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eriefisher

Wanderer

From: ON, Canada

Registered: 2008-10-25

Posts: 962

System Tray Not Updating

I've been noticing for a while that after login and the panel starts the system tray is missing the Blueman icon. If I restart the panel the icon shows up. Just now I realized it goes deeper. I just started MKchromecast and the icon is not there. Again, restart the panel and the icon appears. I figure the system tray is not refreshing automagically for some reason. Is anybody else seeing this behavior? Thought I'd check if there is a setting I'm missing before I consider a bug report.

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ToZ

Administrator

From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 12,591

Re: System Tray Not Updating

Do you have ayatana-indicator-application installed? If so, does it make a difference if you remove it?

Also, it would be interesting to see debug log. Create the file /usr/local/bin/xfce4-panel with this content:

#!/bin/sh

PANEL_DEBUG=1 /usr/bin/xfce4-panel > $HOME/xfce4-panel.log

...make it executable and re-login in.

If it doesn't show up again, review/post back the log file to see if there is something specific there about it.

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eriefisher

Wanderer

From: ON, Canada

Registered: 2008-10-25

Posts: 962

Re: System Tray Not Updating

I've just removed ayatana-indicator-application and ayatana-indicator-common and restarted. At first It didn't work so I tried the log and restarted again. It seems to be working as it should and the log is empty, which should be a good thing.

I vaguely remember installing the ayatana stuff for a reason sometime ago but don't remember why but I don't see any adverse effects, yet.

Thanks ToZ

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But it's all right, when you're all in pain and you feel the rain come down
It's alright, when you find your way, then you see it disappear
It's alright....
Chris Cornell