Status in network-manager-applet package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: nm-applet status for vpn is not showing the vpn status (i.e. vpn is always off). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: network-manager-gnome 1.8.10-2ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-12.13-generic 4.15.7 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu10 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Mar 18 19:35:40 2018 IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-02-27 (18 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20180227) NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=false WWANEnabled=true SourcePackage: network-manager-applet UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) nmcli-nm: RUNNING VERSION STATE STARTUP CONNECTIVITY NETWORKING WIFI-HW WIFI WWAN-HW WWAN running 1.10.4 connected started full enabled enabled disabled enabled enabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/1756720/+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
