[xubuntu-users] Network Manager Icon Disappears

[lukshuntim at gmail.com]

On Friday, September 16, 2016 04:58 AM, Rog wrote:
> On 09/14/2016 12:06 PM, lukshuntim at gmail.com wrote:
>> On Wednesday, September 14, 2016 10:58 AM, Rog wrote:
>>> The network manager icon continually disappears from Panel 1. In this
>>> instance, I'm using Xubuntu 14.04.5 - up-to-date.
>>>
>>> I am able to make the icon reappear with (thanks to a long-lost post
>>> that I read somewhere):
>>>
>>>     sudo nm-applet &
>>>
>>> That is followed by the message
>>>
>>>     ~# nm-applet-Message: using fallback from indicator to GtkStatusIcon
>>>
>>> I'd like to stop this nuisance of the disappearing access to this
>>> important applet, but, how?
>>
>> Is there a file nm-applet.desktop under the directory /etc/xdg/autostart?
>>
>> If not, try install the package network-manager-gnome.
>>
>> Regards,
>> ST
> ST:
>
> Yes, the file is there. Network-manager-gnome is up-to-date. For good
> measure, I re-installed, to no avail.

Is the indicator plugin installed/working? Maybe that's the cause.

Another possible cause is with the sessions. Please check with the 
settings manager.

BTW, replying to the list is sufficient.
-- ST