This is an very old bug, but maybe it could help someone. In my case, the .dbus directory in home was owned by root:root and that was actually the blocker.
sudo chown -R user:user ~/.dbus solved the issue and nm-applet became visible after restart. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1301158 Title: nm-applet icon invisible To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/1301158/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
