Applet menu is ugly with long card names
Bug #36011 reported by
Lionel Dricot
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| NetworkManager |
Fix Released
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Low
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| network-manager-applet (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
If one of your network card has a very long name (for example here : Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/
I think theire must be a maximal width or something...
| Changed in network-manager: | |
| status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
| Changed in network-manager: | |
| status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
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| David A. Benitez (dbenitez) wrote | #1 |
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| Alexander Sack (asac) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in network-manager: | |
| status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
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| Wouter Stomp (wouterstomp-deactivatedaccount) wrote | #3 |
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| Wouter Stomp (wouterstomp-deactivatedaccount) wrote | #4 |
| Changed in network-manager-applet: | |
| status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
| Changed in network-manager: | |
| importance: | Unknown → Low |
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I also have the same problems with my Broadcom Wireless card. It lists the full name as shown below:
Wireless Network (Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller)
Personally, I think it should just use the following string below:
Wireless Network (Broadcom Wireless LAN Controller).
It is not as long and gives enough information about the card (esp. like me, if you have multiple cards or wireless devices.