No NetworkManager icon
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 12:31 pm
Hi! I've got no network manager icon on the GNOME panel since I start my computer until running "sudo nm-applet". What should I do to get nm-applet working from the start?
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Re: No NetworkManager icon
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 2:17 pm
Go to MintMenu>Preferences>Startup Applications>"Add"
That will fix it.
Re: No NetworkManager icon
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 12:49 pm
I did it but it didn't work:( It still doesn't appear.
Re: No NetworkManager icon
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:51 pm
Then try this:r3ddy wrote:I did it but it didn't work:( It still doesn't appear.
1.Open terminal and type "gksu nautilus"
2.Go to File system>etc>xdg>autostart>
3.Create a new file in this folder by right clicking>new>file
4.Edit the file with gedit (or any text editor)
5.Copy and paste the whole thing below into the blank file:
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[Desktop Entry]
Name=Network Manager
Comment=Control your network connections
Icon=nm-device-wireless
Exec=nm-applet --sm-disable
Terminal=false
Type=Application
OnlyShowIn=GNOME;XFCE;
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Bugzilla=GNOME
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Product=NetworkManager
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Component=general
X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=nm-appletRe: No NetworkManager icon
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 1:50 pm
Solved this problem by renaming my username from Миша to misha.
Re: No NetworkManager icon
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 4:40 pm
o_O ... lol, totally was not expecting something like that would fix your problem. 
Re: No NetworkManager icon
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 12:08 pm
hi there can anyone help me my problem is reverse of this. i have network manager up and running and succesfully connecting to networks. But i cannot see the network manager applet it went missing suddenly and i cannot get it back. i have chekd and found that nm-applet.desktop is in the location specified but while trying to launch, it says nm-applet childprocess is missing. kindly advice