[xubuntu-users] nm-applet has disappeared on an xubuntu 22.04 system

[Chris Green]

On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 12:19:20PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Tue, 2023-09-26 at 07:59 +0100, Chris Green wrote:
> > I don't think that's how nm-applet gets onto the panel.  It doesn't
> > appear in the available to be added list.  It doesn't appear there
> > either on my own (with working nm-applet) xubuntu system.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> the OP needs to add the Notification Area panel plugin
> https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/systray and/or to adjust the
> Notification Area panel plugin configuration.
> 
I am the OP! :-)  However your reference is what I needed, I'd
forgotten about that. (I've never really worked out why there is a
Notification Area which seems to work differently from other panel
applets)

So, thank you, I'm pretty sure you have given me the answer, I need to
check it out on my wife's computer to be sure.

> There's something named nm-applet. How to auto-start it depends on the
> desktop environment, it either has got a desktop-environment related
> wrapper or you probably can use a freedesktop.org auto-start approach
> via dbus-launch or a systemd unit to autostart it.
> 
It auto starts OK, it's running, just not showing anywhere.

-- 
Chris Green