No network manager icon in Mate, Mint 12

[davemha]

Using Mate on Lisa. When I log in, there is no network manager icon in the notification area.

pas auxw confirms the nm-applet IS running. Killing it and rerunning yields:
"Message: applet now embedded in the notification area"

However, still no icon. Running it without killing it does the same, and creates a second process.

Tried: aptitude remove network-manager network-manager-gnome
And: aptitude install network-manager network-manager-gnome

No difference. Rebooted, no difference.

Currently, I've uninstalled it and installed wicd - which does put an icon there. But I'd like to use network manager instead. Any thoughts on why the icon is not appearing in the notification area?


FYI, I'm also running L2TP IPSec VPN Manager 1.0.6 which has an icon in tray, if that makes a difference.

uname: 3.0.0-19-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 19 19:05:14 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
issue: Linux Mint 12 Lisa
Package: network-manager Version: 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu5.1
Package: network-manager-gnome Version: 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu6

[phd7]

Im not in it at the moment, so I am guessing, but as a temporary measure, have you tried typing
nm-applet
in a terminal.
If that works, then its a case of getting it to start straight-away

[Oscar799]

Moved here by moderator

[davemha]

Yes, I get the message, "Message: applet now embedded in the notification area" but the icon never shows.

If I don't kill it first, a second instance shows in ps. But, either way, no icon shows.

[phd7]

do you have other icons like speaker volume, update status?
If not then right click on panel, click add to panel and look down the list to notification area.
Highlight that and click add.
see if that works

[davemha]

Yes, speaker, the update icon, the WICD icon and others.

I even tried adding a second notification area, to no avail. (I did remove it afterwards and tested again. Still nothing.)

[phd7]

sorry, I'm baffled

[bmarkovic]

I have the same issue. When run in terminal it throws this error:

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(nm-applet:21846): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_status_icon_set_visible: assertion `GTK_IS_STATUS_ICON (status_icon)' failed

Anyone?

[kfletcher68]

I'm having the same issue...

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>$  nm-applet
** Message: applet now removed from the notification area
** Message: using fallback from indicator to GtkStatusIcon
** Message: applet now embedded in the notification area


I have the Microphone, Speaker and other notifications, but no network manager.

[metralha761]

The solution is editing this file using root /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf

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sudo nano /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf

I'm using nano but you can use anyother editor.

In end, maybe, you will find managed=false change to false, like this managed=true

To finish, restart the network manager

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sudo service network-manager restart

For me worked

[HanKrum]

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sudo /etc/init.d/network-manager restart