<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 9:51 PM, Andrew Farris <<a href="mailto:flyindragon1@aol.com">flyindragon1@aol.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 20:51 -0500, Gary Kirkpatrick wrote: > On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Andrew Farris <<a href="mailto:flyindragon1@aol.com">flyindragon1@aol.com</a>> > 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 </div><div class="im">> 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. </div>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! -- <div><div></div><div class="h5">Andrew _____________________________ Registered Linux User: 473690 Registered Ubuntu User: 22747 -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> Andrew, command still not found! nm-apple gary