Just found out it is just one off the new "improvements" into gnome 3.10 .
Now when the network is down , that network icon will show up. However it becomes total usseles as there is no menu anymore attached to that "improved" applet. You can not quickly check or modifie you're network anymore trough that applet. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1308291 Title: network-manager icon is gone in 14.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1308291/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs