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I installed Xfce in Ubuntu 14.04, but the network manager icon disappeared. When I run sudo nm-applet, the icon shows. Not only the network manager but also the power manager and fcitx icon disappeared. fcitx is a Chinese input method.

karel
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Devin
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  • Do you have both Notification Area and Indicator Plugin on your panel? http://s.mreq.eu/1409307498.png – mreq Aug 29 '14 at 10:18
  • Thank you very muck,when I add Indicator Plugin on my panel,All icons appear,both `fcitx`and `xfce4-power-manager`. I want `xfce4-power-manager` shows in Notification Area actually, but it does not matter. – Devin Aug 29 '14 at 15:46

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For the benefit of further readers having the same problem I would like to note that I managed to get the indicators to show up in the xfce4 indicator area without using the indicator plugin.

screenshot showing the indicator and startup sequence

I fiddled with the settings, but I think the key point was to deactivate the gnome indicators that I marked with red in the screen shot. I reckon these are gnomish programs that might indeed need the indicator-plugin. As can be seen at the top right of the screen shot, at least the network manager and the power indicator appear. Whether there is something special for bluetooth in xfce4, I don't know.

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  • This solves the problem for me. I disabled those applications from automatic start, and network icon appeared again. I even disinstalled the indicator plugin, since I don't need it. – gerlos Jan 20 '15 at 08:39
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    Nice, this made all other indicators pop up in the xfce4-indicator-area too! – Karussell May 23 '15 at 20:19
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    worked also for me with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Xfce 4.12. Thanks for the tip! I also have to add that the idea of adding the xfce4-indicator-plugin is not good: you get further unity crap in the sleek minimal xfce bar. – Andrea Borga Jun 30 '15 at 15:02
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Make sure you have both Notification Area and Indicator Plugin on your panel.

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mreq
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Test this:

Edit /etc/xdg/autostart/nm-applet.desktop:

sudo su 
nano /etc/xdg/autostart/nm-applet.desktop

Go down to the Exec line.

Change the entry:

nm-applet
to 
dbus-launch nm-applet

Save the file -- Control + O

Close nano -- Control + X

Reboot.

Login and you will see that the n-m icon is now back.

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  • Thank you for your reply,the network manager icon has appeared,but the fcitx icon is not,I try to add `dbus-launch` to `/etc/xdg/autostart/fcitx-autostart.desktop`,but It does not work.Then i execute fcitx-autostart,it prompts that it is already running，but when I execute the `sudo xfce4-power-manager`,the power manager icon appear. – Devin Aug 29 '14 at 15:12
  • This is my `session and startup`setting https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxJnwGgaIrvZbXBPelB6UF9iajg/edit?usp=sharing . I guess these problems may be related to `session and startup` – Devin Aug 29 '14 at 15:19
  • when I add Indicator Plugin on my panel,All icons appear,both fcitxand xfce4-power-manager,thank you again – Devin Aug 29 '14 at 15:49
  • This doesn't work on Linux Mint Xfce 19. Any ideas? – Adrian Keister Sep 17 '18 at 15:36
  • Found out the system theme was just making it difficult to see. Switched to Mint-Y, and I could see it just fine. – Adrian Keister Sep 17 '18 at 15:42
  • For me I didn't have to restart, just open a terminal, run the command, then close the terminal. After editing the launcher, the applet auto-restarts once the terminal is closed. ;) – Tcll Jul 02 '19 at 01:31
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In my case, I needed to install network-manager, and network-manager-gnome, despite the fact that I use using xfce4.

sudo apt install network-manager
sudo apt install network-manager-gnome
sudo systemctl enable NetworkManager.service

I rebooted the system, and the network manager plugin appeared in XFCE4's tray.

99ytrewq911
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you can also make the network-manager applet show up with systemd, just make sure you have a notification area set

  • make a file ~/.config/systemd/user/nm-applet.service with the following content:
  • [Unit]
Description=Network Manager Applet

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/nm-applet

[Install]
WantedBy=graphical-session.target
  • start it with systemctl --user start nm-applet
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