on my 64bit installation of lubuntu (lxde) nm-applet has been working fine but since my latest installation of several updates (haven't updated for some weeks) it seems something broke and i can't seem to make use of nm-applet any more.
while i am aware that there are several questions regarding disappeared nm-applet icons (e.g. this askubuntu-question) the proposed solution of manually adding nm-applet
to the lxsession-autostart-settings did not help as the icon still won't show (and seems fixed to me as there is a default entry called Ǹetwork` that i believe to have been missing before), so i've reverted that back to no manual entry.
after some more fiddling around i've found a thread (can't find the link any more, sorry) where it was proposed to:
- remove
Indicator applets
from the shown/enabledPanel Applets
- change the line
Exec=nm-applet
in /etc/xdg/autostart/nm-applet.desktop toExec=dbus-launch nm-applet
.
after doing so the nm-applet icon is indeed back and also does list available networks in range but when trying to connect to an encrypted wifi-network (didn't try non-encrypted) the applet acts as if its about to connect (animated icon) but then fails.
i've removed the saved network-connection and created a fresh one (making sure i got all the settings and password correct) but still none of many tried connection-apptempt succeeds.
any ideas about what i could do to diagnose the problem further or anybody else having the same issues?
Best Answer
well, after further fiddling around with this issue i finally got everything back to work (meaning being able to connect to encrypted wifi-networks using
nm-applet
) but what led to the success is not entirely clear as i've tried several things some of which i am unaware of how to revert.there seem to be four factors that (in some combination) lead to a solution for me:
Exec=dbus-launch nm-applet
as mentioned in my orig. questionNetwork
that is listed in the autostart-tab in theDefault applications for LXsession
dialogue (i had re-enabled this before after it did't seem to help when disabled alone earlier!) and manually adding the entry ofnm-applet
to autostarted applications-list insteadIndicator applets
from the LXpanel (right-click on panel ->Add / Remove Panel Items
)i can't recall i've changed any settings that would require the explicit use of the password-protected keyring-storage but i'm thankful things are back to normal for me.
hope this may be of help for some folks who happen to stumble across the same issues...