F21 XFCE : no nm-applet icon

[poma]

On 13.04.2015 17:39, sean darcy wrote:
> On 04/13/2015 03:11 AM, poma wrote:
>> On 12.04.2015 17:48, sean darcy wrote:
>>> Upgraded f21 XFCE.
>>>
>>> nm-applet is running:
>>>
>>>    ps aux | grep nm-applet
>>> user   2856  0.0  0.3 644532 29480 ?        Sl   11:25   0:00 nm-applet
>>>
>>> but there's no icon at the top of the screen.
>>>
>>> Of course, this means the only way to control NetworkManager is nmcli,
>>
>> :)
>>
>> nm-connection-editor aka "Network Connections"
>>
>> Actually nm-connection-editor is the network-manager-applet's runtime dependency:
>> http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/network-manager-applet.git/tree/network-manager-applet.spec#n32
>>
>> So the next time you lose the network-manager-applet's icon you are not lost.
>>
>> Besides there is a tool called nmtui(NetworkManager-tui).
>>
> nm-connection-editor only edits connections. For instance, It doesn't 
> allow you to switch between connections.
> 

True.

Consider this tool as an alternative,
in difficult times when GTK+ bug hits nm-applet:

http://wicd.sourceforge.net
https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/wicd

wicd.service / Wicd a wireless and wired network manager for Linux
wicd-gtk / Wicd Network Manager
wicd-gtk --tray / Wicd Network Manager Tray (autostart - xfce4-session-settings)