Reactivate the Network Manager

[Thomas Blasejewicz]

(2014/09/20 8:42), NoOp wrote:
> On 09/19/2014 04:22 AM, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:
>> (2014/09/18 6:48), NoOp wrote:
>>> On 09/17/2014 10:20 AM, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:
>>>> Good morning
>>>> The other day I remove "by accident" the Network Manager" from the
>>>> notification area
>>>> on a PC running xubuntu 14.01 (tuxtrans).
>>>> It does not really matter, but I would like to bring it back to life.
>>>>
>>>> I tried using the Package Manager to reinstall/update the relevant
>>>> packages (which one are those? there are millions ...)
>>>> and the Package Manage did do something (no idea what it was), that took
>>>> quite some while.
>>>> No change.
>>>> I also tried the command "sudo apt-get install network-manager-gnome".
>>>> The computer tells me, the package is already installed and up-to-date.
>>>> Right-click on panel trying to "Add New Items ..." there is no such item.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way to bring that applet back?
>>>> With other things I found that you can remove them and later put them
>>>> back there ...
>>> See if it actually is running:
>>>
>>> $ ps -e | grep NetworkManager
>>> (note the caps)
>>>
>>> You should get a response similar to:
>>>    1262 ?        00:00:00 NetworkManager
>>>
>>> If so, then Window(Super)key&Altkey - right click the panel|select 'Add
>>> to Panel'|cick on 'Indicator Applet Complete|Click 'Add' and then
>>> 'Close'. If the NetworkManager does not show up, then:
>>>
>>> $ killall NetworkManager
>>>
>>> it should show up now.
>>>
>> Thank you!
>> As usual your advise showed a clear path to the solution of the problem.
>> But ...
>> I get TWO Network Manager applets instead of one.
>> It all started out that way. When I tried to remove one, a whole bunch
>> of indicators vanished.
>> They are now back, but there are 2 nm applets, 2 battery applets and 1
>> or 2 things more I do not need.
>>
>> As it is, I can have either TWO applets .. or none.
>> To my mind, that is not very smart.
>> Can this be related to the fact, that the PC  in question supports both
>> 32 and 64-bit systems?
>> Is there a way to convince the computer that I need only applet for each
>> thing?
>>
>>
> You should be able to remove one of the indicator-applet-complete from
> the panel:
>
> Window(Super)key&Altkey - right click on the date/time of one of the two
> & select 'Remove from Panel'. That should leave you with only one.
>
>
>
As usual, I seem to be too stupid to follow instructions.
"Win + Alt + right click" gives me precisely the same option as right 
click only -> namely to remove the indicator plugin Yes/No.
And although I tried all sorts of things, I cannot see a "date/time" of 
these indicators anywhere ...
Probably I should forget the whole thing.