I have noticed that this issue is yet to be fixed, a recent update to nm-applet.desktop still has this issue. Please fix. You can see in my above post that the problem can be solved by using dbus-launch.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to indicator-applet in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1271138 Title: Several icons stopped showing since updating to Trusty Status in “indicator-applet” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I had to enable the notification area because several icons disappeared. These include, dropbox, synaptic, nm-applet, and many others. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-applet/+bug/1271138/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
