After upgrading from 13.04 to 13.10, user unable to control networking via nm-applet

[Ben Howard]

After upgrading from 13.04 to 13.10, I am no longer able to control networking at all as an average user. My user is unable to change any aspect of the network via nm-applet including starting system connections.

IMHO, this is a critical regression, as it prevents users from connecting to any network.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: network-manager 0.9.8.0-0ubuntu20
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-7.13-generic 3.11.0
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-7-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.12.1-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Sep 15 10:10:54 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-19 (149 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64+mac (20130418)
MarkForUpload: True
NetworkManager.state:
 [main]
 NetworkingEnabled=true
 WirelessEnabled=true
 WWANEnabled=true
 WimaxEnabled=true
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: network-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-09-12 (2 days ago)
nmcli-con:
 NAME UUID TYPE TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT READONLY DBUS-PATH
 Wired connection 1 57d68e9d-96e8-401d-b896-da55b3da522f 802-3-ethernet 1379261386 Sun 15 Sep 2013 10:09:46 AM MDT yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0
nmcli-dev:
 DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH
 wlan0 802-11-wireless disconnected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1
 eth0 802-3-ethernet connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
nmcli-nm:
 RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
 running 0.9.8.0 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled disabled

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Ben Howard (darkmuggle-deactivatedaccount)]

I have reverted to 13.04 in order to use my system. However, if someone does decide to look into this, please let me know and I'll do another upgrade. This bug significantly affected my productivity, so I am not going to sit around and wait for a fix.

[Daniel Hahler (blueyed)]

I had the effect of two network "applets", one being nm-applet from network-manager-gnome and an indicator from indicator-network.

I am now trying to use the indicator only, but noticed (after removing nm-applet), that the indicators "WiFi-Settings..." conext menu does plain nothing.

Maybe this is what you are referring to?
Which of the packages do you have installed?