I've been having this problem for a while now, it doesn't seem to have been fixed through various increments of ubuntu. I'm now on 12.10 and I'm still getting it...
-- 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/845660 Title: Network manager not responding to button presses Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “network-manager-applet” source package in Natty: Triaged Bug description: Description: Ubuntu 11.04 Release: 11.04 network-manager: Installed: 0.8.4~git.20110319t175609.d14809b-0ubuntu3 Candidate: 0.8.4~git.20110319t175609.d14809b-0ubuntu3 Version table: *** 0.8.4~git.20110319t175609.d14809b-0ubuntu3 0 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status indicator-network: Installed: (none) Candidate: 0.3.8-0ubuntu1 Version table: 0.3.8-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/universe i386 Packages When I click on my network icon, it appears to be working but none of the buttons that I try to click on from the dropdown do anything. Workaround: sudo service network-manager restart Caveat: the workaround works for about a day. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: network-manager 0.8.4~git.20110319t175609.d14809b-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.49-generic 2.6.38.8 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl Architecture: i386 CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory CheckboxSubmission: 4f5564c50a42755fd0a913a86e07ee6a CheckboxSystem: b845c366ea09c60efa3a45c1b5b21525 Date: Fri Sep 9 09:12:11 2011 IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100318) IpRoute: 192.168.11.0/24 dev eth1 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.11.29 metric 2 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth1 scope link metric 1000 default via 192.168.11.1 dev eth1 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_HK.utf8 LC_MESSAGES=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-03-13 (180 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/845660/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
