Network manager icon not appearing

[Gary Kirkpatrick]

On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Paul Tader <ptader at linuxscope.com> wrote:

> Gary Kirkpatrick wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 9:51 PM, Andrew Farris <flyindragon1 at aol.com
> > <mailto:flyindragon1 at aol.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 20:51 -0500, Gary Kirkpatrick wrote:
> >     > On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Andrew Farris
> >     <flyindragon1 at aol.com <mailto:flyindragon1 at aol.com>>
> >     > wrote:
> >     >         On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 07:22 -0400, Gary Kirkpatrick wrote:
> >     >         > Hello.
> >     >         > I am using 8.10 on my Dell Mini 10.  The Network manager
> >     >         icon stopped
> >     >         > appearing on the bar so I can't see which wireless
> networks
> >     >         are
> >     >         > available.  When I click System/Network Manager nothing
> >     >         happens.   I
> >     >         > can connect via ethernet.  On 9.10 on same notebook I do
> not
> >     >         have this
> >     >         > problem at all and in fact sometimes when 8.1 loads the
> icon
> >     >         loads,
> >     >         > sometimes I see it for a moment and it disappears.
> >     >
> >     >         sounds like the applet is crashing for some reason...but
> since
> >     >         you can still connect to the internet via ethernet, then
> >     >         network manager is still working, you are just lacking an
> >     >         applet to see what it's doing. Try going to a terminal
> >     >         (Applications > Accessories > Terminal) and run this:
> >     >            nm-applet
> >
> >     > Andrew, the command yielded
> >     >
> >     > $ nm-applet
> >     > bash: nm-applet: command not found
> >     >
> >     > So where did the applet go and more importantly how do I get it
> back?
> >     > Right clicking on black space on tool bar does not result in the
> >     > applet's appearance either.
> >
> >     Odd... It seems that your try applet is no longer on your system.
> >
> >     The tray applet is a part of the "network-manager-gnome" package...so
> it
> >     would be worth a shot to try reinstalling the package. To do so:
> >         1. Go to "System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager"
> >         2. Select "Networking" from the "Section" tree on the left, then
> >            search for "network-manager-gnome".  It should be the first or
> >            second thing to come up
> >         3. right-click on the package, and select "Mark for
> >            Re-installation"
> >         4. Click "Apply"
> >
> >     That should download the package from online (assuming you still have
> >     your Ethernet connection), and in theory should re-install the
> applet.
> >     After that, try running the "nm-applet" in the command line again,
> and
> >     see what happens (if the applet appears by itself after installing,
> then
> >     you dont have to bother with running it from a terminal, and your
> issue
> >     is fixed).
> >
> >     Hope that helps!
> >
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> > Andrew, command still not found!  nm-apple
> >
> > gary
> >
>
> Maybe, just maybe your path'ing is not right.
>
> Please try:
>
> $ /usr/bin/nm-applet
>
>
>
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This worked.  The manager popped up and stayed there until I closed
terminal.  What does this mean?
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