#829472 cinnamon: VPN icon does not display in nm-applet

Package:
cinnamon
Source:
cinnamon
Description:
Innovative and comfortable desktop
Submitter:
Shaun Foo
Date:
2026-08-30 13:57:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#829472#5
Date:
2016-07-03 16:54:27 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

When using a VPN connection in Network Manager, the expected padlock icon does not appear in nm-applet. Instead, it's replaced by the wired connection icon, even if there is no wired connection available.

This behavior occurs in every icon theme installed by default, as well as custom ones like Numix.

I am specifically reporting this as an issue in Cinnamon because the VPN icon shows up fine in GNOME. Apologies if that assumption is incorrect.

Additionally, this bug is not present in the version of cinnamon (2.2.16-5) that ships with Jessie.
#829472#10
Date:
2016-09-01 10:50:15 UTC
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¡Hola Shaun!

El 2016-07-03 a las 12:54 -0400, Shaun Foo escribió:

Sorry that it took me so long to test this.

I can't reproduce this with 3.0.7-1 using a pptp connection. By this I mean
that I see a padlock icon when using such connection.

Are you still able to reproduce the issue?

Happy hacking,
#829472#15
Date:
2016-09-10 03:15:08 UTC
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I'm no longer on Sid, so I haven't had a chance to check. But I should
mention I was using OpenVPN, not PPTP.
#829472#20
Date:
2026-08-30 13:54:41 UTC
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This was fixed upstream in 3.0.6 by commit cf989676a ("Network applet:
Fixed icon not showing VPN status"), which handles exactly the case you
hit: with OpenVPN the applet saw the "tun" device as the main connection
and showed a generic/wired icon instead of the VPN one. PPTP does not use
a tun device, which is why it could not be reproduced with that protocol.

The fix reached Debian in 3.0.7-1 (the version already tested clean at the
time), and the same handling is still present in the current cinnamon
(6.6.9). Closing accordingly.

Thanks for the report.