Missing notification area

Possible solutions to Fix the Missing Network Manager Icon in Ubuntu

Solution 1

If you remove the notification area on the panel (right click the three vertical dots and click “Remove From Panel”) and then re-add it ( right click the panel, click “Add to Panel” and search for “Notification Area”, then click it)

the Network Manager icon will reappear, thus allowing you to connect to wireless networks.

Note:- The above solution may not be the permanent solution

Solution 2

One user got this problem in a fresh install of Ubuntu!

So I was checking “Startup Applications” (System > Preferences) and I realized that the entry for indicator applet has the following:

   sh -c “sleep 60 && python /usr/share/gnome-panel/add-indicator-applet.py”

Just after it comes the entry for Network Manager. Now I’m not sure if they’re executed in the order in which they’re listed and I highly doubt that also but assuming that they’re executed in the same order then the Network Manager would start after the Indicator Applet and that may have something to do with the fact that it’s icon is missing from the indicator applet.

So I changed the line above to the following:

   sh -c “sleep 90 && python /usr/share/gnome-panel/add-indicator-applet.py”

Now the network manager’s icon is there always. If the problem re-appears I’ll update that fact here. But for now this change seems to have solved the issue!

Solution 3

I reinstall the network manager and found that nm-applet didn’t show up in the notification area.

So, this is what I did and it worked for me.

1. Go to /usr/share/app-install/desktop and find Network Manager 2. Right click.. Properties.. copy the command line 3. Go to System.. Preferences.. Startup Applications and look for Network Manager 4. Click Edit and paste the command then save 5. Log out, log in

Command should be something like this

   nm-applet --sm-disable

And you're done!!!