No Add to Panel Option

[johnnytux2]

nm-applet stopped appearing in the upper panel. I've tried a bunch of fixes, but so far nothing has worked. There is however, one fix I have not tried. It requires you to right click the panel and add the notification area. Yet, whenever I right-click the panel, I only have the options Minimize, Maximize, Move, Resize, Always On Top, and Close (with only Always On Top selectable.) Help is greatly appreciated!

[wildmanne39]

Please copy and paste the following code into the terminal:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall network-manager-gnome

[johnnytux2]

Thanks for the reply! I ran the command, but alas - no change after installing and restarting.

[wildmanne39]

Please post the results here for the following command:

ps aux | grep nm-applet

Thanks

[johnnytux2]

Thanks for the help. Here is the result:

 liltux    3716  0.0  0.0   5148   824 pts/7    S+   21:55   0:00 grep --color=auto nm-applet

nm-applet appears in red, although everything else is white

[wildmanne39]

It appears to be running, please run this command, I am changing it a little:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall network-manager network-manager-gnome

What desktop and version of ubuntu are you using?

[johnnytux2]

I ran the command you supplied, but nothing changed. I am using Ubuntu 16.10 yakkety with the default Unity DE. It may be worth noting that in the login screen after restarting, I am able to see the universal access symbol with the little person and the nm-applet in the panel. but they disappear right after I log in.

[wildmanne39]

Go into your software center and enable proposed repositories reload the repositories then run update and reboot.

To enable the proposed archive for Ubuntu 16.04 and later use the Software & Updates program and ensure that Pre-released updates (xenial-proposed) is ticked in the Developer Options tab.

[johnnytux2]

Done. No changes yet

[wildmanne39]

I have researched and have not found a solution so I am moving your post back to desktop environment for better support.