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I've lost the networking notification thingy even though I have the 'Notification Area'

Asked by Duncan Lithgow

I've had network problems after installing wicd and un-installing network-manager, and then trying to get back to the normal configuration...

Now I can connect to the wired network automatically, but I'm not getting the networking icon itself, so I can't select a wireless network.

I have network-manager, network-manager-gnome installed (and nm-applet doesn't seem to exist anymore) so why is this not working?

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wojox (wojox) said : 		#1

You should be able to access it through System > Preferences > Network Connections.

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Duncan Lithgow (duncan-lithgow) said : 		#2

Thanks wojox, I can get there, but that's not what I was missing. That dialog doesn't show available network, only those I've already configured.

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voidghost (voidghost) said : 		#3

go to "ubuntu software center" and install application "Network"

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wojox (wojox) said : 		#4

Okay right click the panel and select Add to and Add Notification Area.

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Duncan Lithgow (duncan-lithgow) said : 		#5

It seems that a system restart has fixed this issue, at least for now.

@wojox, I already had the 'Notification Area' working

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Duncan Lithgow (duncan-lithgow) said : 		#6

@voidghost: I noticed it had started working while I was running your suggestion, which I have completed. So I don't think that was the issue. Thanks

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Marius Groenewald (groenem) said : 		#7

I don't think you can change the Status to Solved yet, as I have the same problem. I installed Network, I have added Notification Area to my applets and I have restarted my laptop, but still now NetworkManager icon in my taskbar.

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Duncan Lithgow (duncan-lithgow) said : 		#8

Hi Marius. I think it's right to leave this marked as solved because the cause of your problem might be quite different from the cause of mine.

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Marius Groenewald (groenem) said : 		#9

I discovered my problem. For some or other reason, my Session Type at the Logon screen was changed from Gnome to Failsafe Gnome. After I changed it back to Gnome, everything was back to normal.