nm-applet has been updated in 16.04, so this bug needs to be verified
against the new version (1.2.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.4).
** Changed in: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
** Changed in: xfce4-panel (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1591575
Title:
Network Manager (nm-applet) not starting for new users
Status in network-manager-applet package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Status in xfce4-panel package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
Expected Behavior:
New system users, after their account is created, will login and have
access to networking if they have the sufficient privileges.
Real Behavior:
Network Manager (nm-applet) is not available in the panel for new user
accounts, and manually running nm-applet does not start the network manager.
I needed to create 2 accounts for different users, and gave them
administrator level and also permission to create and connect to networks.
But nm-applet does not autostart and do not launches running from the
terminal. It simply won't say anything after running nm-applet. There's no
simple way to make it run.
I followed the workarounds for previous releases, such:
* making sure that "indicator plugin" is active on the panel,
* and, in Application Autostart tab of "session and startup"
* "network" is configured to autostart,
* "Indicator Application" are configured to not autostart,
* added nm-applet command for it to autostart.
As a system administrator I can't figure out what else should a user
do to access networking.
Network Manager is running for the default (1000) user. (BTW default user is
connecting to WI-FI without specific permission to do it.)
The new users accounts were given users ID below 1000 for they to not appear
on login window. (My need is to recreate a previously used users scheme, used
on ubuntu studio 10.10, with the same users ID in order to copy user's files
directly without messing with file permissions.)
NOTE: We are running "ubuntu desktop" sessions, after installing
"ubuntu studio" packages, on a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. New
users are being created on "users and gropus" option in the System
category of the Whisker menu.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: xfce4-panel 4.12.0-3ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Sat Jun 11 19:22:19 2016
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/xfce4-panel
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-06-09 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
(20160420.1)
SourcePackage: xfce4-panel
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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