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Distribution: Ubuntu Linux 16.04, Debian 10, LineageOS 14.1
Posts: 1,572
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Ha! Found a solution that worked! Comment #16, from the Ubuntu Bug Report #1301158, worked. I simply modified the "network applet" command that I previously entered in Settings/Session and Startup/Application Autostart (which earlier I had entered as "gksu nm-applet") to "dbus-launch nm-applet". I also unchecked the Network (Manage your network connections) entry from there (it was impossible for me to modify that, since the Edit button is greyed out). Anyway, the following command worked for me:
Code:
dbus-launch nm-applet
Last edited by mark_alfred; 02-28-2015 at 05:15 PM.
Location: The garden of England. Technically, the compost heap.
Distribution: openSUSE Tumbleweed
Posts: 60
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Do you have the indicator plugin added to the panel as I that's where it appears in Mint Xfce. It may have been a newbie error but it confused me for a while when I accidentally deleted it!
[edit]I'll leave this here because I can't be the only one to do this... I hope[/edit]
Distribution: Ubuntu Linux 16.04, Debian 10, LineageOS 14.1
Posts: 1,572
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The applet now shows up in the panel, yes (see attachment). It was not added as a plugin in the same sense that the audio mixer or screenshot plugin were added (IE, it was not added via a right-click to the panel and selecting "Add New Items..." from a list of available plugins). Rather, it was added via the "Application Autostart" feature in Settings/Session and Startup as I previously described. There is a Network Monitor plugin designed to show network traffic, but that's not what I was focusing on, and I do not use that plugin. Rather, this is the applet for the network manager (specifically, nm-applet).
Last edited by mark_alfred; 03-01-2015 at 10:56 AM.
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