network manager does not display in XCFE Xubuntu

[laynebilyeu]

Binary package hint: network-manager

Xubuntu 10.04.1 alternate install disc.
Upon installation, and again after running all updates suggested after first boot by the Upgrade Manager...

The icon for network manager does not show in the upper right corner. (speaker, time, logout).
The icon menu choice for network manager does not show anywhere in the Applications Menu or submenus.
The icon menu choice for network manager does not show when using Applications>Accessories>Find Application

When attempting to run nm-applet you will find out that it is already running.

network manager does not display a user interface on Xubuntu 10.04 virgin install systems.

Error...
There is no GUI for network management in Xubuntu.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: network-manager 0.8-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.38-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Date: Thu Jul 29 15:06:13 2010
Gconf:

InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100427.1)
IpRoute:
 192.168.64.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.64.124
 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000
 default via 192.168.64.10 dev eth0 metric 100
IwConfig:
 lo no wireless extensions.

 eth0 no wireless extensions.
Keyfiles: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RfKill:

SourcePackage: network-manager

[laynebilyeu (layne-bilyeu)]

Complete removal of network manager and replacement by wicd will work on Xubuntu. But then is not same as mainline Ubuntu release.

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 520589, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.