[SOLVED] Network Manager Applet is missing after Reboot in SysTray

Friedrich · 2025-04-21 09:19:18

Hi,

i'm on xubuntu 24.04 now and i have the problem that the network manager applet in systray is missing after a reboot. The same problem with the bluetooth applet. The only icon i see in systray is flameshot (a screenshot application). the nm-applet is enabled in autostart and systray is enabled in panel settings. When i switch to an other panel profile the nm-applet is there but after a reboot (or logout/login) it isn't there.

Starting nm-applet manually in a terminal doesn't make anything.

Is there a problem on xubuntu 24.04?

friedrich

Last edited by Friedrich (2025-05-10 11:41:42)

ToZ · 2025-04-21 10:34:41

Is this a fresh install or an upgrade?

Can we see:

xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -lv

And finally, can you try running xfce4-panel in debug mode and posting back the output?

xfce4-panel -q
PANEL_DEBUG=1 xfce4-panel

Friedrich · 2025-05-08 09:27:04

It's a new install.

xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -lv
/configver                                       2
/panels                                          <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/panels/dark-mode                                false
/panels/panel-1/autohide-behavior                0
/panels/panel-1/background-alpha                 100
/panels/panel-1/background-rgba                  <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/panels/panel-1/background-style                 1
/panels/panel-1/enable-struts                    true
/panels/panel-1/enter-opacity                    100
/panels/panel-1/icon-size                        0
/panels/panel-1/leave-opacity                    100
/panels/panel-1/length                           100
/panels/panel-1/length-adjust                    true
/panels/panel-1/mode                             0
/panels/panel-1/nrows                            1
/panels/panel-1/plugin-ids                       <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/panels/panel-1/position                         p=8;x=512;y=752
/panels/panel-1/position-locked                  true
/panels/panel-1/size                             30
/plugins/plugin-10                               launcher
/plugins/plugin-10/items                         <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-11                               launcher
/plugins/plugin-11/items                         <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-12                               launcher
/plugins/plugin-12/items                         <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-13                               launcher
/plugins/plugin-13/items                         <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-14                               launcher
/plugins/plugin-14/items                         <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-15                               launcher
/plugins/plugin-15/items                         <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-16                               launcher
/plugins/plugin-16/items                         <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-17                               launcher
/plugins/plugin-17/items                         <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-18                               launcher
/plugins/plugin-18/items                         <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-19                               indicator
/plugins/plugin-19/known-indicators              <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-2                                tasklist
/plugins/plugin-2/show-handle                    false
/plugins/plugin-2/show-tooltips                  false
/plugins/plugin-2/sort-order                     4
/plugins/plugin-2/window-scrolling               false
/plugins/plugin-3                                separator
/plugins/plugin-3/expand                         true
/plugins/plugin-3/style                          0
/plugins/plugin-4                                systray
/plugins/plugin-4/hide-new-items                 false
/plugins/plugin-4/icon-size                      22
/plugins/plugin-4/known-items                    <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-4/known-legacy-items             <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-4/menu-is-primary                false
/plugins/plugin-4/names-visible                  <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-4/show-frame                     true
/plugins/plugin-4/single-row                     false
/plugins/plugin-4/size-max                       22
/plugins/plugin-4/square-icons                   false
/plugins/plugin-4/symbolic-icons                 false
/plugins/plugin-5                                clock
/plugins/plugin-5/digital-format                 %I:%M %p
/plugins/plugin-5/digital-layout                 3
/plugins/plugin-5/digital-time-format            %R
/plugins/plugin-5/mode                           2
/plugins/plugin-5/show-frame                     true
/plugins/plugin-5/tooltip-format                 %A %d %B %Y
/plugins/plugin-6                                pulseaudio
/plugins/plugin-6/enable-keyboard-shortcuts      true
/plugins/plugin-6/known-players                  firefox
/plugins/plugin-7                                showdesktop
/plugins/plugin-8                                thunar-tpa
/plugins/plugin-9                                whiskermenu
/plugins/plugin-9/button-title                   Start
/plugins/plugin-9/favorites                      <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-9/launcher-show-tooltip          false
/plugins/plugin-9/menu-height                    850
/plugins/plugin-9/menu-width                     530
/plugins/plugin-9/position-categories-alternate  true
/plugins/plugin-9/position-commands-alternate    true
/plugins/plugin-9/position-profile-alternate     false
/plugins/plugin-9/recent                         <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-9/show-button-title              true

This is the debug log:

PANEL_DEBUG=1 xfce4-panel
xfce4-panel(main): version 4.18.4 on gtk+ 3.24.41 (3.24.41), glib 2.80.0 (2.80.0)
xfce4-panel(module-factory): reading /usr/share/xfce4/panel/plugins
xfce4-panel(application): found window manager after 1 tries
xfce4-panel(base-window): 0x605c86019910: rgba visual=0x605c85fe1740, compositing=true
xfce4-panel(base-window): 0x605c86019910: rgba visual=0x605c85fe1740, compositing=true
xfce4-panel(display-layout): 0x605c86019910: display=:0.0{comp=true}, screen-0[0x605c85fd0a90]=[1920,1080] (HDMI-1=[0,0;1920,1080])
xfce4-panel(positioning): 0x605c86019910: screen=0x605c85fd0a90, monitors=1, output-name=(null), span-monitors=false, base=512,752
xfce4-panel(positioning): 0x605c86019910: working-area: screen=0x605c85fd0a90, x=0, y=0, w=1920, h=1080
xfce4-panel(struts): 0x605c86019910: bottom=30, start_x=0, end_x=1919
xfce4-panel(external): register dbus path /org/xfce/Panel/Wrapper/9
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=external-wrapper, name=whiskermenu, id=9)
xfce4-panel(external): whiskermenu-9: child spawned; pid=28458, argc=7
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=object-type, name=launcher, id=10)
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=object-type, name=launcher, id=11)
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=object-type, name=launcher, id=12)
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=object-type, name=launcher, id=13)
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=object-type, name=launcher, id=15)
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=object-type, name=launcher, id=14)
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=object-type, name=launcher, id=16)
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=object-type, name=launcher, id=17)
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=object-type, name=launcher, id=18)
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=object-type, name=tasklist, id=2)
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=object-type, name=separator, id=3)
xfce4-panel(external): register dbus path /org/xfce/Panel/Wrapper/4
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=external-wrapper, name=systray, id=4)
xfce4-panel(external): systray-4: child spawned; pid=28462, argc=7
xfce4-panel(external): register dbus path /org/xfce/Panel/Wrapper/19
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=external-wrapper, name=indicator, id=19)
xfce4-panel(external): indicator-19: child spawned; pid=28463, argc=7
xfce4-panel(external): register dbus path /org/xfce/Panel/Wrapper/6
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=external-wrapper, name=pulseaudio, id=6)
xfce4-panel(external): pulseaudio-6: child spawned; pid=28464, argc=7
xfce4-panel(external): register dbus path /org/xfce/Panel/Wrapper/8
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=external-wrapper, name=thunar-tpa, id=8)
xfce4-panel(external): thunar-tpa-8: child spawned; pid=28465, argc=7
xfce4-panel(clock): trying to instantiate logind sleep monitor
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=object-type, name=clock, id=5)
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=object-type, name=showdesktop, id=7)
xfce4-panel(external): whiskermenu-9: child is embedded; 9 properties in queue
xfce4-panel(external): indicator-19: child is embedded; 9 properties in queue
xfce4-panel(external): systray-4: child is embedded; 9 properties in queue
xfce4-panel(systray): rgba visual is 0x5de3990222d0
xfce4-panel(systray): registered manager on screen 0

(wrapper-2.0:28463): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:26:19.876: Theme parsing error: <data>:1:46: The style property GtkWidget:focus-padding is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(wrapper-2.0:28463): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:26:19.876: Theme parsing error: <data>:1:78: The style property GtkWidget:focus-line-width is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(wrapper-2.0:28463): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:26:19.876: Theme parsing error: <data>:1:108: The style property GtkButton:default-border is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(wrapper-2.0:28463): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:26:19.876: Theme parsing error: <data>:1:136: The style property GtkButton:inner-border is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(wrapper-2.0:28463): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:26:19.877: Theme parsing error: <data>:1:46: The style property GtkWidget:focus-padding is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(wrapper-2.0:28463): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:26:19.877: Theme parsing error: <data>:1:78: The style property GtkWidget:focus-line-width is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(wrapper-2.0:28463): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:26:19.877: Theme parsing error: <data>:1:108: The style property GtkButton:default-border is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(wrapper-2.0:28463): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:26:19.877: Theme parsing error: <data>:1:136: The style property GtkButton:inner-border is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(wrapper-2.0:28463): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:26:19.878: Theme parsing error: <data>:1:46: The style property GtkWidget:focus-padding is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(wrapper-2.0:28463): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:26:19.878: Theme parsing error: <data>:1:78: The style property GtkWidget:focus-line-width is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(wrapper-2.0:28463): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:26:19.878: Theme parsing error: <data>:1:108: The style property GtkButton:default-border is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(wrapper-2.0:28463): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:26:19.878: Theme parsing error: <data>:1:136: The style property GtkButton:inner-border is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version
xfce4-panel(external): pulseaudio-6: child is embedded; 9 properties in queue
xfce4-panel(external): thunar-tpa-8: child is embedded; 9 properties in queue

Added later 01 min 53 s:
After booting ubuntu i could see the icons in the notification applet but after restart xfce-panel i have all tray icon twice one in the systray applet and one in the notification applet.

ToZ · 2025-05-08 09:57:38

Can you post back:

xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -p /plugins/plugin-4/names-visible
xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -p /plugins/plugin-4/known-items
xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -p /plugins/plugin-4/known-legacy-items

After booting ubuntu i could see the icons in the notification applet but after restart xfce-panel i have all tray icon twice one in the systray applet and one in the notification applet.

You have both the systray and the indicator applet added to the panel. This is redundant. Remove the indicator plugin from the panel.

Friedrich · 2025-05-09 17:01:01

xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -p /plugins/plugin-4/names-visible
Value is an array with 1 items:

networkmanager applet

xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -p /plugins/plugin-4/known-items
Value is an array with 3 items:

flameshot
blueman
nm-applet

xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -p /plugins/plugin-4/known-legacy-items
Value is an array with 2 items:

yad
vmware-tray

You have both the systray and the indicator applet added to the panel. This is redundant. Remove the indicator plugin from the panel.

This is true. I enabled the indicator applet because the systray didn't work. Normally indicator applet isn't used. I've disabled it again.

ToZ · 2025-05-09 17:58:42

With the indicator applet removed, can you re-run and re-display the outputs from post #2 above?

Are you still having issues?

Can you also post back:

ps -ef | grep -i ayatana

Friedrich · 2025-05-10 08:12:42

/configver 2
/panels <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/panels/dark-mode false
/panels/panel-1/autohide-behavior 0
/panels/panel-1/background-alpha 100
/panels/panel-1/background-rgba <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/panels/panel-1/background-style 1
/panels/panel-1/enable-struts true
/panels/panel-1/enter-opacity 100
/panels/panel-1/icon-size 0
/panels/panel-1/leave-opacity 100
/panels/panel-1/length 100
/panels/panel-1/length-adjust true
/panels/panel-1/mode 0
/panels/panel-1/nrows 1
/panels/panel-1/plugin-ids <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/panels/panel-1/position p=8;x=512;y=752
/panels/panel-1/position-locked true
/panels/panel-1/size 30
/plugins/plugin-1 power-manager-plugin
/plugins/plugin-10 launcher
/plugins/plugin-10/items <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-11 launcher
/plugins/plugin-11/items <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-12 launcher
/plugins/plugin-12/items <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-13 launcher
/plugins/plugin-13/items <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-14 launcher
/plugins/plugin-14/items <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-15 launcher
/plugins/plugin-15/items <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-16 launcher
/plugins/plugin-16/items <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-17 launcher
/plugins/plugin-17/items <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-18 launcher
/plugins/plugin-18/items <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-2 tasklist
/plugins/plugin-2/show-handle false
/plugins/plugin-2/show-tooltips false
/plugins/plugin-2/sort-order 4
/plugins/plugin-2/window-scrolling false
/plugins/plugin-3 separator
/plugins/plugin-3/expand true
/plugins/plugin-3/style 0
/plugins/plugin-4 systray
/plugins/plugin-4/hide-new-items false
/plugins/plugin-4/icon-size 22
/plugins/plugin-4/known-items <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-4/known-legacy-items <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-4/menu-is-primary false
/plugins/plugin-4/names-visible <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-4/show-frame true
/plugins/plugin-4/single-row false
/plugins/plugin-4/size-max 22
/plugins/plugin-4/square-icons false
/plugins/plugin-4/symbolic-icons false
/plugins/plugin-5 clock
/plugins/plugin-5/digital-format %I:%M %p
/plugins/plugin-5/digital-layout 3
/plugins/plugin-5/digital-time-format %R
/plugins/plugin-5/mode 2
/plugins/plugin-5/show-frame true
/plugins/plugin-5/tooltip-format %A %d %B %Y
/plugins/plugin-6 pulseaudio
/plugins/plugin-6/enable-keyboard-shortcuts true
/plugins/plugin-6/known-players firefox
/plugins/plugin-7 showdesktop
/plugins/plugin-8 thunar-tpa
/plugins/plugin-9 whiskermenu
/plugins/plugin-9/button-title Start
/plugins/plugin-9/favorites <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-9/launcher-show-tooltip false
/plugins/plugin-9/menu-height 850
/plugins/plugin-9/menu-width 530
/plugins/plugin-9/position-categories-alternate true
/plugins/plugin-9/position-commands-alternate true
/plugins/plugin-9/position-profile-alternate false
/plugins/plugin-9/recent <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-9/show-button-title true

PANEL_DEBUG=1 xfce4-panel
xfce4-panel(main): version 4.18.4 on gtk+ 3.24.41 (3.24.41), glib 2.80.0 (2.80.0)
xfce4-panel(module-factory): reading /usr/share/xfce4/panel/plugins
xfce4-panel(application): found window manager after 1 tries
xfce4-panel(base-window): 0x5939304dbbe0: rgba visual=0x5939304a3bc0, compositing=true
xfce4-panel(base-window): 0x5939304dbbe0: rgba visual=0x5939304a3bc0, compositing=true
xfce4-panel(display-layout): 0x5939304dbbe0: display=:0.0{comp=true}, screen-0[0x593930493050]=[1920,1080] (HDMI-1=[0,0;1920,1080])
xfce4-panel(positioning): 0x5939304dbbe0: screen=0x593930493050, monitors=1, output-name=(null), span-monitors=false, base=512,752
xfce4-panel(positioning): 0x5939304dbbe0: working-area: screen=0x593930493050, x=0, y=0, w=1920, h=1080
xfce4-panel(struts): 0x5939304dbbe0: bottom=30, start_x=0, end_x=1919
xfce4-panel(external): register dbus path /org/xfce/Panel/Wrapper/9
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=external-wrapper, name=whiskermenu, id=9)
xfce4-panel(external): whiskermenu-9: child spawned; pid=40587, argc=7
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=object-type, name=launcher, id=10)
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=object-type, name=launcher, id=11)
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=object-type, name=launcher, id=12)
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=object-type, name=launcher, id=13)
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=object-type, name=launcher, id=15)
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=object-type, name=launcher, id=14)
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=object-type, name=launcher, id=16)
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=object-type, name=launcher, id=17)
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=object-type, name=launcher, id=18)
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=object-type, name=tasklist, id=2)
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=object-type, name=separator, id=3)
xfce4-panel(external): register dbus path /org/xfce/Panel/Wrapper/4
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=external-wrapper, name=systray, id=4)
xfce4-panel(external): systray-4: child spawned; pid=40591, argc=7
xfce4-panel(external): register dbus path /org/xfce/Panel/Wrapper/6
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=external-wrapper, name=pulseaudio, id=6)
xfce4-panel(external): pulseaudio-6: child spawned; pid=40592, argc=7
xfce4-panel(external): register dbus path /org/xfce/Panel/Wrapper/8
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=external-wrapper, name=thunar-tpa, id=8)
xfce4-panel(external): thunar-tpa-8: child spawned; pid=40593, argc=7
xfce4-panel(external): register dbus path /org/xfce/Panel/Wrapper/1
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=external-wrapper, name=power-manager-plugin, id=1)
xfce4-panel(external): power-manager-plugin-1: child spawned; pid=40594, argc=7
xfce4-panel(clock): trying to instantiate logind sleep monitor
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=object-type, name=clock, id=5)
xfce4-panel(module): new item (type=object-type, name=showdesktop, id=7)
xfce4-panel(external): systray-4: child is embedded; 9 properties in queue
xfce4-panel(systray): rgba visual is 0x55bf72aa8e40
xfce4-panel(systray): registered manager on screen 0
xfce4-panel(external): whiskermenu-9: child is embedded; 9 properties in queue
xfce4-panel(external): thunar-tpa-8: child is embedded; 9 properties in queue
xfce4-panel(external): power-manager-plugin-1: child is embedded; 9 properties in queue
xfce4-panel(external): pulseaudio-6: child is embedded; 9 properties in queue

ps -ef | grep -i ayatana
ich 2036 1617 0 10:05 ? 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/ayatana-indicator-application/ayatana-indicator-application-service
ich 60532 35596 0 10:10 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto -i ayatana

Added later 03 min 38 s:
Uninstalling ayatana indicator solves the problem but now i have the network manager applet twice in systray. One of the icons is a little bit bigger than the other.

ToZ · 2025-05-10 10:08:39

Are you perhaps running two different network manager applets? If you click or right-click on them, are the menus the same?

After a fresh login, lets see your running processes:

ps -ef | grep $USER

Friedrich · 2025-05-10 11:41:22

After a reboot its only one applet. I marked the thread as solved.

Tanks for your help.

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