[gentoo-user] nm-applet shows "?" in Gnome tool tray

[Mick]

Hi All,

In /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf I have set up:

[connectivity]
uri=https://www.google.com

Since then I have noticed when the system comes up and a wired or wireless
connection is established, a page opens up which displays a web page from the
Gnome project, rather than google.com.

In addition, there is a question mark "?" displayed by the nm-applet in the
tool tray when I have a wireless connection. On wired connections I get the
question mark superimposed on the wired network tool tray symbol.

Is there some explanation for either of these two phenomena?

[Frank Steinmetzger]

Post by Mick
Hi All,
[
]
In addition, there is a question mark "?" displayed by the nm-applet in the
tool tray when I have a wireless connection. On wired connections I get the
question mark superimposed on the wired network tool tray symbol.

I too noticed this question mark, for me it started when I upgraded NM from
1.0 to 1.4. Since that time, Network Manager doesn't autoconnect for me
anymore. I always have to select my WiFi manually after every suspend.

IIRC there was something or other about missing dbus calls in the log. I did a
downgrade right away to fix it for me. But now that I am on KDE5, 1.4 is
required. So when I wake up from suspend, I do have a question mark, then I
select my network, it connects and the question mark disappears.

***@tp ~ LC_ALL=en eix -I networkmanager
[I] kde-frameworks/networkmanager-qt
Available versions: (5) 5.29.0(5/5.29) ~5.30.0(5/5.30)
{debug teamd test}
Installed versions: 5.29.0(5)(17:42:55 01/23/17)(-debug -teamd -test)

[I] net-misc/networkmanager
Available versions: [m]1.4.0-r1 (~)1.4.4 (~)1.4.4-r1 {audit bluetooth connection-sharing consolekit +dhclient gnutls +introspection json +modemmanager ncurses +nss ofono +ppp resolvconf selinux systemd teamd test vala +wext +wifi ABI_MIPS="n32 n64 o32" ABI_PPC="32 64" ABI_S390="32 64" ABI_X86="32 64 x32" KERNEL="linux"}
Installed versions: 1.4.4-r1(17:39:22 01/23/17)(bluetooth consolekit dhclient introspection modemmanager ncurses nss ppp wext wifi -audit -connection-sharing -gnutls -json -ofono -resolvconf -selinux -systemd -teamd -test -vala ABI_MIPS="-n32 -n64 -o32" ABI_PPC="-32 -64" ABI_S390="-32 -64" ABI_X86="64 -32 -x32" KERNEL="linux")