NetworkManager not running? F20 arm xfce

[Robert Moskowitz]

In my vnc connection to my server, the xfce system bar's network manager 
tells me:

Networking disabled (when I place the mouse over the network icon)
Network Manager not running (when I click on the network icon, and this 
text is grey)

Yet in my ssh session to the server:

# systemctl status NetworkManager.service
NetworkManager.service - Network Manager
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled)
Active: active (running) since Fri 2010-01-01 00:00:23 EST; 4 years 6 
months ago
Main PID: 319 (NetworkManager)
CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service
└─319 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon

Jan 01 00:01:15 cb2.htt-consult.com NetworkManager[319]: DHCPDISCOVER on 
eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 6...f2)
Jan 01 00:01:23 cb2.htt-consult.com dhclient[853]: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 
to 255.255.255.255 port 67 inte...f2)
Jan 01 00:01:23 cb2.htt-consult.com NetworkManager[319]: DHCPDISCOVER on 
eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 6...f2)
Jan 01 00:01:24 cb2.htt-consult.com NetworkManager[319]: <warn> (eth0): 
DHCPv4 request timed out.
Jan 01 00:01:24 cb2.htt-consult.com dhclient[853]: Received signal 15, 
initiating shutdown.
Jan 01 00:01:24 cb2.htt-consult.com NetworkManager[319]: Received signal 
15, initiating shutdown.
Jan 01 00:01:24 cb2.htt-consult.com NetworkManager[319]: <info> (eth0): 
canceled DHCP transaction, DHCP...853
Jan 01 00:01:24 cb2.htt-consult.com NetworkManager[319]: <info> 
Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IPv4 Co......
Jan 01 00:01:24 cb2.htt-consult.com NetworkManager[319]: <info> 
Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IPv4 Co......
Jan 01 00:01:24 cb2.htt-consult.com NetworkManager[319]: <info> 
Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IPv4 Co...te.
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and

# ifconfig
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::c4:3ff:fe82:c153 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether 02:c4:03:82:c1:53 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 3339 bytes 326670 (319.0 KiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 3469 bytes 1641253 (1.5 MiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
device interrupt 87 base 0x6000

eth0:avahi: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 169.254.7.244 netmask 255.255.0.0 broadcast 169.254.255.255
ether 02:c4:03:82:c1:53 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
device interrupt 87 base 0x6000

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 16436
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
loop txqueuelen 0 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 790 bytes 70412 (68.7 KiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 790 bytes 70412 (68.7 KiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

wlan0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 00:14:d1:4c:0f:79 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0


And note wlan0 which is not showing up in network manager...

Note that the only network connection is direct cable to my notebook. 
Separate message on wlan questions