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?
4 Answers
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
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.)
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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– zmeulOct 20, 2013 at 6:57
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@zmeul: then I suggest you to post your solution as an answer so that it will help others to get through their problem.. Oct 20, 2013 at 7:01
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I have a hard time making the reply pretty - I fail ; the board code is unknown and quite strange to me– zmeulOct 20, 2013 at 7:07
Well it's simple
Right click on the taskbar and select
Panel Settings
Go to Panel Applets tab
You'll get a
System Tray
Icon. Remove it. Be sure which one you are removing by moving it up/down by using the buttons on the right. You can later add it by clicking +Add button there.Close the Panel Preferences window.
Thats it..:)
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Have you actually tried this yourself in Lubuntu 13.10? Both
nm-applets
seem to be part of the sameSystem Tray
. I get rid of the second icon my finding out the othernm-applet
process number and killing that one.– user25656Oct 20, 2013 at 2:15 -
killing one nm-applet from the process list did work, but as soon as I reboot it's back to two icons– zmeulOct 20, 2013 at 2:30
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@zmeul, yes, that's why I didn't post the workaround as an answer :)– user25656Oct 20, 2013 at 2:43
in "Default applications for LXSession" there is a section called "Network GUI", there is a drop-down list with "nm-applet" selected. click on that and set it to "no", hit "apply". log out and back in that's it. :)