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Chris Warren
Asked: 2018-07-15 20:46:26 +0800 CST

Ubuntu Budgie 18.04 LTS System Tray Icons not all showing

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I don't know if this has been solved or not, and I didn't see it. I'm a complete noob to Ubuntu Budgie and I have 18.04 LTS with the latest updates.

I have Dropbox, Mega, and a few other things installed that are not showing in the System Tray at any point. Dropbox did for a little bit, but then it's gone. Mega, Thunderbird, qBittorrent, don't show up at all. pCloud and Skype show up right now, also when I turn on Franz it shows up.

Can someone please help? I'm sure this has been solved before but I'm not sure what's going on.

icons system-tray budgie 18.04

6 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    This problem is common for both Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu Budgie 18.04.

    The reason of issue is lack of the libgtk2-appindicator-perl package in main Ubuntu 18.04 repository. A workaround is to install libappindicator-dev:

    sudo apt install libappindicator-dev

    and Gtk2::AppIndicator perl extension:

    sudo cpan -i Gtk2::AppIndicator

    Restart your applications, now all of missing icons have to appear in system tray.

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  2. Here is the bug in Launchpad:

    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator/+bug/1795121

    It says 18.10, but I see exactly the same thing in 18.04. The workaround described in this works: Alt+F2, r, Enter (restarting the window manager).

    An update to this: the issue was fixed and the fix released a while ago now. I haven't had the issue reoccur since.

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  3. Using budgie settings ensure you have the appindicator applet added to your panel.

    A few applications show their panel icons as application indicator and not as a traditional system tray icon.

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  4. (I could not comment @fossfreedom's answer)

    His tip solved the issue for me, but I had to install a package manually before. So, if you are using "vanilla" Ubuntu 18.04 or 18.10 with Budgie Desktop, assert that the AppIndicator Applet is installed. If not:

    1. Install the package budgie-indicator-applet
    2. Restart the session
    3. Add the AppIndicator Applet to the panel (preferably, right next to System Tray)

    If you have any open application that uses it (ex.: Dropbox), the icon should show up.

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  5. You could try

    • Install app-indicator using sudo apt install budgie-indicator-applet

    • Logout/Login

    • Launch budgie desktop settings from terminal:

      $ budgie-desktop-settings

      This settings manager is inside of budgie-desktop package. You could find all related packages by invoking a command:

      $ apt-cache search budgie-desktop

    • Add applet go to Top Panel section, click the Add applet 'plus' button and choose what you need.

      Bugie Desktop Settings applet adding to panel picture

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    If that did not help, you could also try

    • sudo apt install libappindicator-dev as someone already suggested

    • Log out and Log in again to see if you have this applet available in Budgie Desktop Settings

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  6. In my case

    sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator

    solved the issue

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