How to get back network manager applet in Gnome

I am running Ubuntu 8.10 on my machine and it works great, but I accidently removed my network program from the "system tray". The program I am talking about is the one that starts up automatically and shows all the Wifi connections in the vicinity. I tried start the network configuration program and added the network status applet, but they don't seem to be what I am looking for. Can someone tell me how to get the network program back? Thanks.

 

What you are looking for is nm-applet... you can go to system->preferences->sessions and add a new startup program:

nm-applet --sm-disable

If there is a problem with nm-applet it won't start, in that case try opening it from a terminal and post your output.. might need a reinstall of the package in that case. Good luck.

edit: woops I forgot to mention log out and back in after adding the startup application

 

Thanks ALLurGroceries.

I am still having some weird problems with this. Here is what I have tried so far...

1.) Went to System->preferences->sessions and found that the Network Manager applet was already checked. I unchecked it and logged out. Then when looged in I rechecked it and logged out and in again and the applet was still missing.

2.) Went into sessions, removed the Network Manager applet and then re-added it from scratch and then rebooted. No difference.

3.) I tried to start it from the terminal using the command nm-applet --sm-disable and received the following message:
** (nm-applet: 6347): WARNING **: <WARN> applet _dbus_manager_start_service(): Could not acquire the NetworkManagerUserSettings service as it is already taken. Return: 3

(nm-applet:6347): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object) ' failed

So basically it looks like the program is installed and running but I can't get to the Network Manager interface to get a Wifi connection. So if I can't get to make a connection I can't reinstall the package. This is just crazy, I removed an applet from the system tray and now I am screwed This is why I went to Wicd instead of Network manager but it looked much improved so I decided to stay with it. What do you guys suggest? Should I hook this up to my wired connection to reinstall the package? Any suggestions?

 

See if this helps:

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showpost.php?p=899197&postcount=5

 

Can you do this?

Good Luck..

 

Thanks to both of you for the great links. But I just decided to reinstall Ubuntu. I am ok again. It is strange how I was able to remove the applet, since it doesn't even give you the option of removing it In any event I will stay with Network manager for now and if I run into a similar problem I will look back at this post. If I still have problems I will go back to Wicd. Thanks again and +rep to both.

edit: jas it won't let me rep you again

 

eeekk reinstalling is an old windows habit!!!!

 

Maybe so, but I just didn't want to spend hour upon hour researching this issue like I have done with others recently. I just wanted to actually use my machine not "fix" it for once.

In any event Ubuntu x64 8.10 is running great for me. The main thing is the auto bluetooth mouse connect works great. Once I set up the mouse as a new bluetooth device, it has detected it automatically after each reboot, nothing I have to do but move the mouse. Love it!

 

Next time (not that you'd want one!), just put in your LiveCD and then you can take a look at how it's supposed to look. In other words, you can see the 'default' structure, what programs/files are there and it might give a better idea on how to restore the applet. Just an idea.

I think it's a good guide for when you screw up your wireless. That is, if your wireless worked when you tried the LiveCD.

 

My wireless mouse connects faster in ubuntu. In windows there's a few second lag before I can use it. It works as soon as I plug in the receiver in Ubuntu.