Bug 5187

Summary:	net_applet as Gnome Shell extension
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Reinout van Schouwen <reinout>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED OLD	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Normal	CC:	mageia, mageia, olav, philippel, thierry.vignaud
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5206
Whiteboard:	MGA2TOO
Source RPM:	drakx-net-applet	CVE:
Status comment:
Bug Depends on:	7317
Bug Blocks:	5206

Description Reinout van Schouwen 2012-04-01 23:50:42 CEST

Description of problem:
Current net_applet stays in the Gnome Shell notification area indefinitely. This is not an optimal place for it to be because it's invisible most of the time. Also, it doesn't provide any notifications at all.

Compare this to Fedora where network manager is on the Gnome top panel. Mageia should implement the same behavior.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
1.5-1.mga2

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Log into Gnome Shell
2. Note that no network indication at all is visible
3. Move mouse cursor to lower right
4. An icon literally labeled 'net_applet' is on the notification are.

Manuel Hiebel 2012-04-02 01:37:52 CEST

CC: (none) => mageia, olav, thierry.vignaud

Comment 1 Reinout van Schouwen 2012-04-02 14:19:16 CEST

A quick solution could be to adapt the 'Status Icon Fixer' extension: 
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/192/status-icon-fixer/

Reinout van Schouwen 2012-04-02 23:44:49 CEST

Blocks: (none) => 5206

Comment 2 Reinout van Schouwen 2012-04-10 00:03:09 CEST

I've added a patched shell extension that fixes this to bug 5206.

See Also: (none) => https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5206

Comment 3 Marja Van Waes 2012-05-26 13:09:46 CEST

Hi,

This bug was filed against cauldron, but we do not have cauldron at the moment.

Please report whether this bug is still valid for Mageia 2.

Thanks :)

Cheers,
marja

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO

Comment 4 Reinout van Schouwen 2012-05-29 00:05:17 CEST

Still valid...

Version: Cauldron => 2

Manuel Hiebel 2012-05-29 00:25:59 CEST

Keywords: NEEDINFO => (none)

Sander Lepik 2012-05-29 09:15:20 CEST

CC: (none) => sander.lepik
Version: 2 => Cauldron
Whiteboard: (none) => MGA2TOO

Comment 5 Manuel Hiebel 2012-09-11 10:02:39 CEST

*** Bug 7434 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

CC: (none) => philippe.l

Comment 6 Reinout van Schouwen 2013-02-19 11:16:32 CET

The status icon fixer extension no longer works with Gnome Shell 3.6, but instead the "Topicons" extension can be used.

Comment 7 Reinout van Schouwen 2013-02-20 11:46:41 CET

Depends on #7317, the applet should be disabled completely if NetworkManager is responsible for the connection.

Depends on: (none) => 7317

Comment 8 Reinout van Schouwen 2013-12-29 15:14:10 CET

Remaining TopIcons extension request is now bug 5206, closing this bug as OLD.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => OLD