Adrian, the underlying bug is still going to be fixed; but we need to
separate fixing something in nm-applet and fixing something in another
package.
The leaks are fixed in Raring, marking as Fix Released for that release.
** Changed in: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/780602
Title:
nm-applet becomes unresponsive to interactions and submenus such as
'VPN Connections' show completly empty
Status in OEM Priority Project:
Fix Committed
Status in OEM Priority Project precise series:
In Progress
Status in OEM Priority Project quantal series:
Fix Committed
Status in “libdbusmenu” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in “network-manager-applet” source package in Precise:
Confirmed
Status in “network-manager-applet” source package in Quantal:
Confirmed
Bug description:
The nm-applet embedded in the task bar becomes indeterminestically
becomes unresponsive. Clicking on the applet will still show the
popup menu, but none of the menu entries respond to mouse clicks.
When this happens, the "VPN connections" and "Other networks" menus
also show up completely empty (only a small menu stub is displayed).
It is uncertain what causes this behaviour to begin. It was originally
thought that the cause was memory leaks in nm-applet: nm-applet leaks
memory in a fresh install of Natty, increasing to over 200 Mb in 6-8
hours. However, fixes for the memory leaks failed to resolve the
occurance of the anomolous behaviour described above.
dbus-monitor shows errors such as the following when clicking a menu item or
attempting to access a submenu:
error sender=:1.14 -> dest=:1.67
error_name=org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._LIBDBUSMENU_2dGLIB.Code0
reply_serial=107705
string "The IDs supplied '[80846]' do not refer to any menu items we have"
The errors are returned by bus_event_group or bus_about_to_show_group
in libdbusmenu-glib/server.c.
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Stable Release Update Application:
[Impact]
This issue affects most and any users of nm-applet, especially in
environments (such as offices) where the detected wireless networks change a
lot, and where roaming can occur frequently.
[Test Case]
Run nm-applet for multiple hours:
- Observe that the VPN Connections submenu still opens and lists connections
(if VPN connections are configured)
- Observe that the "More networks" submenu for additional detected wireless
networks still opens and lists networks.
A common failure case is where such a submenu will open but show an
empty list (a piece of menu a few milimeters long).
[Regression Potential]
Minimal, the fixes have been available for a while in the development release
(and in other recent releases) with no regressions; furthermore, this corrects
"obviously" wrong memory handling without changing the effective behavior of
the application.
Possible issues could be introducing new memory leaks with the changes
however, and although the risk is minimal, this could cause the same failure
behavior as listed above under [Test Case].
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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: network-manager-gnome 0.8.4~git.20110318t152954.9c4c9a0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-9.43-generic-pae 2.6.38.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-9-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Date: Tue May 10 11:53:09 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
IfupdownConfig:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110413)
IpRoute:
192.168.2.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.2.12 metric 1
169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000
default via 192.168.2.1 dev eth0 proto static
Keyfiles: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
NetworkManager.state:
[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: network-manager-applet
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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