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Debian 11 Xfce panel Network Manager applet has disappeared

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debian-user:

I have a Dell Latitude E6520:

2024-04-14 04:28:39 dpchrist@laalaa ~
$ cat /etc/debian_version ; uname -a
11.9
Linux laalaa 5.10.0-28-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.209-2 (2024-01-31) 
x86_64 GNU/Linux

2024-04-14 04:34:40 dpchrist@laalaa ~
$ dpkg-query -l xfce4 network-manager network-manager-gnome
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| 
Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                  Version          Architecture Description
+++-=====================-================-============-=========================================================
ii  network-manager       1.30.6-1+deb11u1 amd64        network 
management framework (daemon and userspace tools)
ii  network-manager-gnome 1.20.0-3         amd64        network 
management framework (GNOME frontend)
ii  xfce4                 4.16             all          Meta-package for 
the Xfce Lightweight Desktop Environment


I have used the Xfce panel Network Manager applet for many years. 
Tonight, I noticed that it has disappeared (!).


But, the machine is connected to my LAN:

2024-04-14 05:24:10 root@laalaa ~
# ifconfig wlp3s0
wlp3s0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
         inet 192.168.REDACTED  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 
192.168.REDACTED
         inet6 REDACTED  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
         ether REDACTED  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
         RX packets 5786  bytes 2830592 (2.6 MiB)
         RX errors 0  dropped 119  overruns 0  frame 0
         TX packets 3897  bytes 518278 (506.1 KiB)
         TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0


Looking in the the Xfce panel Application Menu, I am unable to find 
Network Manager.


Looking at the Debian WIKI page "NetworkManager":

https://wiki.debian.org/NetworkManager


It looks like the Network Manager daemon is running:

2024-04-14 04:32:49 dpchrist@laalaa ~
$ ps -A | grep -i network
     828 ?        00:00:00 NetworkManager


nm-applet(1) looks like the program I want (?).  Attempting to start it 
via a terminal has no effect:

2024-04-14 04:40:25 dpchrist@laalaa ~
$ which nm-applet
/usr/bin/nm-applet

2024-04-14 05:27:05 dpchrist@laalaa ~
$ nm-applet

2024-04-14 05:27:08 dpchrist@laalaa ~
$


RTFM nm-applet(1), it seems the desktop session manager is failing to 
start nm-applet(1) (?):

2024-04-14 04:58:49 dpchrist@laalaa ~
$ man nm-applet | cat
...
DESCRIPTION
        nm-applet  is  a GTK-based GUI applet to monitor network status
        and devices and to start and stop network  connections  managed
        by  NetworkManager.   nm-applet is normally started at login by
        the desktop session manager and does not need to be  run  manu-
        ally.   nm-applet conforms to the XDG System Tray specification
        and requires that the desktop environment provide a System Tray
        implementation in which the applet will be embedded.


I am unable to find relevant error messages under /var/log.


The network Connection Editor can be run via a terminal:

2024-04-14 04:55:29 dpchrist@laalaa ~
$ which nm-connection-editor
/usr/bin/nm-connection-editor

2024-04-14 04:55:38 dpchrist@laalaa ~
$ nm-connection-editor


Does anyone know why the Network Manager Xfce panel applet is missing, 
how to get it back, and/or how to start it some other way?


David

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Debian 11 Xfce panel Network Manager applet has disappeared David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-04-14 14:30 +0200
  Re: Debian 11 Xfce panel Network Manager applet has disappeared "Gareth Evans" <donotspam@fastmail.fm> - 2024-04-15 18:30 +0200
    Re: Debian 11 Xfce panel Network Manager applet has disappeared David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-04-16 01:20 +0200
  Re: Debian 11 Xfce panel Network Manager applet has disappeared David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-04-20 17:50 +0200
    Re: Debian 11 Xfce panel Network Manager applet has disappeared Gareth Evans <donotspam@fastmail.fm> - 2024-04-21 10:10 +0200

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