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eriefisher

Wanderer

From: ON, Canada

Registered: 2008-10-25

Posts: 947

nm-applet

I'm trying to figure out how to get nm-applet to use symbolic icons like the rest of the panel. Anybody tried this? How is it achieved? I've seen pics of it as being the default.

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ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 12,562

Re: nm-applet

Make sure that "Request symbolic icons" is checked in the Status Tray properties and run nm-applet as an indicator:

nm-applet --indicator

Note: your icon theme will also need to have symbolic network icons included.

Edit: One other note, I think the package needs to be built with indicator support enabled as well. It does in Arch Linux.

Last edited by ToZ (2026-04-07 13:11:57)

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eriefisher

Wanderer

From: ON, Canada

Registered: 2008-10-25

Posts: 947

Re: nm-applet

OK. I got it to work. It seems my icon theme didn't have the right icon but I switched themes until I found one that worked. Switched back to my preferred icon theme and it kept it.

Added later 09 min 24 s:
Secondary question/issue, Bluetooth icon does not show up on startup. I restart the panel and it's there. It seems if something in the systray changes after it starts you need to restart the panel for it to show.

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But it's all right, when you're all in pain and you feel the rain come down
It's alright, when you find your way, then you see it disappear
It's alright....
Chris Cornell