Network manager icon not appearing

[Paul Tader]

Gary Kirkpatrick wrote:
> 
> 
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Paul Tader <ptader at linuxscope.com
> <mailto:ptader at linuxscope.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Gary Kirkpatrick wrote:
>     >
>     >
>     > On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 9:51 PM, Andrew Farris
>     <flyindragon1 at aol.com <mailto:flyindragon1 at aol.com>
>     > <mailto:flyindragon1 at aol.com <mailto:flyindragon1 at aol.com>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 20:51 -0500, Gary Kirkpatrick wrote:
>     >     > On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Andrew Farris
>     >     <flyindragon1 at aol.com <mailto:flyindragon1 at aol.com>
>     <mailto:flyindragon1 at aol.com <mailto:flyindragon1 at aol.com>>>
>     >     > wrote:
>     >     >         On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 07:22 -0400, Gary Kirkpatrick
>     wrote:
>     >     >         > Hello.
>     >     >         > I am using 8.10 on my Dell Mini 10.  The Network
>     manager
>     >     >         icon stopped
>     >     >         > appearing on the bar so I can't see which wireless
>     networks
>     >     >         are
>     >     >         > available.  When I click System/Network Manager
>     nothing
>     >     >         happens.   I
>     >     >         > can connect via ethernet.  On 9.10 on same
>     notebook I do not
>     >     >         have this
>     >     >         > problem at all and in fact sometimes when 8.1
>     loads the icon
>     >     >         loads,
>     >     >         > sometimes I see it for a moment and it disappears.
>     >     >
>     >     >         sounds like the applet is crashing for some
>     reason...but since
>     >     >         you can still connect to the internet via ethernet, then
>     >     >         network manager is still working, you are just
>     lacking an
>     >     >         applet to see what it's doing. Try going to a terminal
>     >     >         (Applications > Accessories > Terminal) and run this:
>     >     >            nm-applet
>     >
>     >     > Andrew, the command yielded
>     >     >
>     >     > $ nm-applet
>     >     > bash: nm-applet: command not found
>     >     >
>     >     > So where did the applet go and more importantly how do I get
>     it back?
>     >     > Right clicking on black space on tool bar does not result in the
>     >     > applet's appearance either.
>     >
>     >     Odd... It seems that your try applet is no longer on your system.
>     >
>     >     The tray applet is a part of the "network-manager-gnome"
>     package...so it
>     >     would be worth a shot to try reinstalling the package. To do so:
>     >         1. Go to "System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager"
>     >         2. Select "Networking" from the "Section" tree on the
>     left, then
>     >            search for "network-manager-gnome".  It should be the
>     first or
>     >            second thing to come up
>     >         3. right-click on the package, and select "Mark for
>     >            Re-installation"
>     >         4. Click "Apply"
>     >
>     >     That should download the package from online (assuming you
>     still have
>     >     your Ethernet connection), and in theory should re-install the
>     applet.
>     >     After that, try running the "nm-applet" in the command line
>     again, and
>     >     see what happens (if the applet appears by itself after
>     installing, then
>     >     you dont have to bother with running it from a terminal, and
>     your issue
>     >     is fixed).
>     >
>     >     Hope that helps!
>     >
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>     > Andrew, command still not found!  nm-apple
>     >
>     > gary
>     >
> 
>     Maybe, just maybe your path'ing is not right.
> 
>     Please try:
> 
>     $ /usr/bin/nm-applet
> 
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> 
> This worked.  The manager popped up and stayed there until I closed
> terminal.  What does this mean?
> 
> 

This means that your configured path is setup wrong or something
overwrote your configured path.

When your experiencing this problem again, what does this command report:

$ echo $PATH


It should echo back something like:

$ echo $PATH
/home/ptader/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games

This is a list of all the directories that will be searched when you run
 a command (ie. nm-applet).

Running the command like /usr/bin/ns-applet says don't bother searching
for the command, just run the one specified on the command line.
(closing the terminal window shuts down the running nm-applet)

So at this point you know that the package is installed and runs, just
need to figure out your path'ing configuration error.