this bug probably was due to missing images during major version upgrades. we triaged that for the 0.6->0.7 update round for hardy->intrepid and fixed this. Here the changelog:
network-manager-applet (0.7~~svn20081015t194645-0ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low * new upstream snapshot Wed 2008-10-15 19:46:45 +0000 (rev 809) * fix LP: #277084 - nm-applet confused by icon name changes during hardy-intrepid upgrade; we ship icons used by NM 0.6 in the NM 0.7 to prevent this behaviour - update debian/rules -- Alexander Sack < a...@ubuntu.com> Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:42:34 +0200 ** Changed in: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- The NetworkManager applet could not find some required resources. It cannot continue. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/126987 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs