HELP No network icon showing

[Chris G]

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 09:12:11PM -0700, NoOp wrote:
> On 03/28/2011 05:37 PM, Pat Brown wrote:
> > I have Ubuntu 10.04 and have had it for a few months. When I'm at home I get
> > my wifi connection okay, 2 other places I go it finds and connects to them,
> > but now the icon on the top panel that let you see those connections has
> > vanished. Right now my daughter has borrowed the laptop and wants to
> > connect, but I can't point her to any way to connect. Where can she find
> > this?
> > 
> > I don't understand why it disappeared. It was there until about a month ago.
> > The only new things on it are regular updates.
> 
> Right click on the top panel and select: Add to Panel
> Then select 'Notification Area' click 'Add' and 'Close'.
> 
> Note: it could also be that you have the applet on the panel and just
> can't see it. Try moving some of the applets around - the NA applet is
> difficult to see (represented by two vertical dotted lines).
> 
There are some circumstances where although Network Manager is installed
(and running) the NM applet icon won't appear in the Notification Area.

For example if a system has a static IP set up in /etc/network/interfaces 
the NM applet won't appear.  I'm not sure what other things might
prevent it showing.

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Chris Green