Here's the result of strace nm-applet after killing off the one spawned by gnome.
** Attachment added: "strace nm-applet" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18923766/nm-applet-strace.txt -- networkmanager gnome applets starts but not shown in the notification area https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/288862 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs