Bug#427393: nm-applet freezes entire desktop in certain situation

[Sven Arvidsson]

reassign 427393 network-manager-gnome
thanks

On Sun, 2007-06-03 at 12:08 -0500, Matt Todd wrote:
> Package: gnome-netstatus-applet 
> Version: 2.12.1-1 
> 
> If I click the nm-applet icon to display the list of wireless
> networks, just as the daemon finishes negotiating a connection, it
> will display the keyring-manager screen to allow or deny access to the
> keyring for purposes of storing the wpa key.  When it does this with
> the wireless scan screen also open, the entire desktop completely
> freezes, background processes seems to continue to function, but mouse
> and keyboard functions won't interact with the desktop.  Can't switch
> to alternative workspaces, or stop the service, or click any window
> inputs. 
> 
> Switching to an alternate terminal, logging in, and killing the
> network-manager process will unfreeze the desktop and allow nm-applet
> to be reloaded.  I'm not sure if this is a bug with nm-applet, or
> gnome-network-manager. 

Reassigning to network-manager-gnome, the netstatus applet is a totally
different package.

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Cheers,
Sven Arvidsson
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