[Solved] Network manager appearing twice...

toothandnail · 2012-09-11 15:29:15

I'm running Xfce 4.10. Sometime in the last couple of days, an update has produced an odd effect - I now have two copies of the network manager icon in the notification area. Doesn't seem to be causing problems, but it is a bit annoying.

I've not yet converted to systemd, and I have networkmanager listed in the daemons in /etc/rc.conf. Removing it stops networkmanager from starting, but I've no idea what is causing the icon to double. Don't even know where to start looking, and searching the forum hasn't helped.

Any ideas where I should be looking?

Paul.

Last edited by toothandnail (2012-09-12 09:18:19)

nixpunk · 2012-09-11 17:37:04

Are you launching nm-applet from anywhere else (.xinitrc, xfce application autostart, etc.)? That would cause the issue you are having.

DSpider · 2012-09-11 18:17:31

The network-manager-applet package was updated recently. Remove this file if you're starting it from someplace else:

# rm /etc/xdg/autostart/nm-applet.desktop

Maybe this will help:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ne … er#Openbox

Note: If the networkmanager daemon is in rc.conf, the following settings are obsolete or the applet will be started twice.

Don't forget to mark the topic as solved (by editing the first post).

toothandnail · 2012-09-12 09:15:43

nixpunk wrote:

Are you launching nm-applet from anywhere else (.xinitrc, xfce application autostart, etc.)? That would cause the issue you are having.

Thanks. Found the original launch point and removed that, which left me with a single copy of the applet.

Paul.

toothandnail · 2012-09-12 09:17:56

DSpider wrote:

The network-manager-applet package was updated recently. Remove this file if you're starting it from someplace else:
# rm /etc/xdg/autostart/nm-applet.desktop
Maybe this will help:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ne … er#Openbox
Note: If the networkmanager daemon is in rc.conf, the following settings are obsolete or the applet will be started twice.
Don't forget to mark the topic as solved (by editing the first post).

That was it. Thanks....

Paul.

DSpider · 2012-09-12 10:53:41

If you removed it with rm (using the above command), keep an eye out for network-manager-applet updates, because updates for this package will likely restore it. You should probably remove it from wherever you're starting it now, instead.

Personally, I choose to remove it because I think it clutters up the tray. If I ever want to change the network settings (which happens something like every 5-6 years), I have a shortcut that runs "/usr/bin/nm-applet".

Or I can just run:

$ nm-applet

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