--- gnome-netstatus-2.28.0.orig/src/netstatus-applet.c	2009-09-25 13:29:53.358922003 +0100
+++ gnome-netstatus-2.28.0/src/netstatus-applet.c	2009-09-25 13:34:49.693188336 +0100
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 #include "netstatus-icon.h"
 #include "netstatus-iface.h"
+#include "netstatus-sysdeps.h"
 #include "netstatus-dialog.h"
 
 struct _NetstatusAppletPrivate
@@ -481,6 +482,9 @@
             {
               GError *error = NULL;
               GList  *iface_names;
+              gulong in_packets, out_packets;
+              gulong in_bytes, out_bytes;
+              char *error_message;
 
               g_free (iface_name);
               iface_name = NULL;
@@ -494,10 +498,29 @@
 	           *        figure out what interfaces aren't currently
 	           *        displayed in an applet.
 	           */
-	          iface_name = iface_names->data;
-
-	          for (l = iface_names->next; l; l = l->next)
-	            g_free (l->data);
+	          /* Process list of interfaces, and instead of showing first one,
+	           * Show first non error interface.
+	           */
+	          for (l = iface_names; l; l = l->next) {
+	            if ((error_message = netstatus_sysdeps_read_iface_statistics (l->data,
+	                 &in_packets, &out_packets, &in_bytes, &out_bytes)) == NULL) {
+	                /* Success !! make this the iface_name */
+	                iface_name = l->data;
+	                break;
+	            } else {
+			        g_free (error_message);
+		        }
+	          }
+
+          	  if (!iface_name || !iface_name [0])
+	            iface_name = iface_names->data;
+
+	          for (l = iface_names; l; l = l->next) {
+	            /* Only free non used names */
+	            if (strcmp(l->data, iface_name)) {
+            	      g_free (l->data);
+		        }
+	          }
 	          g_list_free (iface_names);
 	        }
               else