nm-applet crashes at start

[Joan Moreau <joan moreau m4x org>]

I am running Ubuntu and the applet is not starting anymore.

Launching it by hand from the command line , I get the following (see 
below).

Thnkas in advance for your help,

Joan

Backtrace was generated from '/usr/bin/nm-applet'

Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libthread_db.so.1".
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread -1224566112 (LWP 11529)]
0xb7fe5410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#0  0xb7fe5410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1  0xb74c8463 in __waitpid_nocancel () from 
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
#2  0xb7f6bc65 in libgnomeui_segv_handle (signum=11) at gnome-ui-init.c:870
#3  <signal handler called>
#4  IA__g_atomic_int_exchange_and_add (atomic=0x4, val=1) at gatomic.c:39
#5  0xb75ae68e in IA__g_object_ref (_object=0x0) at gobject.c:1722
#6  0xb7a2ec79 in IA__gtk_tooltips_set_tip (tooltips=0x8272640, widget=0x0,
   tip_text=0x8288af0 "No network connection", tip_private=0x0)
   at gtktooltips.c:317
#7  0x08054094 in nma_update_state (applet=0x80f0130) at applet.c:1144
#8  0x08055ef1 in nma_dbus_init_helper (applet=0x80f0130) at 
applet-dbus.c:486
#9  0x0805228a in nma_init (applet=0x80f0130) at applet.c:2563
#10 0xb75c78fc in IA__g_type_create_instance (type=135147016) at 
gtype.c:1569
#11 0xb75b2642 in g_object_constructor (type=135147016,
   n_construct_properties=2, construct_params=0x80ec7b8) at gobject.c:1041
#12 0x0804f990 in nma_constructor (type=135147016, n_props=2,
   construct_props=0x80ec7b8) at applet.c:160
#13 0xb75b0b68 in IA__g_object_newv (object_type=135147016, n_parameters=1,
   parameters=0x80ec618) at gobject.c:937
#14 0xb75b162b in IA__g_object_new_valist (object_type=135147016,
   first_property_name=0x8069850 "title", var_args=0xbff68f1c "")
   at gobject.c:1022
#15 0xb75b1722 in IA__g_object_new (object_type=135147016,
   first_property_name=0x8069850 "title") at gobject.c:795
#16 0x0804f8eb in nma_new () at applet.c:2741
#17 0x0804f78d in main (argc=) at main.c:59

Thread 1 (Thread -1224566112 (LWP 11529)):
#0  0xb7fe5410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
No symbol table info available.
#1  0xb74c8463 in __waitpid_nocancel () from 
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#2  0xb7f6bc65 in libgnomeui_segv_handle (signum=11) at gnome-ui-init.c:870
   estatus = 16156552
   sa = {__sigaction_handler = {sa_handler = 0, sa_sigaction = 0},
 sa_mask = {__val = {3082067212, 8, 3220604648, 3082058933, 1, 3075785188,
     3220604712, 3080308654, 134686488, 136860368, 3220604696, 3076185787,
     3081925264, 0, 3220604712, 3080309739, 136783436, 0, 2, 3076327152,
     136783424, 1, 3220604744, 3076185271, 136783424, 1, 136860368,
     3081925264, 136783424, 3081925264, 3220604776, 3080308808}},
 sa_flags = 136783424, sa_restorer = 0xffffffff}
   pid = 0
   in_segv = 1
#3  <signal handler called>
No symbol table info available.
#4  IA__g_atomic_int_exchange_and_add (atomic=0x4, val=1) at gatomic.c:39
   result = <value optimized out>
#5  0xb75ae68e in IA__g_object_ref (_object=0x0) at gobject.c:1722
   object = <value optimized out>
   old_val = <value optimized out>
#6  0xb7a2ec79 in IA__gtk_tooltips_set_tip (tooltips=0x8272640, widget=0x0,
   tip_text=0x8288af0 "No network connection", tip_private=0x0)
   at gtktooltips.c:317
   tooltipsdata = (GtkTooltipsData *) 0x0
#7  0x08054094 in nma_update_state (applet=0x80f0130) at applet.c:1144
   show_applet = 1
   need_animation = 0
   pixbuf = (GdkPixbuf *) 0x80e0738
   strength = -1
   tip = 0x8288af0 "No network connection"
   vpntip = #0  0xb7fe5410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()