I also run into this annoying bug. In my case, I can not comment out my manual entries in /etc/network/interfaces because I need those for proper NAT support in VirtualBox (vbox0 interface bridging).
The only way to bring the applet back to life I've found is: /etc/init.d/Network-Manager restart Hopefully a proper fix for this can be found and pushed through update- manager... -- Network Manager 0.7 applet not Appearing if there are managed entries in /etc/network/interfaces https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289466 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