Ubuntu – Getting network manager on the gnome panel

gnome-panelnetwork-manager

I've just installed 10.10 from a minimal iso. I've installed gnome-core and the network manager (among a few other things), and I've added the notification area to the panel.

According to the system monitor, nm-applet is currently running, but I can't see it in the notification area. How can I resolve this?

EDIT:

I've noticed that if I click really close to the right of the notification area I get a nm-applet dropdown box but it says "device not managed" under "Wired Network" (I am connected to the internet though), yet there is no nm-applet graphic.

Best Answer

If you see "device not managed" then probably your NIC is indeed not managed from network-manager.

Please check the following file:

/etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf

What does the following section say ?:

[ifupdown]
managed=?

if it's set to "false", switch it to "true", save the file and run a:

"sudo service network-manager restart"

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