Comment 21 for bug 449910

This is happening to me as well, namely the Network Manager applet icon. Sometimes I can get the
icon to come back when I unplug my ethernet and plug back in, but not always. When I right click
the blank space (where the Network Manager icon should be) and do About it says
Notification Area instead. When I try to remove it my gnome panel flicks on and off, which
makes the mouse focus on and off, basically making the desktop unusable. Had to go to
safe mode and add the applet back to the panel. I am running a non-default icon theme and
compiz, will test more as a default desktop and post back.