I think this is intended (upstream) behaviour. See https://git.gnome.org/browse/network-manager- applet/commit/?id=e192e83c1aa136512a9d4f026f81677799af8127:
"Change the shell interaction code so that we only create an NMSecretAgent if the shell is not running, and we permanently destroy it if the shell ever starts up." I.e. nm-applet is autostarted, but immediately destroys itself when gnome-shell is detected. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1315996 Title: nm-applet is being autostarted under gnome-shell, Again.... To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/1315996/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs