Alexander, can you recommend what files need to be checked / examined to try and debug this problem specifically. Currently I have managed to get the icon showing permanently, even though it tells me I'm disconnected ;-) I'm obviously not, as I'm typing this post on that box.
The version I have installed is as shown above, which appears to be later than the proposed on launched pad Mine: Installed: 0.7~~svn20081020t000444-0ubuntu1.8.10.1 Proposed: 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1.8.10.1 I have installed the following in my sources to follow the latest builds: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/network-manager/ubuntu intrepid main Nick -- [[intrepid]] nm-applet can't start: permission issues https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249404 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs