[SOLVED] nm-applet systray icon invisible until NM restarted

[sirlark]

I use net-misc/networkmanager-0.9.8.10-r1 and gnome-extra/nm-applet-0.9.8.10-r1. When my machine boots and I log in to my razor-qt desktop, I see a blank space between other icons in my system tray where network manager should be, i.e. the icon is there but it's invisible. I can interact with it just fine, click, use menus, change networks etc, but it remains invisible, until I restart the NetworkManager service using