The issue is fixed in network-manager upstream bug status, the solution was be merged to nm-applet, ver 1.2.
cherry-peak the patches to ubuntu's nm-applet package and it works. Need to include those fix to Ubuntu's nm-applet package -- 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/1651019 Title: nm-applet not show wwan options on menu after logout/in Status in Network Manager Applet: Fix Released Status in OEM Priority Project: New Status in OEM Priority Project xenial series: New Status in network-manager-applet package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: With DW5811e(EM7455), mobile data connection not show on nm indicator after logout -> login. packages which be used: network-manager: network-manager_1.2.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.3_amd64 nm-applet: network-manager-gnome_1.2.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.4_amd64 Steps to reproduce: 1. boot device with 4G sim card + DW5811e(EM7455) wwan card 2. check nm-applet indicator then "Mobile Braodband" could be found in menu in normal cases. 3. logout then login 4. check nm-applet indicator then "Mobile Braodband" not shows in menu anymore. 5. but still could connect to wwan by nmcli, so looks device and networkmanager work fine. investigation: * In nm-applet, it caused by device-added signal comes before mm_new_ready() which is the call back of mm_manager_new(). And that asynchronous way was added by 408b88cc (Dan Williams 2014-05-01: http://paste.ubuntu.com/23639247/ * revert 408b88cc fixed this issue. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/network-manager-applet/+bug/1651019/+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
