Unity wireless icon - how to change for wired?

[guntbert]

"not managed" means that network manager is not responsible for your interface.

I assume you have a DHCP server in your network
You will have to edit /etc/network/interfaces to look like

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
#iface eth0 inet dhcp

(lines starting with a # are just comments, the important point is that no configuration for eth0 except 'auto' is stated)
Then restart network manager

[flint5]

Try this: http://askubuntu.com/questions/71159...ce-not-managed.
I hope this will help!

[inhumangeek]

Bingo - that's worked. I had to select Auto Ethernet from the network manager and then the wireless symbol changed for the arrows.

I suppose this should really be filed under networking... since the wireless icon appeared only after I installed 11.10, I assumed it was something to do with the desktop environment.

Thanks everyone.