Some more information: I can repro this 100% of the time by enabling wireless, connecting to my 802.11n router, disconnecting from the wired network, and leaving the computer on for a long time. 1 day seems to be sufficient. After that, the NM applet becomes unresponsive--clicking on any menu item does nothing, and the submenus are empty. OTOH, the wireless connection continues to work.
Killing and restarting nm-applet fixes the problem. There seems to be no need to restart the network-manager service. In my "normal" day-to-day activities I leave wireless disabled and I leave the computer in sleep mode most of the time, which does NOT repro this. Memory usage of nm-applet in top while unresponsive: 1980 tristan 20 0 624m 23m 12m S 0 0.3 1:02.16 nm-applet Backtrace of all threads in nm-applet while unresponsive: (gdb) thread apply all bt Thread 3 (Thread 0x7f2ada61d700 (LWP 1986)): #0 0x00007f2ae1eddb03 in poll () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 #1 0x00007f2ae2422ff6 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #2 0x00007f2ae242345a in g_main_loop_run () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #3 0x00007f2adae5e98b in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gio/modules/libdconfsettings.so #4 0x00007f2ae24449a5 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #5 0x00007f2ae2b48e9a in start_thread () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 #6 0x00007f2ae1ee94bd in clone () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 #7 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () Thread 2 (Thread 0x7f2ad8dab700 (LWP 1991)): #0 0x00007f2ae1eddb03 in poll () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 #1 0x00007f2ae2422ff6 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #2 0x00007f2ae242345a in g_main_loop_run () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #3 0x00007f2ae39432c6 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0 #4 0x00007f2ae24449a5 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #5 0x00007f2ae2b48e9a in start_thread () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 #6 0x00007f2ae1ee94bd in clone () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 #7 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () Thread 1 (Thread 0x7f2ae4f17980 (LWP 1980)): #0 0x00007f2ae1eddb03 in poll () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 #1 0x00007f2ae2422ff6 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #2 0x00007f2ae242345a in g_main_loop_run () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #3 0x0000000000414267 in main (argc=1, argv=0x7fffc4aac088) at main.c:106 Memory usage of nm-applet in top after restarting it: 6244 tristan 20 0 618m 17m 11m S 0 0.2 0:00.33 nm-applet Almost identical numbers, so clearly the bug has nothing to do with leaks in nm-applet. Backtrace of all threads in nm-applet after restarting it: (gdb) thread apply all bt Thread 3 (Thread 0x7fe01d188700 (LWP 6245)): #0 0x00007fe024a48b03 in poll () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 #1 0x00007fe024f8dff6 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #2 0x00007fe024f8e45a in g_main_loop_run () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #3 0x00007fe01d9c998b in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gio/modules/libdconfsettings.so #4 0x00007fe024faf9a5 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #5 0x00007fe0256b3e9a in start_thread () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 #6 0x00007fe024a544bd in clone () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 #7 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () Thread 2 (Thread 0x7fe0177b1700 (LWP 6246)): #0 0x00007fe024a48b03 in poll () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 #1 0x00007fe024f8dff6 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #2 0x00007fe024f8e45a in g_main_loop_run () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #3 0x00007fe0264ae2c6 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0 #4 0x00007fe024faf9a5 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #5 0x00007fe0256b3e9a in start_thread () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 #6 0x00007fe024a544bd in clone () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 #7 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () Thread 1 (Thread 0x7fe027a82980 (LWP 6244)): #0 0x00007fe024a48b03 in poll () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 #1 0x00007fe024f8dff6 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #2 0x00007fe024f8e45a in g_main_loop_run () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #3 0x0000000000414267 in main (argc=1, argv=0x7fff28c08c18) at main.c:106 Also no different, so there does not seem to be any obvious hang in the nm-applet process. Curiously, when this happened today I found that Update Manager was open with 3 updates available, and it was also unresponsive--clicking on it in the launcher did not display the window and I also could not Alt+Tab to it. gdb showed no obvious hangs in the update-manager Python process either. Could be related (but not the root cause, since running Update Manager manually did not repro the problem). -- 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/825897 Title: network-manager becomes unresponsive, requiring a service restart Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After network-manager has been running for a while (overnight) it becomes unresponsive: - unable to uncheck "Enable Wireless" - doesn't list the numerous additional networks under "More Networks" - doesn't find new networks This behavior persists until the network-manager service is restarted via: sudo service network-manager restart ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: network-manager 0.8.4~git.20110319t175609.d14809b-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Aug 13 09:25:50 2011 IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027) NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-07-25 (19 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/825897/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
