Can't the NetworkManager applet to appear in the Gnome panel in Ubuntu

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Published on 2011-01-09T16:28:11Z Indexed on 2011/01/09 16:55 UTC
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I have researched this problem extensively and I can't seem to find an answer. In Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, I want to connect to my VPN through the NetworkManager applet. I installed all the network manager packages, including the gnome client.

I understand I need to add the "Notification Area" to the panel, which I have done. I checked that the NetworkManager is running:

nate@nate-desktop:~$ service network-manager status
network-manager start/running, process 763

In /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf, I have added managed=true (don't know if this matters, but I saw it suggested on one forum):

nate@nate-desktop:~$ more /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf 
# This file is installed into /etc/NetworkManager, and is loaded by 
# NetworkManager by default.  To override, specify: '--config file' 
# during NM startup.  This can be done by appending to DAEMON_OPTS in 
# the file:
#
# /etc/default/NetworkManager
#

[main]
plugins=ifupdown,keyfile

[ifupdown]
#managed=false
managed=true

At this point, it looks like NetworkManager is running but it's not appearing in the NotificationArea of the panel. I don't know what else to try. Any ideas?

Can't the NetworkManager applet to appear in the Gnome panel in Ubuntu

Posted by Nate on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Nate
Published on 2011-01-09T16:28:11Z Indexed on 2011/01/09 17:55 UTC
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I have researched this problem extensively and I can't seem to find an answer. In Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, I want to connect to my VPN through the NetworkManager applet. I installed all the network manager packages, including the gnome client.

I understand I need to add the "Notification Area" to the panel, which I have done. I checked that the NetworkManager is running:

nate@nate-desktop:~$ service network-manager status
network-manager start/running, process 763

In /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf, I have added managed=true (don't know if this matters, but I saw it suggested on one forum):

nate@nate-desktop:~$ more /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf 
# This file is installed into /etc/NetworkManager, and is loaded by 
# NetworkManager by default.  To override, specify: '--config file' 
# during NM startup.  This can be done by appending to DAEMON_OPTS in 
# the file:
#
# /etc/default/NetworkManager
#

[main]
plugins=ifupdown,keyfile

[ifupdown]
#managed=false
managed=true

At this point, it looks like NetworkManager is running but it's not appearing in the NotificationArea of the panel. I don't know what else to try. Any ideas?

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