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A few days ago, while I was doing some network configuration tests, I went offline.

At first I did not realize, but all indicators (cpu, memory, ...) even the one of the network manager disappeared from the top panel...

Using a USB live, I reinstalled network-manager, but I'm still unable to see the icon.

The indicators are also running, but they're not visible (same as the network manager).

How can I get them back visible in the top panel?

Zanna
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Alvaro de Lucas
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I find the network indicator sometimes disappears in 16.04 with unity after restarting network-manager (systemctl restart NetworkManager) as above. What seems to be happening is that the nm-applet is crashing

Try running (using alt-f2, terminal would work too but then you have to remember not to close that terminal)

nm-applet

Sometimes you may also need to restart the unity panel as per this question

https://askubuntu.com/questions/46788/is-it-possible-to-restart-the-unity-panel-without-restarting-compiz
NeilenMarais
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I've had the same problem with Ubuntu 16.04; it happens occasionally or when resuming from suspend. A fix that worked for me is to open the terminal and type:

systemctl restart NetworkManager

This fixes it immediately.

Zanna
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Ramy Samy
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There is an open bug with the Wifi indictor icon disappearing in Ubuntu 16.04 since May 2016.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-applet/+bug/1585886

AnthonyWC
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