> On 20 Apr 2024, at 16:49, David Christensen <dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> wrote:
>
> On 4/14/24 05:29, David Christensen wrote:
>> debian-user:
>> I have a Dell Latitude E6520:
>> 2024-04-14 04:28:39 dpchrist@laalaa ~
>> $ cat /etc/debian_version ; uname -a
>> 11.9
>> Linux laalaa 5.10.0-28-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.209-2 (2024-01-31) x86_64
>> GNU/Linux
>> 2024-04-14 04:34:40 dpchrist@laalaa ~
>> $ dpkg-query -l xfce4 network-manager network-manager-gnome
>> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
>> |
>> Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
>> |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
>> ||/ Name Version Architecture Description
>> +++-=====================-================-============-=========================================================
>> ii network-manager 1.30.6-1+deb11u1 amd64 network management
>> framework (daemon and userspace tools)
>> ii network-manager-gnome 1.20.0-3 amd64 network management
>> framework (GNOME frontend)
>> ii xfce4 4.16 all Meta-package for the
>> Xfce Lightweight Desktop Environment
>> I have used the Xfce panel Network Manager applet for many years. Tonight, I
>> noticed that it has disappeared (!).
>
>
> I compared the problem machine against another with a working Xfce panel
> Network Manager applet, and discovered that the Status Tray Plugin was
> missing. I may have deleted Status Tray Plugin while cleaning, but did not
> notice the change immediately (?).
>
>
> So, I added Status Tray Plugin and now Network Manager has returned
Glad you solved it and thanks for explaining how.
I hadn't twigged that "status tray" was a separate thing to "notification
plugin" in XFCE (hence my earlier nomenclature) though on inspection, there it
is indeed!
