Thanks for the hint. Here's what the terminal says upon nm-applet running and then crashing a few hours later.
$ nm-applet ** Message: applet now removed from the notification area ** Message: PID 14679 (we are 10421) sent signal 15, shutting down... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1073123 Title: Network Manager applet not in tray, nm-applet died Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After a few months without issue, the Network Manager applet has suddenly disappeared from the tray not long after booting into Ubuntu. I am filing this bug report based upon the instructions provided for bug #43379. Output from "ps -eaf | grep nm-applet" rewarp 18580 17163 0 19:17 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto nm-applet Output from "ps -eaf | grep NetworkManager | grep -v NetworkManagerDispatcher" root 1165 1 0 Oct28 ? 00:00:05 NetworkManager rewarp 18603 17163 0 19:17 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto NetworkManager root 26369 1165 0 08:49 ? 00:00:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -4 -sf /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action -pf /var/run/sendsigs.omit.d/network-manager.dhclient-eth0.pid -lf /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient-74578fff-7d6c-4899-a47d-af84cfe8ec2f-eth0.lease -cf /var/run/nm-dhclient-eth0.conf eth0 Bug was thus filed against network-manager. Attached is /var/log/syslog as requested. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: network-manager 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-32.51-generic 3.2.30 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-32-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu14 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Oct 30 19:10:56 2012 IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) IpRoute: default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth0 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.3 metric 1 RfKill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) mtime.conffile..etc.NetworkManager.NetworkManager.conf: 2012-05-02T11:02:56.623944 nmcli-dev: DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH eth0 802-3-ethernet connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 wlan0 802-11-wireless disconnected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 nmcli-nm: RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN running 0.9.4.0 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled enabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1073123/+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
