[xubuntu-users] The Network Manager applet has vanished from the top panel in Ubuntu 8.10

[D. Hoogland]

Hello Charlie,

Thank you for your swift response. I apologize for the mistake:
I once started with 8.10 but now I work with Ubuntu 10.4.

Kind regards,

Daniel Hoogland


On 21-7-2011 19:56, Charlie Kravetz wrote:
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> On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:30:00 +0200
> "D. Hoogland"<dhoogland at interestate.nl>  wrote:
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>> Hi there,
>>
>> For some years I was a happy user of (X)Ubuntu, wired to the Internet.
>> Until a couple of weeks ago when I suddenly noticed that the Network
>> Manager applet no longer was visible next to the clock in the top hand
>> right corner of my screen. The mail reader Epiphany didn't receive mail
>> anymore; Google wasn't available either.
>>
>> I did not alter anything of the system.
>>
>> What do I have to do to get the connection to the Internet back again?
>> Please be not too concise in your explanation as I have little knowledge
>> of the ins and outs of Linux.
>>
>> Thanks very much,
>>
>> Daniel Hoogland
> I don't really know how you will fix this if this in Xubuntu 8.10.
>
> If the release you are using is really Xubuntu 8.10, you should upgrade
> to a supported release. Xubuntu 8.10 has not had any updates since
> about April of 2010, so it is highly unlikely any kind of update or
> anything caused this to vanish. It is strongly suggested to upgrade
> this to at least 10.04, which is an LTS release, supported for three
> years from its release. That makes Xubuntu 10.04 good until October of
> 2013, if you don't like upgrading.
>
> - -- 
> Charlie Kravetz
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