On Sun 14/04/2024 at 13:29, David Christensen <dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> wrote: > debian-user: > > I have a Dell Latitude E6520: > > 2024-04-14 04:28:39 dpchrist@laalaa ~ > $ cat /etc/debian_version ; uname -a > 11.9 > Linux laalaa 5.10.0-28-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.209-2 (2024-01-31) > x86_64 GNU/Linux > > 2024-04-14 04:34:40 dpchrist@laalaa ~ > $ dpkg-query -l xfce4 network-manager network-manager-gnome > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > | > Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend > |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) > ||/ Name Version Architecture Description > +++-=====================-================-============-========================================================= > ii network-manager 1.30.6-1+deb11u1 amd64 network > management framework (daemon and userspace tools) > ii network-manager-gnome 1.20.0-3 amd64 network > management framework (GNOME frontend) > ii xfce4 4.16 all Meta-package > for > the Xfce Lightweight Desktop Environment > > > I have used the Xfce panel Network Manager applet for many years. > Tonight, I noticed that it has disappeared (!). > > > But, the machine is connected to my LAN: > > 2024-04-14 05:24:10 root@laalaa ~ > # ifconfig wlp3s0 > wlp3s0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > inet 192.168.REDACTED netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast > 192.168.REDACTED > inet6 REDACTED prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link> > ether REDACTED txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) > RX packets 5786 bytes 2830592 (2.6 MiB) > RX errors 0 dropped 119 overruns 0 frame 0 > TX packets 3897 bytes 518278 (506.1 KiB) > TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 > > > Looking in the the Xfce panel Application Menu, I am unable to find > Network Manager. > > > Looking at the Debian WIKI page "NetworkManager": > > https://wiki.debian.org/NetworkManager > > > It looks like the Network Manager daemon is running: > > 2024-04-14 04:32:49 dpchrist@laalaa ~ > $ ps -A | grep -i network > 828 ? 00:00:00 NetworkManager > > > nm-applet(1) looks like the program I want (?). Attempting to start it > via a terminal has no effect: > > 2024-04-14 04:40:25 dpchrist@laalaa ~ > $ which nm-applet > /usr/bin/nm-applet > > 2024-04-14 05:27:05 dpchrist@laalaa ~ > $ nm-applet > > 2024-04-14 05:27:08 dpchrist@laalaa ~ > $ > > > RTFM nm-applet(1), it seems the desktop session manager is failing to > start nm-applet(1) (?): > > 2024-04-14 04:58:49 dpchrist@laalaa ~ > $ man nm-applet | cat > ... > DESCRIPTION > nm-applet is a GTK-based GUI applet to monitor network status > and devices and to start and stop network connections managed > by NetworkManager. nm-applet is normally started at login by > the desktop session manager and does not need to be run manu- > ally. nm-applet conforms to the XDG System Tray specification > and requires that the desktop environment provide a System Tray > implementation in which the applet will be embedded. > > > I am unable to find relevant error messages under /var/log. > > > The network Connection Editor can be run via a terminal: > > 2024-04-14 04:55:29 dpchrist@laalaa ~ > $ which nm-connection-editor > /usr/bin/nm-connection-editor > > 2024-04-14 04:55:38 dpchrist@laalaa ~ > $ nm-connection-editor > > > Does anyone know why the Network Manager Xfce panel applet is missing, > how to get it back, and/or how to start it some other way? > > > David
Hi David, I can't speak for XFCE, but certainly for Mate there was a time when multiple notification area panel widgets were available, not all of which would show everything to be expected. Is that a possibility? Does $ ps aux |grep nm-applet show anything? Before or after $ nm-applet ?
