[UbuntuGnome] Network Applet Shows no Wired Coections

Wired and wireless in general are working. The Network applet shows a list of available wireless networks from which I can select one to coect to.

So far so good. Unluckily no wired coections are displayed in the applet. If I coect the system to a dhcp network it works, but no wired network symbol is shown in the applet.

I got this behaviour already when upgrading from 12.04 to 14.04, still I don't needed the functionality (dhcp was enough) until now ... But again I need to switch easily between various static network configurations. I use gnome desktop with gdm as display manager. I'm ruing several other systems which are Debian based with the same desktop:Wired coections shown normally in the applet. And Kubuntu showed wired coections until I upgraded from 12.04.

Driver problems and network misconfiguration are less likely since the network is working in general. I assume the problem somewhere between the gnome desktop and nm-applet, probably the communication between those components. Anyone with an idea?

2000Rogers