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Im unable to access network indicator because "Device not ready" issue, this problem happened after reverting back to NetworkManager from wicd network manager thanks to this method.

The odd things is, I could connect to wireless connection, unlike most people that cannot connect through WiFi because of this issue.

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  • Open the System monitor, kill the process nm-applet, open a terminal and run nm-applet whats the output?
    – M. Becerra
    Nov 2, 2016 at 16:42
  • There is no output, it just show blank
    – user439193
    Nov 2, 2016 at 16:45
  • Check this: askubuntu.com/questions/810229/…
    – M. Becerra
    Nov 2, 2016 at 16:47
  • There is no athk folder in my computer
    – user439193
    Nov 2, 2016 at 16:51
  • No worries. While reverting the process to get back the Network Manager, did you follow this step by step? help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkManager
    – M. Becerra
    Nov 2, 2016 at 17:00

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You can restart your device as it may solve your problem. Instead, you can also use try restarting your network services:

sudo systemctl restart network-manager
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    Except this long standing virus of Ubuntu and Linux in general has evolved immunity against that antidote. The restart no longer works
    – KhoPhi
    Aug 17, 2018 at 17:18
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Im unable to access network indicator because "Device not ready" issue, this problem happened after reverting back to NetworkManager from wicd network manager thanks to this method.

Have you tried removing unused package that comes with wicd ? If no, consider removing it by running autoremove command:

sudo apt-get autoremove
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    Thanks ! I didn't think autoremove will solve the problem.
    – user439193
    Dec 20, 2016 at 3:56
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    sudo service wicd stop and then sudo service network-manager restart also works
    – kenn
    Jan 12, 2017 at 17:58

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