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network icon problem in lxpanel in lubuntu

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I have recently installed lubuntu-desktop in Ubuntu 12.04.

In the lxpanel I have a network icon which shows my current network connection status. I have a wired connection [ethernet] which connects automatically at startup. In Unity or Gnome I observed that this icon changed to to arrows [one up, one down] when wired connection was established. But in lubuntu it showed "disconnected" time icon.

How can I change this network icon to behave like in Unity or Gnome? I am submitting image decribing the situation.

Thanks in advance for any help.

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Edit

If I connect to internet via mobile broadband the network icon vanishes!
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answered 3 Years ago ainsbeave · Accepted Answer

Simple fix

(Without downloading anything, use 16px icon)

Remove old links

sudo rm /usr/share/icons/elementary/panel/22/nm-device-wired.svg

sudo rm /usr/share/icons/elementary/panel/22/nm-device-wired-autoip.svg

Make new links to 16px icon

sudo ln -s /usr/share/icons/elementary/panel/16/nm-device-wired.svg /usr/share/icons/elementary/panel/22/nm-device-wired-autoip.svg

sudo ln -s /usr/share/icons/elementary/panel/16/nm-device-wired.svg /usr/share/icons/elementary/panel/22/nm-device-wired.svg

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Nice look fix

(Download same theme icon set)

Remove old links

sudo rm /usr/share/icons/elementary/panel/22/nm-device-wired.svg

sudo rm /usr/share/icons/elementary/panel/22/nm-device-wired-autoip.svg

Download lubuntu-icon-theme binary (Ubuntu 14.04, from https://launchpad.net/) & extract it

wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/156931592/lubuntu-icon-theme_0.42_all.deb

dpkg-deb -x lubuntu-icon-theme_0.42_all.deb lubuntu-icon-theme/

Copy only wired icon to elementary theme folder

sudo cp lubuntu-icon-theme/usr/share/icons/lubuntu/panel/22/nm-device-wired.svg /usr/share/icons/elementary/panel/22/nm-device-wired.svg

sudo ln -s /usr/share/icons/elementary/panel/22/nm-device-wired.svg /usr/share/icons/elementary/panel/22/nm-device-wired-autoip.svg

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How did I get this?

Trace file opening of nm-applet while I change status. (... ie lines I removed)

$ pkill nm-applet

$ strace -e trace=open nm-applet

...

open("/usr/share/icons/elementary/panel/22/nm-no-connection.svg", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 13

open("/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-svg.so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 14

open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 14

open("/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/librsvg-2.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 14

open("/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libcroco-0.6.so.3", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 14

open("/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libxml2.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 14

** Message: using fallback from indicator to GtkStatusIcon

open("/usr/share/icons/elementary/panel/22/nm-no-connection.svg", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 13

** Message: applet now embedded in the notification area

open("/usr/share/icons/elementary/panel/22/nm-no-connection.svg", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 13

open("/usr/share/icons/elementary/animations/22/nm-stage01-connecting01.svg", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 13

open("/usr/share/icons/elementary/animations/22/nm-stage01-connecting02.svg", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 13

...

open("/usr/share/icons/elementary/animations/22/nm-stage03-connecting10.svg", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 13

open("/usr/share/icons/elementary/animations/22/nm-stage03-connecting11.svg", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 13

open("/usr/share/icons/elementary/panel/22/nm-device-wired.svg", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 13

...

Notice last one, when I connected wired network. Then I check it if it is a file.

$ ls -l /usr/share/icons/elementary/panel/22/nm-device-wired.svg

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Sep 25  2011 /usr/share/icons/elementary/panel/22/nm-device-wired.svg -> nm-no-connection.svg



$ ls -l /usr/share/icons/elementary/panel/22/*wired*

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Sep 25  2011 /usr/share/icons/elementary/panel/22/nm-device-wired-autoip.svg -> nm-no-connection.svg

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Sep 25  2011 /usr/share/icons/elementary/panel/22/nm-device-wired.svg -> nm-no-connection.svg

It was a link to nm-no-connection.svg same as /usr/share/icons/elementary/panel/22/nm-device-wired-autoip.svg. That was the problem.