Also now in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx
I just started experiencing as well after a system update. 0.8-0ubuntu3.1 Downgrading to 0.8-0ubuntu3 does not fix, so is not just nm-applet's fault but some sort of interaction...
kill -1 `pidof nm-applet` nm-applet &
does work.
Also now in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx
I just started experiencing as well after a system update. 0.8-0ubuntu3.1
Downgrading to 0.8-0ubuntu3 does not fix, so is not just nm-applet's fault but some sort of interaction...
kill -1 `pidof nm-applet`
nm-applet &
does work.