I installed Xfce in Ubuntu 14.04, but the network manager icon disappeared. When I run sudo nm-applet, the icon shows. Not only the network manager but also the power manager and fcitx icon disappeared. fcitx is a Chinese input method.

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For the benefit of further readers having the same problem I would like to note that I managed to get the indicators to show up in the xfce4 indicator area without using the indicator plugin.

I fiddled with the settings, but I think the key point was to deactivate the gnome indicators that I marked with red in the screen shot. I reckon these are gnomish programs that might indeed need the indicator-plugin. As can be seen at the top right of the screen shot, at least the network manager and the power indicator appear. Whether there is something special for bluetooth in xfce4, I don't know.

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Make sure you have both Notification Area and Indicator Plugin on your panel.

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Test this:

Edit /etc/xdg/autostart/nm-applet.desktop:

sudo su
nano /etc/xdg/autostart/nm-applet.desktop

Go down to the Exec line.

Change the entry:

nm-applet
to
dbus-launch nm-applet

Save the file -- Control + O

Close nano -- Control + X

Reboot.

Login and you will see that the n-m icon is now back.

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you can also make the network-manager applet show up with systemd, just make sure you have a notification area set

• make a file ~/.config/systemd/user/nm-applet.service with the following content:

• [Unit]
  Description=Network Manager Applet
  [Service]
  ExecStart=/usr/bin/nm-applet
  [Install]
  WantedBy=graphical-session.target

• start it with systemctl --user start nm-applet

In my case, I needed to install network-manager, and network-manager-gnome, despite the fact that I use using xfce4.

sudo apt install network-manager
sudo apt install network-manager-gnome
sudo systemctl enable NetworkManager.service

I rebooted the system, and the network manager plugin appeared in XFCE4's tray.

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