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wireless connection icon on top panel is missing

Asked by george_w_bush

My wireless signal icon has gone missing... I've read through some of the other questions and answers pertaining to this problem, and I've done the 'nm-applet --sm-disable' command in the terminal, which gets the wireless icon to show up, yet when I close the terminal, the wireless icon disappears again. How can I get it to stay?

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Jim Hutchinson (jphutch) said : 		#1

Try

sudo killall NetworkManager

sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

sudo NetworkManager

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/7609

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Best Jim Hutchinson (jphutch) said : 		#2

Oh, also make sure you didn't somehow lose the "notification area". Right click the top panel and choose "add to panel". Look for "notification area" and add it. If you end up with two just delete one.

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george_w_bush (georgie876876) said : 		#3

Thanks Jim Hutchinson, that solved my question.

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zohar995 (zohar995) said : 		#4

Thanks I had the same problem with the notification area missing from the panel.

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Dipen Patel (dipen-patel78) said : 		#5

@jim huthinson; i did try those commands on my laptop, top 2 worked (i guess, coz i didnt get any messages), when i tried 3rd(sudo NetworkManager) it said the its already running!! but i still dont have wireless on!!!