-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: Debian 11 Xfce panel Network Manager applet has disappeared Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 11:38:49 -0700 From: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> To: Gareth Evans <donotspam@fastmail.fm> On 4/17/24 03:47, Gareth Evans wrote:
On Wed 17/04/2024 at 09:18, David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> wrote:On 4/16/24 08:56, Gareth Evans wrote:On 16 Apr 2024, at 00:18, David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> wrote:On 4/15/24 09:21, Gareth Evans wrote:On Sun 14/04/2024 at 13:29, David Christensen wrote: ... I have used the Xfce panel Network Manager applet for many years. Tonight, I noticed that it has disappeared (!). ...2024-04-15 16:08:23 dpchrist@laalaa ~ $ ps aux | grep nm-applet dpchrist 1518 0.1 0.2 426500 35380 ? Sl 16:06 0:00 nm-applet dpchrist 1940 0.0 0.0 3240 644 pts/0 S+ 16:15 0:00 grep nm-applet 2024-04-15 16:15:12 dpchrist@laalaa ~ $ nm-applet 2024-04-15 16:15:31 dpchrist@laalaa ~ $ ps aux | grep nm-applet dpchrist 1518 0.1 0.2 426500 35380 ? Sl 16:06 0:00 nm-applet dpchrist 1952 0.0 0.0 3240 644 pts/0 S+ 16:15 0:00 grep nm-appletThat seems to show it's running from the outset, just not being displayed on the panel. Does rebooting (or logging out and in again) bring it back?No.OK. You may have checked this already, but in case not, if I install XFCE and go to Settings > Session and Startup > Application Autostart there is an entry in the list called "Network (Manage your network connections)"
It is checked.
which shows a tooltip of "command: nm-applet"
Command: nm-applet
Might this somehow have become unset? I'm not sure if it's possible for GUI config helpers to become detached from actual settings - this seems to describe the relevant locations: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/669372/xfce4-session-and-startup-where-are-autostart-items-saved
2024-04-17 11:21:06 dpchrist@laalaa ~ $ grep nm-applet ~/.config/autostart grep: /home/dpchrist/.config/autostart: No such file or directory 2024-04-17 11:33:11 dpchrist@laalaa ~ $ find .config -name autostart 2024-04-17 11:33:22 dpchrist@laalaa ~ $ 2024-04-17 11:34:14 dpchrist@laalaa ~ $ grep -r nm-applet /etc/xdg/autostart /etc/xdg/autostart/nm-applet.desktop:Exec=nm-applet /etc/xdg/autostart/nm-applet.desktop:X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Component=nm-appletMy WAG is that nm-applet is failing to start, but I have been unable to find if and where any error message is reported.
David