It's happened with me on Ubuntu 15.10 on Dell XPS 15 and to resolve I install indicator-applet-complete.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1510781 Title: The network manager icon is missing from the top task bar Status in One Hundred Papercuts: Confirmed Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I have recently updated from 15.04 to 15.10 , now the network manager icon is missing from the top task bar and i am not able to chose wifi networks . i tried ti open the network settings and is shows an message ' The system network services are not compatible with this version'. I am able to access internet sometimes but don't know which wi-fi I am currently connected to. I have referred online and tried to downgrade the network manager but event that didn't fixed the problem so I upgraded it back to the latest. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: network-manager 1.0.4-0ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-16.19-generic 4.2.3 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Wed Oct 28 09:37:16 2015 IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-13 (14 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) IpRoute: default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlan0 proto static metric 600 192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.48 metric 600 NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-10-27 (0 days ago) nmcli-con: Error: command ['nmcli', '-f', 'all', 'con'] failed with exit code 1: (process:4223): nmcli-CRITICAL **: Error: Could not create NMClient object: Timeout was reached. nmcli-dev: Error: command ['nmcli', '-f', 'all', 'dev'] failed with exit code 1: (process:4219): nmcli-CRITICAL **: Error: Could not create NMClient object: Timeout was reached. nmcli-nm: Error: command ['nmcli', '-f', 'all', 'nm'] failed with exit code 2: Error: Object 'nm' is unknown, try 'nmcli help'. no_proxy: localhost,127.0.0.0/8,::1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/1510781/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp