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Asked: 2018-12-04 08:32:38 +0800 CST

`Network Manager` GUI Missing in Ubuntu 18.04

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If I go to Settings > Network I think I'm supposed to be able to select my Wifi Network manager by clicking the gear icon. Shown below to the right of "1000 Mb/s On/Off".

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But my Wireless connection doesn't show up at all on this GUI dialog shown above. I can only see the VPN box and the Network Proxy box. The Wired box is completely missing (in my case it's actually a wireless connection).

I need to get to the network manager, so I can access all the settings below.

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networking network-manager 18.04

1 Answers

  1. I'm totally agree, GNOME 3 Settings network managements features are the very entry-level ATM, comparing to original Network Manager GUI and Applet.

    How to enable classic Network Manager GUI for Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic

    (For current user.)

    Command-line solution:

    # Make sure is's installed
sudo apt-get install network-manager network-manager-gnome

# Enable application desktop item
sed 's/^NotShowIn=/#NotShowIn=/g' /usr/share/applications/nm-connection-editor.desktop > ~/.local/share/applications/nm-connection-editor.desktop

# Set applet to auto-start
sed 's/^NotShowIn=/#NotShowIn=/g; s/^NoDisplay=/#NoDisplay=/g' /usr/share/applications/nm-applet.desktop > ~/.config/autostart/nm-applet.desktop
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