On Thursday 14 of June 2012 16:59:24 [email protected] wrote: > network manager was pre-installed with ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop and > was accessible from my top panel system tray on the desktop until > today when I rebooted after a failed install of a different package > that was trying to add itself to the system tray area also > > now the network manager menu icon is gone from the tray though other > icons such as battery and messaging are still there > > I can get nm-applet to show up but this is not the same > > the applet area is further left, the applet menu renders in a way that > clashes with the user theme, and it is impossible to use the keyboard > to navigate to the applet > > by contrast, the default network manager application was aware of the > theme and had an appearance consistent with the other dropdowns, and > it also could be entered via arrow keys from the other system tray > menus > > I have spent several hours looking for documentation on what manager > is responsible for displaying these system tray application entries > (as opposed to the applets) and what resource governs the choice of > which programs get included here, but I really think I have reached a > dead end > > I am wondering if you can point me to the relevant install scripts in the > netw ork manager package that might bear on this > > I have already tried uninstall and reinstall of network-manager, > network-manager-gnome, gnome-panel, unity etc > > if I run network manager from command line it never becomes visible > but apparently does something as a background process > > thanks for any help > ________________________________
Is NetworkManager and nm-applet running? We would need some logs to see if there's a problem with NM (/var/log/syslog, ~/.xsession-errors). However, it looks like you have issues with Ubuntu (Unity) icon stuff, and you can get better help in a Ubuntu forum. Or file a bug againt Ubuntu. Jirka _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
