Re: Debian 11 Xfce panel Network Manager applet has disappeared

From	Gareth Evans <donotspam@fastmail.fm>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Debian 11 Xfce panel Network Manager applet has disappeared
Date	2024-04-21 10:10 +0200
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> On 20 Apr 2024, at 16:49, David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> wrote:
> 
> On 4/14/24 05:29, David Christensen wrote:
>> 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 (!).
> 
> 
> I compared the problem machine against another with a working Xfce panel Network Manager applet, and discovered that the Status Tray Plugin was missing.  I may have deleted Status Tray Plugin while cleaning, but did not notice the change immediately (?).
> 
> 
> So, I added Status Tray Plugin and now Network Manager has returned

Glad you solved it and thanks for explaining how.  

I hadn't twigged that "status tray" was a separate thing to "notification plugin" in XFCE (hence my earlier nomenclature) though on inspection, there it is indeed!

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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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