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ExplodingKittens
Asked: 2014-08-14 12:46:18 +0800 CST

XFCE Indicator Applet Completely Messed Up

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I recently had to reinstall Xubuntu 14.04 after Windows wiped it out. After a mildly painful (mostly caused by the installer seeming a lot more confused than usual) installation process, I was up and running. Everything was doing just fine until I rebooted my computer. Now, my indicator applet looks like this:

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I didn't change anything before this happened, other than install a few pieces of unrelated software (Chrome, Skype, Kdenlive, Komodo Edit and Hotot). I've had problems with the indicator applet before, but never to this extreme. Anyone have any advice?

Note: I've seen this question, but the answer did not help me.

14.04

2 Answers

  1. Use the native XFCE "Notification Area" instead

    Remove the Indicator Plugin and use the native XFCE Notification Area instead.

    Other people and myself have found the Indicator Plugin to be a pain to work with under XFCE.

    To make this change definitve, do not forget to unselect Indicator Application under Application Autostart in Session and Startup !!!

    unselect Indicator Application

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  2. Best Answer

    Looks like you got some ubuntu packages in there... try removing or disabling indicator-datetime and indicator-keyboard, and restarting your session.

    (Option 1) Disabling the indicators:

    1. Right click on the Indicator applet
    2. Select "Properties"
    3. Click the "Hidden" checkboxes for any unwanted/unknown indicators.

    (Option 2) Removing the packages:

    sudo apt-get remove indicator-datetime indicator-keyboard

    Then log out and back in. Let me know if this helps.

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