I'm running Lxde with the 'network-manager-gnome' package on an Ubuntu 10.10 CLI install within a VM in Virtualbox. For some reason when I click on the applet, it shows no network interfaces (see attached). The applet is also invisible (it's there, because I can click/interact with it, but it doesn't show an icon). I think the invisibility is just a symptom of it not finding any network interface (I remember the normal behavior; it shows an icon representing the connection type: 'coupling' for wired, and 'radiate' for wireless)
So yeah, has anyone seen this before and/or have any suggestions? I'll try the same setup on a real system; it's possibly a quirk inside the VM, but I doubt it since I was able to install Ubuntu just fine, download updates via the virtual NIC, also ifconfig shows a functioning eth0. I also have no problems with the network applet in a vanilla ubuntu install within a VM. I think it's more likely that I'm either:
a. missing some configuration step to make this work on my setup, lxde wise, or
b. I'm missing a system package or configuration something or rather to make the gnome network manager work correctly with the underlying network system. (when I installed the package, I assumed it grabbed all of it's deps, but maybe there's something I need that's not on the dep list?)
Some more details in case they help:
Virtualbox v4.0 w/ all the standard VM settings: 512MB, intel pro/1000 MT desktop on NAT, 8GB HDD
Ubuntu 10.10 32bit CLI install
only installed: sudo aptitude install network-manager-gnome lxde
-I then enabled 'Network Manager' in 'Desktop Session Settings'. It looks like lxde was smart enough to know this meant gnome's network manager I guess.
Any help appreciated
