So basically nm-applet is not running after login un. .xsession-errors do not contain anything interesting from this issue point of view:
divanov@t61p:~$ cat .xsession-errors Xsession: X session started for divanov at Fri Apr 1 10:59:13 EEST 2011 Setting IM through im-switch for locale=en_US. Start IM through /home/divanov/.xinput.d/en_US linked to /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/ibus. GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-y8vMkR SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-y8vMkR/ssh GNOME_KEYRING_PID=2007 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1999): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: cannot register existing type `_PolkitError' (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1999): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-y8vMkR SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-y8vMkR/ssh GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-y8vMkR SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-y8vMkR/ssh (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1999): polkit-gnome-1-WARNING **: Failed to register client: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files Log of nm-applet manual starting: divanov@t61p:~$ nm-applet ** Message: applet now removed from the notification area ** Message: applet now embedded in the notification area ** (nm-applet:2089): DEBUG: old state indicates that this was not a disconnect 0 ** (nm-applet:2089): DEBUG: old state indicates that this was not a disconnect 0 ** (nm-applet:2089): DEBUG: old state indicates that this was not a disconnect 0 Then applet fails to draw it's icon, but is fully functional. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/729914 Title: nm-applet doesn't show up in notification area -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs