Comment 15 for bug 446093

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Bremner (paullinden) wrote : Re: [Bug 446093] Re: nm-applet loaded, but icon not visible (karmic)

Quoting tvst <email address hidden>:Now I have reverted to 9.04 the system is
working fine.It is obviously a software fault with karmic.I shall run the CD
live when I eventually receive it and if the same problem arises, I will stick
with 9.04.

> i have this problem on one of my laptops. this was a clean install of
> karmic (i even formated the home folder).
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> nm-applet loaded, but icon not visible (karmic)
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/446093
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> Status in NetworkManager: Unknown
> Status in ?network-manager? package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
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> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: network-manager
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> I'm testing karmic amd64 with latest updates. For the past weeks I've
> noticed that when I first log in after turning on the computer
> nm-applet icon will not appear at all in the notification area
> applet, and most of the times a repeated icon with no function at
> all (sometimes it will be a blank space) will appear instead (see
> attached image for details). However, as you can see in the image,
> network is active and running. When I say "repeated icon with no
> function at all" I mean that, as in the attached image, a repeated
> icon for the battery (sometimes it will be the bluetooth icon)
> appears. However, if I click on the repeated icons, one will normally
> present its pop-up menu, the other will do nothing. So this is not
> nm-applet working with the wrong icon since I cannot see the
> nm-applet menu.
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> If I kill and restart nm-applet the repeated, dumb icon will
> dissapear and the nm-applet icon will show and work fine.
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