The space where individual program icons or system icons are used as status indicators, notifying the user of changes and allowing quick access to key functions of the program/system tool.
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How to use notification area (system tray) over indicators in Xubuntu?
Xubuntu has both notification area (system tray) and indicators. I prefer the first one, as it allows me to hide items. Is there any way to force the apps that support both (e.g. Tomboy, Dropbox etc) ...
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How do I get BOINC's icon to show up in the system tray?
I installed Berkeley's BOINC software in Windows and I loved it, however I'm having some problems using it in Ubuntu 12.04:
One of then is that the software doesn't appear in the systray, only in the ...
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Network icon disappears from tray
I got 12.04 LTS but it happened in 11.10 too.
The thing is that the network icon disappears from tray without any warning. I've noticed it happens when the connection is weak and unstable, but I know ...
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lubuntu - command to use in .desktop file to launch application reduced to panel
I have a .desktop file:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Thunderbird
Comment=mail manager
Exec=thunderbird
Terminal=false
Type=Application
NoDisplay=false
Hidden=false
Is there a command to use ...
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Cron script to detect degraded raid array?
To my surprise, my raid array entered degraded mode some time ago. How can I set up a cron job to warn me? I've tried from the mdadm man page:
Running
mdadm --monitor --scan -1
from a cron script ...
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How can I configure BOINC to start at startup?
I can't get BOINC to start with the rest of the startup applications and the software itself doesn't have that option, I've been reading about it on Berkeley's forum but I can't get the answer, it ...
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1answer
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Quod Libet tray icon missing in Ubuntu 13.04
After upgrading to Ubuntu 13.04, the tray icon for Quod Libet is missing. How can I get it back?
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Facebook icon not visible in envelope menu
On a clean 13.04 install, I have registered facebook in the online accounts, authorized facebook to allow ubuntu access, and installed the app.
But still I am not getting the facebook shortcut icon ...
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I have a launch command that works but only in the terminal - how can I get this command to work in Startup Applications?
Today, after much searching, I found the command XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP= keepassx which is supposed to work in "Startup Applications" on 12.04. So far, I've only managed to get it to work from the ...
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1answer
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Some indicators are missing when unlocking the screen
It happened on my old PC and it still happens with the new one, with a fresh Ubuntu 12.10 installation (Unity).
When returning from a screen lock (I couldn't say if it can be replicated in other ...
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Pidgin tray icon disappears after switching to full-screen application. Bug or…?
I'm not sure if anyone has the same problem. It can be a problem of my own system, as I didn't find any signs of it in Google, that's why I'm not sure if it's worth a bug report.
Preconditions: ...
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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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I see a dialog box “I can't find a system tray” when launching MediaFire Express
On start up I see a dialog box saying
"I can't find a system tray"
on startup although there is a system tray displayed. I have tried deleting the compiz folder. What's the fix?
I am using Ubuntu ...
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wifi and the gwibber icons disappeared from the indicator applet
They have disappeared from the indicator applet in the gnome-panel without asking me anything nor notifying. How can I bring them back in 11.04? I have rebooted and the situation persists.
The ...
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How to apply mono effect in my icon?
So my icon is the lizard ( the first one in the tray )
If i open the dash there is an automatic mono effect to all the icons in the tray
So i am wondering how can i edit my icon ( with an image ...
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How to fix wine apps that have a white background in unity tray
Many Wine apps and also some Java apps like Evernote or JDownloader appears in Unity tray with an annoying white background.
Is there a way to solve this issue?
Here is a screenshot about it:
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why the icon does not show in system tray ubuntu 12.04
I configure the ubuntu 12.04 by following this instruction : http://shuffleos.com/791/dconf-editor-show-selected-app-icons/
The icon does not show in the system tray after I restarted my PC. Could ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 with Gnome classic trayicon doesn't work (at least for Pidgin)
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 with Gnome classic.
Pidgin's tray icon doesn't show up. The settings is ok ("Always").
For any case, I've also added it in dconf-editor as per How to enable notification area ...
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Why does the network icons sometimes disappears from the systray?
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 in a Samsung 305u notebook and sometimes the icon of the wifi or network disappears from the systray and I have to enter to system settings to enter or disconnect from a ...
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Missing icons from tray
After rebooting system, I don't have icons in top right corner. All icons disappear. I read others solutions to similar problems, and nothing help.
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Some system tray icons unclickable 12.04
I've noticed after a while my some of the icons on my system tray become unresponsive to left or right clicks. X-chat, empathy will not respond to mouse clicks but deluge system time networking will. ...
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How to move Mouse to system-tray?
We have a 'secure' environment with many thousands of PC's configured with linux. Many people would like to control the mouse sensitivity like one controls the volume. How do we setup the installs ...
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Systray duplicated using TwinView
I'm using TwinView to use me TV as a second screen (watch movies and so). The thing is than using it makes the systray appear twice in the right corner above. Is there a way to fix it?
I have a ...
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Using the Ubuntu systray to manage Youtube
Is there a way of using the systray music applet to play and pause the videos I'm watching on Youtube? I have installed the Google webapp wich includes Youtube but the option of using the systray ...
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my application icon won't show in Ubuntu 12.04 session fallback mode
I have a Python application that shows a systray icon, but it just won't appear in Ubuntu 12.04 session fallback mode (Gnome Classic WITH effects).
It appears in 10.04, and in 12.04 with Unity. The ...
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KDE System Tray locks UI while redrawing
KDE 4.8.2
Whenever a notification is displayed or the KDE panel attempts to change the contents of the system tray my system's UI locks up because X is using 100% CPU.
This occurs both when Desktop ...
