nm-applet systray needlessly automatically started in non-networked VMs usability issue

[adrelanos]

My work-gpg VM that has its NetVM set to none automatically starts nm-applet. (Found in ps aux.) It gets visible in systray. The tooltip says NetworkManager is not running....

It's confusing. Usability issue.

https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-core-agent-linux/blob/master/autostart-dropins/nm-applet.desktop

[marmarek]

nm-applet is automatically hidden if network-manager isn't running: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-core-agent-linux/blob/master/network/show-hide-nm-applet.sh
Which template? Do you have this script referenced in /etc/xdg/autostart/00-qubes-show-hide-nm-applet.desktop? What happens when you call it manually?

[marmarek]

nm-applet is automatically hidden if network-manager isn't running: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-core-agent-linux/blob/master/network/show-hide-nm-applet.sh
Which template? Do you have this script referenced in /etc/xdg/autostart/00-qubes-show-hide-nm-applet.desktop? What happens when you call it manually?

[adrelanos]

Which template?

Debian template.

Do you have this script referenced in /etc/xdg/autostart/00-qubes-show-hide-nm-applet.desktop?

Yes.

What happens when you call it manually?

sh -x /usr/lib/qubes/show-hide-nm-applet.sh

+ type nm-applet
+ nm_enabled=false
+ [ -f /var/run/qubes-service/network-manager ]
+ gsettings set org.gnome.nm-applet show-applet false

(process:1911): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to dconf: GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._g_2dfile_2derror_2dquark.Code1: Cannot open dconf database: Error reading file '/home/user/.config/dconf/user': Is a directory

[adrelanos]

Which template?

Debian template.

Do you have this script referenced in /etc/xdg/autostart/00-qubes-show-hide-nm-applet.desktop?

Yes.

What happens when you call it manually?

sh -x /usr/lib/qubes/show-hide-nm-applet.sh

+ type nm-applet
+ nm_enabled=false
+ [ -f /var/run/qubes-service/network-manager ]
+ gsettings set org.gnome.nm-applet show-applet false

(process:1911): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to dconf: GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._g_2dfile_2derror_2dquark.Code1: Cannot open dconf database: Error reading file '/home/user/.config/dconf/user': Is a directory

[marmarek]

(process:1911): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to dconf: GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._g_2dfile_2derror_2dquark.Code1: Cannot open dconf database: Error reading file '/home/user/.config/dconf/user': Is a directory

Interesting. In my (Debian) VM it is a file. Any idea what created a directory there?

[marmarek]

(process:1911): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to dconf: GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._g_2dfile_2derror_2dquark.Code1: Cannot open dconf database: Error reading file '/home/user/.config/dconf/user': Is a directory

Interesting. In my (Debian) VM it is a file. Any idea what created a directory there?

[adrelanos]

There is just one file there. /home/user/.config/dconf/user/a Which is a gpg key that I imported ages ago. No idea how it ended up there. Executed `rm -r /home/user/.config/dconf/user`. Which made the unnecessary nm-applet system go away after reboot!

[adrelanos]

There is just one file there. /home/user/.config/dconf/user/a Which is a gpg key that I imported ages ago. No idea how it ended up there. Executed `rm -r /home/user/.config/dconf/user`. Which made the unnecessary nm-applet system go away after reboot!