Same here, this seems to be a regression bug - didnt happen to me on 14.10 When i start NM-Applet from the terminal i get the following message at the time of the crash
nm-applet:ERROR:applet-device-broadband.c:636:get_icon: assertion failed: (info) Aborted before that i only saw ** (nm-connection-editor:5944): WARNING **: Unsupported connection type 'generic' ** (nm-connection-editor:5944): WARNING **: Unsupported connection type 'generic' ** (nm-connection-editor:5944): WARNING **: Unsupported connection type 'generic' (nm-applet:5932): nm-applet-WARNING **: Could not find ShellVersion property on org.gnome.Shell after 5 tries ** Furthermore the applet is still running - even the connection works benste@benste-VPCSB3C5E:~$ ps -eaf | grep nm-applet benste 7981 7963 0 11:53 pts/4 00:00:00 grep --color=auto nm-applet benste@benste-VPCSB3C5E:~$ ps -eaf | grep NetworkManager | grep -v NetworkManagerDispatcher root 829 1 0 10:18 ? 00:00:02 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon nobody 1343 829 0 10:18 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --no-resolv --keep-in-foreground --no-hosts --bind-interfaces --pid-file=/run/sendsigs.omit.d/network-manager.dnsmasq.pid --listen-address=127.0.1.1 --conf-file=/var/run/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.conf --cache-size=0 --proxy-dnssec --enable-dbus=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.dnsmasq --conf-dir=/etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.d root 7243 829 0 11:35 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/pppd nodetach lock nodefaultroute ipv6 , ttyUSB10 noipdefault noauth usepeerdns lcp-echo-failure 5 lcp-echo-interval 30 idle 0 ipparam /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/PPP/4 plugin /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.6/nm-pppd-plugin.so benste 7985 7963 0 11:53 pts/4 00:00:00 grep --color=auto NetworkManager ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #783627 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=783627 ** Also affects: network-manager via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=783627 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1410253 Title: nm-applet crashes upon activating mobile broadband device To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/network-manager/+bug/1410253/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
