2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a251db0d..91320a0b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+- mdkapplet
+  o do not complain when network is down if net_applet is running
+    (which will already warn about this)
+
 Version 2.76.2 - 15 April 2009, Thierry Vignaud
 
 - translation updates
diff --git a/mdkapplet b/mdkapplet
index f9b4b7c5..11c76668 100755
--- a/mdkapplet
+++ b/mdkapplet
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ my %state = (
 		      colour => [ 'disconnect' ],
 		      changes => [ 'okay', 'busy', 'critical', 'error' ],
 		      menu => [ 'confNetwork' ],
-		      tt => [ N_("Network is down. Please configure your network") ]
+		      tt => [ N_("Network is down. Please configure your network") ],
+ 		      do_not_use_bubble => mdkonline::is_running('net_applet'),
 		     },
 	     disabled => {
 		      colour => [ 'disabled' ],