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Bug 771517 - Network icon can disappear when enabling/disabling a static IP network via control center
Network icon can disappear when enabling/disabling a static IP network via co...
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: network-indicator
3.21.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2016-09-16 08:17 UTC by Raphael Hertzog
Modified: 2018-07-19 11:06 UTC
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Description Raphael Hertzog 2016-09-16 08:17:10 UTC 
With gnome-shell 3.21.91, NetworkManager 1.4, and a wired connection configured with a static IPv4, when I disable/enable the network connection from the "gnome-control-center network" screen multiple times, I can get GNOME Shell's network icon to disappear. In that case, the menu entry is also non-functional to restore the network...

In the logs I see this:
sept. 16 03:57:53 kali-rolling gnome-shell[620]: JS ERROR: TypeError: item is undefined
                                                 NMConnectionDevice<._activeConnectionChanged@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/status/network.js:387
                                                 wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:178

This has been reported here initially:
https://bugs.kali.org/view.php?id=3577
Comment 1 Florian Müllner 2018-07-19 11:06:57 UTC 
This is now tracked in gitlab:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/140