Lubuntu 13.10 - two network icons

Question

I updated Lubuntu 13.04 to 13.10 and now I have 2 network icons in the task bar what do I have to do so it displays just one icon?

Solution 1

ok, found another way:

go to Start(in linux I believe is called Menu ?!)->Preferences->Desktop Session Settings uncheck Network from the list, click OK, then reboot

Solution 2

One way that survives a reboot is to go into Menu, Preferences, Default applications for LXSession. This is a new addition to Lubuntu 13.10 and apparently provides a GUI for adjusting certain settings. Unfortunately, I haven't come across documentation relating to it.

Anyway, I knew that I didn't have two network icons for the first day of running Lubuntu 13.10 but the two icons at startup came a day later.

I remembered tweaking a setting in Default applications for LXSession. Undoing that tweak, restores the single network icon in lxpanel on startup.

In the Autostart tab, click on the box next to Disable autostarted applications and set it to config-only. The effect will be visible on reboot.

If you want certain applications of your own choice to autostart, you can use the GUI illustrated above: type or paste in the executable's command (and path). So something like lxterminal is enough but if I want a script of mine to run on startup, I'll enter /home/vasa1/bin/cpu-usage-alert.sh.

If you don't wish to use the GUI, you may edit ~/.config/lxsession/Lubuntu/autostart to look like, for example, this:

lxterminal
/home/vasa1/.dropbox-dist/dropbox
/home/vasa1/bin/cpu-usage-alert.sh

(It is recommended to press Enter after the last entry.)

Comments

[sunyata]

Having the same problem on Lubuntu 17.10

[zmeul]

sorry, but this did not helped one bit

[Admin]

Have you actually tried this yourself in Lubuntu 13.10? Both nm-applets seem to be part of the same System Tray. I get rid of the second icon my finding out the other nm-applet process number and killing that one.

[zmeul]

killing one nm-applet from the process list did work, but as soon as I reboot it's back to two icons

[Admin]

@zmeul, yes, that's why I didn't post the workaround as an answer :)

[zmeul]

ok, found another way: Start(in linux I believe is called Menu ?!)->Preferences->Desktop Session Settings uncheched Network from the list and rebooted, seems to work

[Saurav Kumar]

@zmeul: then I suggest you to post your solution as an answer so that it will help others to get through their problem..

[zmeul]

I have a hard time making the reply pretty - I fail ; the board code is unknown and quite strange to me