[xubuntu-users] The Network Manager applet has vanished from the top panel in Ubuntu 8.10

[Charlie Kravetz]

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On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:30:00 +0200
"D. Hoogland" <dhoogland at interestate.nl> wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> For some years I was a happy user of (X)Ubuntu, wired to the Internet. 
> Until a couple of weeks ago when I suddenly noticed that the Network 
> Manager applet no longer was visible next to the clock in the top hand 
> right corner of my screen. The mail reader Epiphany didn't receive mail 
> anymore; Google wasn't available either.
> 
> I did not alter anything of the system.
> 
> What do I have to do to get the connection to the Internet back again?
> Please be not too concise in your explanation as I have little knowledge 
> of the ins and outs of Linux.
> 
> Thanks very much,
> 
> Daniel Hoogland

I don't really know how you will fix this if this in Xubuntu 8.10.

If the release you are using is really Xubuntu 8.10, you should upgrade
to a supported release. Xubuntu 8.10 has not had any updates since
about April of 2010, so it is highly unlikely any kind of update or
anything caused this to vanish. It is strongly suggested to upgrade
this to at least 10.04, which is an LTS release, supported for three
years from its release. That makes Xubuntu 10.04 good until October of
2013, if you don't like upgrading.

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Charlie Kravetz 
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