Indicators are the icons that sit in the upper panel, doing things like estimating the battery level, displaying the current time, letting you adjust your volume, etc.
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disk usage statistics tools
I'm looking for a tool that gathers disk usage statistics over time and can display the data.
It will be nice to be able see the data in a table and in a graph.
I basically want the info df -h over ...
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User pixmap in user applet is not appearing
I am newbie to Ubuntu and I got a problem with indicator applet that in user pixmap is not appearing; instead a blank image is appearing. I don't have enough reputations.
See below image:
Sorry for ...
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How to remove the Skype panel icon in Ubuntu 13.04?
This question has been answered a couple of times on this site for other versions of Ubuntu, but the proposed solutions no longer work in Ubuntu 13.04. Specifically, I tried the solution described ...
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How to remove the Mail icon indicator applet?
I'm wondering how it's possible to remove the little mail indicator applet in the global menu. I've uninstalled all the programs that use it, like Thunderbird, Empathy, and Gwibber, since I don't use ...
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How do I add a Skype indicator?
Ubuntu 13.04 x64. I've installed Skype (4.1.0.20-1). But icon is not shown at the top panel (tray).
As "tray-whitelist" was removed from Dconf-editor in 13.04, I can't add icon by myself.
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Select monitor for indicator information
I'm running Ubuntu 13.04 on a computer with two monitors. The indicators are visible in the upper right corner of both monitors, but if an indicator has notifications to show (such as the arrival of ...
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Indicator-Weather hangs when trying to change Location
I have always used Weather Indicator (indicator-weather) for all my weather-related needs on Ubuntu, since 10.04. I now use 11.10 and have indicator-weather installed from the Ubuntu repositories. I ...
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Creating Unity appindicator icons
I want to create attention appindicator icon for my application. They are usually blue color, but I need exact color code in order to make it integrate in unity well. I found nothing on ...
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Bluetooth indicator disappears on turning off bluetooth
Everytime I turn off my bluetooth, the indicator icon in the system tray disappears, as opposed to just greying out as expected. Next time I need to go to the settings select bluetooth to turn it on, ...
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Why aren't certain indicators showing in Unity?
I've upgraded to Raring a couple of days ago, and noticed that certain indicators are not appearing in my Unity panel, while all other do.
Essentially I'm referring to: pyAlienFX (from ...
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How can I convert a coloured icon to a monochrome one?
I recently compiled goldendict from source. To my dismay I discovered that there were no monochrome appindicator icons included. At the moment I am stuck with this:
I tried converting the icons to ...
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How do I minimize stuff to the System Tray?
In 13.04, How do I make applications (specifically, pidgin, nicotine+, lifeograph, evolution etc..and more) to the indicator area as icons? I need them to be running but need to clear the space in the ...
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Missing some tray icons in 12.04 Unity
I did a partial upgrade yesterday, and noticed that some of my tray icons (Pidgin, Artha so far) had disappeared.
I followed the instructions basde on this post but it didn't work.
Is there another ...
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How To Change Date/Time Format to English in Ubuntu 13.04?
I have installed Ubuntu 13.04 and set my local time/date and its working, the only thing thats bugging me is that I cannot change it to English. I would like to do this because its hard to read and ...
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What do people use instead of the discontinued weather-indicator in 13.04?
The weather-indicator package have been removed from Ubuntu 13.04 (it crashed all the time and did not display forecasts).
What is the replacement package?
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What Application Indicators are available?
This question is present as a matter of historical interest. While you are encouraged to help maintain its answers, please understand that "big list" questions are not generally allowed on Ask ...
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My Ubuntu Precise 64 Bit PC's Boot Time is Two Minutes. Isn't that too much? Any Idea? [duplicate]
My Ubuntu PC boots up in 2 minutes. First minute goes for greeter session and the second minute goes for user login session. Is this normal?
My PC's main spesifications are as below:
Ubuntu ...
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How do I integrate Dropbox in Sync Menu Indicator?
Is there anyway to integrate Dropbox in the Sync (cloud) Menu Indicator?
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“Enable Wireless” option is disabled in network settings
I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 (dual booted with Windows 7) but I'm unable to access Internet wireless even though I can do so on Windows 7.
The output for rfkill list all is given below:
rfkill list all
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Alternative to Gwibber with message indicator support
On Ubuntu 13.04 it's impossibile to install Gwibber, you get Friends-app instead. This one lacks of message indicator support, can you suggest me an alternative to Gwibber with this function?
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How can I change the desktop volume indicator color in GNOME 3.8?
Right now, whenever I use my volume up and down buttons in GNOME 3.8 on 13.04, it displays a white volume indicator.
I'm wondering if there is any way to change this to use a black & white ...
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my asus model 5390 will not turn on when pluged in [closed]
I have an asus model RT5390 notebook of which I spilled coffee onto the keyboard and it drained down into the inside under the keyboard and dried. a week later I cleaned it off and pluged it in and it ...
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Battery indicator missing for amd 64 raring
I dont find the battery indicator for my amd 64 Toshiba Satellite. It points to this resource which is not found:
...
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Appindicator Icon Animation
I'm writing a software using pygobject for GTK+3 (Ubuntu 12.04, stable repo package versions for all dev tools) and I'd like my application to have animated AppIndicator icon.
It's easy to make ...
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RedNotebook not shown in unity indicator?
RedNotebook icon is not shown in unity indicator when started with rednotebook -m. How can I fix this?
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Why is DropBox not included in sync indicator in 13.04? [duplicate]
Why is Drop Box not included in sync indicator manu in ubuntu 13.04? Ubuntu one is, but there is no Drop Box. Now I have two indicators. One for Ubuntu One and one for Drop Box. Is there a way to have ...
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What are the design guidelines for appindicator icons?
I am creating a Unity AppIndicator using Python + PyGObject, but I wish for it's icon to be in standard Ubuntu style. Where can I find appropriate guidelines for using colours (or is it just ...
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How to get Ubuntu AppIndicator icon coordinates
I'm working on Ubuntu Linux 12.04 and create software built on top of GTK+ 3 using pygobject.
I've got a task of showing popup windows just below the app indicator icon of my application and I can't ...
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Bluetooth won't enable on Lenovo G560 under Ubuntu 13.04
I used to dualboot Win 7 and Ubuntu. When bluetooth was enabled under Win7, I had no problems using bluetooth in Ubuntu.
Now, Ubuntu 13.04 is my only OS and there is no bluetooth. All I can do is ...
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XFCE4 Missing Indicator Icons for Apps
I have had this problem now with two apps, they both use the libappindicator to display their indicator icons (I believe). First time I had this problem was with Ubuntuone-indicator app, now I have ...
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Caffeine on Ubuntu 13.04
I installed caffeine using a deb file (PPA cannot install caffeine) on 13.04
It installed and indicator was showing but it did not work.
Any alternatives ?
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Pidgin messages remain in messaging menu/indicator even after read
I upgraded to 13.04 this past weekend. I primarily use thunderbird and pidgin rather than empathy and/or evolution.
Prior to the upgrade, thunderbird integrated into the messaging menu properly but ...
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How to change menu entries in AppIndicator, when it is running?
There is a similar question at StackOverflow, but it didn't help me: Changing items while running. I tried asking at StackOverflow, but people there where not too active: How to change GTK menu in ...
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“E: Unable to locate package touchpad-indicator” even after adding repository and enabling sources
I'm trying to install the touchpad-indicator discussed here:
http://www.webupd8.org/2011/02/touchpad-indicator-now-automatically.html
but I keep getting this error, even after using Software Center ...
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How do I install indicator-workspace?
I receive this error when I install the software.
Basically I want to know which space am I working on.
$sudo apt-get install indicator-workspaces
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency ...
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System Tray replacement? [duplicate]
A lot of my favourite applications used to have icons in the system tray on Ubuntu 12.10
Liferea, Pidgin, Smuxi
It was IMPORTANT to have their icons always visible. Because they showed whether ...
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How do I enable the pidgin system tray icon?
I want to enable the System tray icon for Pidgin in Ubuntu 11.10 (with Unity), but I don't see it.
I have to start it again and again from the launcher panel or from the dash.
Is there a ...
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How to make Pidgin display an indicator? [duplicate]
Pidgin's page in Software Center says I should install one of gnome-panel or kdebase-workspace-bin or docker to achieve this. I installed docker but nothing happened.
Needless to say, I have "Show ...
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Move Indicator Notification panel to extreme right in XFCE desktop session
I need help setting up indicator notification panel to extreme right.
i have setup global menu i found here enter link description here
this is what i m getting
and this is wat i want it to look ...
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How Can I enable Ubuntu One indicator?
How Can I enable Ubuntu One indicator in 12.10?
I installed the package : indicator-sync
but in vain. Rebooting the computer does not help.
Command : aptitude search ubuntuone
p ...
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ACER ASPIRE ONE, WIFI Atheros Communications Inc. AR9462 problem with 12.10
I have an Acer Aspire One AO756-Series, equipped with a wifi controller
Atheros Communications Inc. AR9462
Everything worked fine on 12.04, but when I upgraded to 12.10 I experimented some issues : ...
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How do I access and enable more icons to be in the system tray?
So I'm messing around with Natty a little, and I noticed that all the apps that would normally use the system tray (or "notification area"?) aren't displaying there. Is that a bug, or is that the way ...
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How can I uninstall the new Ubuntu One systray indicator?
I though the new Ubuntu One indicator for 13.04 would mean good news, but the truth is that I think it's not as good as the one I use in 12.10. Is there some way of removing it and just keep the one I ...
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How to see the indicators only for apps in current workspace?
This worked fine in 11.10, but today I upgraded to 12.10 and I can't remember what I had to do to get this to work correctly. What I want is:
When in a workspace, the only icons in the taskbar should ...
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Weather Indicator Unity/12.10 [closed]
As the title suggests, I am looking for a weather indicator for Unity on 12.10. I tried indicator-weather and I can't click apply after adding a city (apparently I am not the only one with this ...
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Unity Mail. How can I open a new message by clicking on it?
How to make unity-mail to open new massages by clicking on it?
I mean not opening the GMail page, but open the message.
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How can unity-panel-service be disabled?
From the unity-panel-service manpages:
DESCRIPTION
The unity-panel-service program is normally started automatically by the Unity
shell (which gets started as a compiz module) and is ...
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Insert text instead of icon in an indicator application
I want to develop an indicator app using mono c#. I want to display text instead of icons in the indicator, how can I do it ?
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Battery indicator missing, ubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]
There is a closed , question at Battery Indicator Missing.
But I have the problem and have not found any solution yet.
Also asked a question about it on Launchpad but no replies again. ...
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How to remove (or hide) Chat Status Icons from Messaging Menu
I would know how to remove or hide in Ubuntu 12.04 the Chat Status section (available, away, busy, invisible and offline) from Messaging Menu as I am not using any instant messenger. I do not want to ...
