nm-applet crashes when clicked on it

tranjeeshan · 2015-10-30 18:43:48

Hi,
nm-applet crashes 'almost' every-damn-first-time-after-boot when clicked on it. The problem doesn't occur when launched the second time after crash.
I know this isn't bunsenlabs sepcific issue; rather nm-applet specific or any package/s it depends upon. But I faced this problem on many occurrences in various distros and desktop environments. And I think some of you guys, if not all of you, may have faced the same issue. If so, then what's the workaround? How did you solve this problem?
Thanks.

Sector11 · 2015-10-30 19:07:05

Need more information. What type of connection? Wired? WiFi?

I'm on a 'wired' connection and went from 'nm-applet' to 'wicd' to 'ceni' to nothing. NetworkConfiguration But that's not going to help you if you

a. want to use nm-applet
b. have a WiFi connection

However maybe: DNS configuration for NetworkManager

hhh · 2015-10-30 19:19:31

I have never faced this issue.

Looking at your posts, you've had several issues already. Can I ask how you installed BunsenLabs (RC1 32 bit or 64 bit, netinstall script or some other way) and what hardware you use?

tknomanzr · 2015-10-31 00:46:48

Also, try to run nm-applet from terminal the first time and see if you can capture any error output. Uncomment it in your ~/.config/openbox/autostart then run it once you are booted up. You could also check ~/.xsession-errors also and see if any errors are getting logged into it. If it is crashing, it should be throwing an exception somewhere, assuming it was coded correctly.

johnraff · 2015-10-31 01:11:29

tknomanzr wrote:

Uncomment it Comment it out in your ~/.config/openbox/autostart then run it once you are booted up.

FIFY

tknomanzr · 2015-10-31 04:08:58

^ Thanks :8

tranjeeshan · 2015-10-31 11:32:40

Sector11 wrote:

Need more information. What type of connection? Wired? WiFi?
I'm on a 'wired' connection and went from 'nm-applet' to 'wicd' to 'ceni' to nothing. NetworkConfiguration But that's not going to help you if you
a. want to use nm-applet
b. have a WiFi connection
However maybe: DNS configuration for NetworkManager

I'm currently using 'Mobile Broadband;. So yeah, it's neither Wired, nor WiFi.
I don't care what utility it is as long as that works for me: connects to Internet using mobile broadband, and additionally offer to create WiFi hotspot. It could be nm-applet, wicd, or ceni. But I didn't have previous exposure to neither wicd, nor ceni. But I'd love to give them a try if they offer anything better than nm-applet. Even I wouldn't bother about using either of them, if I can do what I need ( stated earlier) using only plain text file.

tranjeeshan · 2015-10-31 11:42:17

hhh wrote:

I have never faced this issue.
Looking at your posts, you've had several issues already. Can I ask how you installed BunsenLabs (RC1 32 bit or 64 bit, netinstall script or some other way) and what hardware you use?

I'm not using bunsenlabs as of yet. I was an #! user and then moved on to something else being an avid distrohopper. Then I thought of settling with a distro to do some 'real' work other than hopping various distros. I thought of CrunchBang descendants BunsenLabs. But again, I thought why not try vanilla Debian with openbox and tint2 and others that I can tweak by my hand and possibly can learn the way ahead. So here I am with Debian+openbox+tint2 and other stuffs!
I always found you people to be of ardent help, and bunch of great tinkerers around. That's why I seek help.
As for the hardware, I'm using HP EliteBook 8460p laptop. But this isn't a hardware specific issue, I guess for I've faced this issue in another laptop.

tranjeeshan · 2015-10-31 11:46:26

tknomanzr wrote:

Also, try to run nm-applet from terminal the first time and see if you can capture any error output. Uncomment it in your ~/.config/openbox/autostart then run it once you are booted up. You could also check ~/.xsession-errors also and see if any errors are getting logged into it. If it is crashing, it should be throwing an exception somewhere, assuming it was coded correctly.

I don't have nm-applet in my autostart script but nm-applet starts automatically, anyway!

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-10-31 12:07:53

tranjeeshan wrote:

I don't have nm-applet in my autostart script but nm-applet starts automatically, anyway!

It's started from /etc/xdg/autostart

Open a terminal and run this command:

journalctl -xf

Then click on the icon & make it crash and post any new output that shows up in the terminal window.

tranjeeshan · 2015-10-31 15:13:51

I grepped into .xsession-errors and .xsession-errors.old files and got the following output:

For

$ cat .xsession-errors | grep 'nm-applet'

I got

(nm-applet:1114): libnm-glib-CRITICAL **: nm_secret_agent_register: assertion 'priv->registered == FALSE' failed

And for

$ cat .xsession-errors.old | grep 'nm-applet'

I got

(nm-applet:1118): nm-applet-WARNING **: Cannot grab information for modem at /org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/Modem/0: No ModemManager support

damo · 2015-10-31 15:18:36

^ I get the `libnm-glib-CRITICAL` error as well, but I think you can safely ignore that one. Do you get crashes with other gtk themes?

hhh · 2015-10-31 15:21:25

tranjeeshan wrote:

I'm not using bunsenlabs as of yet.

NP, but I'm moving this to Help & SUpport (Other) as it's not a BL issue.

tknomanzr · 2015-10-31 15:26:52

You need to install modemmanager first of all:

sudo apt-get install modemmanager

Sector11 · 2015-10-31 15:55:42

OH. RE: Mobile Broadband
No hands on experience to I'm in deep water here.
/read mode on

hhh · 2015-10-31 15:56:22

tknomanzr wrote:

You need to install modemmanager first of all

We'd briefly discussed adding this in our private conversations, I'll make sure to raise the issue again.

tknomanzr · 2015-10-31 16:19:42

Ahh wasn't specifically aiming that at the dev team Anyway, hopefully that will get him on the right track.

tranjeeshan · 2015-10-31 16:37:53

tknomanzr wrote:

You need to install modemmanager first of all:
sudo apt-get install modemmanager

It's already installed. I think NetworkManager pulls it in. Anyway, I saw in the man page for modemmanager that, it's not meant to be used directly in the command line.And I didn't see any option to use it from the command line in it's man page.

damo · 2015-10-31 16:51:06

Has the modemmanager service been started? I `think` the service name is...

systemctl status ModemManager.service

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-10-31 17:04:02

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

Open a terminal and run this command:
journalctl -xf
Then click on the icon & make it crash and post any new output that shows up in the terminal window.

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