Please describe the problem:
When gnome-netstatus-applet is first loaded it simply defaults to the first network interface it finds regardless of whether this interface is working or not.

It really should scroll through the interfaces and default to the first working interface.



Steps to reproduce:
1. On opensolaris, add a virtual network interface, e.g. :
    ifconfig bge0:1 plumb
    ifconfig bge0:1 dhcp
    ifconfig bge0:1 up

2.  Now add gnome-netstatus-applet to your panel.
3.  If defaults to bge0:1, and shows it non functioning.
   gnome-netstaus-applet on solaris uses kstat to report kernel statistics
   for it's network interfaces, however kstat will only work on physical 
   network interfaces and does not work for virtual ones, and thus it is
   reporting bge0:1 as not working.
4. gnome-netstatus-applet, should not default to bge0:1, but rather to bge0
   or whatever is the first network interface that is working.


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Does this happen every time?


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