I did a clean install of Lubuntu 14.04 i386, and it affects me as well. Starting nm-applet works. Using sudo is not good, ~/.dbus and ~/.cache can become owned by root.
However, this may be have something to do with wireless problems during the install. In my first install attempt I selected "connect to wireless later" and this gave a Lubuntu with no wireless capability which resisted all my attempts to set it up. It did not admit to the existence of wireless connections. I could "ifconfig wlan0 up" but the DE had nothing. Several attempts selecting the wireless AP and typing the password failed, the next "preparing to install" screen would have an x by the connected to internet line. The attempt that succeeded paused for 10 minutes after clicking connect, and I was prompted for the wireless password several times during the install. A Lubuntu 13.10 install on the same hardware (a USB Realtek 8188) had rock solid wireless, completely painless. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1308348 Title: network settings indicator missing from panel To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxpanel/+bug/1308348/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
