This has only been a cosmetic bug for me for a long time. However, I took the ping as an opportunity to try a few of the things in comment #6. Changing managed=false to managed=true was the only change necessary to fix the icon in Utopic. I consider this bug fixed.
** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/751939 Title: Wired-only machine has empty volcano icon Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Binary package hint: network-manager I just upgraded my maverick desktop machine to natty. This machine only has a wired connection, no wireless. I'm used to seeing the up/down arrows for the nm icon in the menu bar, but now all I see is the empty volcano (or fan, or pie slice :) icon. When I select Edit Connections, I do see just the Auto Ethernet wired connection I expect. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/751939/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp