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

[daan]

Hello Mike,

The icon of Sound Preferences (a picture of a loudspeaker) is the only
icon that has been present all the time.

Nevertheless I followed your advice: I added the Notification Area which
added the Network Connection icon (a picture of a connected male-female
plug between a wired line) and the Rhythmbox icon (a picture of a
speaker box).
Then I opened Epiphany and received emails again. Browsing is also
possible.

Thus, adding the Notification Area proved to be the solution!.

Mike, thank you very much for your help! I am very glad that I can use
Ubuntu again.

Kind regards, Daniel


On Sat, 2011-07-23 at 09:45 -0700, Mike Kupfer wrote:
> D. Hoogland wrote:
> 
> > Thank you for your help. After I gave in the command I got the
> > following reply:
> > 
> > An instance of nm-applet is already running.
> > ** (nm-applet:1840): WARNING **: <WARN> constructor():
> > Couldn't initialize the D-bus manager.
> 
> Okay, so nm-applet is already running, but it's not showing itself in
> your panel.
> 
> In your original post, you wrote
> 
> > 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.
> 
> Do you know if there are other applets/icons missing, such as the volume
> control or the power manager applet?  It may be that you lost the
> Notification Area.  If that's the problem, you could try putting it
> back.  To do this, right-click on any item in the panel and select "Add
> New Items".  Then scroll down to Notification Area, select it, and click
> on Add.
> 
> mike
>