I get the following error when starting nm-applet. I guess that's why the nm-applet does not show up in the unity panel:
(nm-applet:23374): LIBDBUSMENU-GTK-CRITICAL **: dbusmenu_gtk_parse_get_cached_item: assertion `GTK_IS_MENU_ITEM(widget)' failed (nm-applet:23374): LIBDBUSMENU-GTK-CRITICAL **: dbusmenu_gtk_parse_get_cached_item: assertion `GTK_IS_MENU_ITEM(widget)' failed ** (nm-applet:23374): DEBUG: old state indicates that this was not a disconnect 0 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/733918 Title: LIBDBUSMENU-GTK-CRITICAL **: dbusmenu_gtk_parse_get_cached_item: assertion `GTK_IS_MENU_ITEM(widget)' failed -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs