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You can't find desktop -> unity -> panel in ubuntu 12.10 in dconf-editor,
To add pidgin chat menu:
Open dconf-editor from terminal.
Goto com -> canonical -> indicator -> messages
In applications append the value 'pidgin.desktop', please don't replace the older values.
By doing above actions, pidgin will be added to chat menu, but it won't started ...
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You can get notified via Unity Launcher.
Open your Dash (press Super) and query for Software Sources to open it.
In the Updates tab, modify the settings for Automatically check for updates:, When there are security updates: and When there are other updates:as per your wish.
Now when there would be any updates available, you would be notified via ...
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The problem is related to notify-send, it ignores the timeout parameter: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/notify-osd/+bug/390508
Jupiter uses notify-send to create the desktop notifications. As a workaround the Jupiter's notify script can be edited and all -t parameters removed:
sudo sed -i 's/-t [0-9]\+//g' /usr/lib/jupiter/scripts/notify
The ...
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The volume control icon is part of the xfce4-indicator-plugin, which can contain various icons. You can accidentally remove the volume control icon, which will close the plugin; when it is running it is listed in system monitor as xfce4-indicator-plugin.
To return to your old panel setup as displayed here: , please follow these instructions.
(Only ...
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Pidgin won't hook to the messaging tray icon in 12.10 due to this bug. As a workaround until that's fixed, something similar to what the OP describes as “the suggested solution” will work; the path you want is com.canonical.Unity.Panel.systray-whitelist. The problem is this uses Pidgin's normal tray icons, which don't fit the Ubuntu colour standard... but I ...
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The answer is -- you can't, at least not just any application and not easily. There are specific applications designed to run on the notification bar that are not installed by default, like "indicator-cpufreq"; usually, their name starts with "indicator-something", so you can search for them.
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open your terminal and type as sudo apt-get install gnonf-editor then open it by typing as gconf-editor .
Then navigate to / apps -> update-notifier
Then
Ok This for you in dconf-editor
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I don't know if this is a solution or just a workaround to your problem , but you can disable the update-notifier from startup applications. I think you will not receive anymore update-notifications then.
Open a terminal and give this command
sudo sed -i 's/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g' -i /etc/xdg/autostart/update-notifier.desktop
Then try to ...
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I use switched to using awesome a few weeks ago and quickly discovered the lack of icons. I hunted down nm-applet via ps but I see no such process for the battery. What I did find was acpitool which can query battery levels. I always meant to get around to writing a vicious icon for it, shouldn't be too hard. I just don't know lua.
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You can possibly try this GNOME extension:
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/7/removable-drive-menu/
This extension adds a "status menu for accessing and unmounting removable devices."
This extension does not remove the removable devices from the messaging tray. You might want to try and hide the messaging tray to partially achieve the result you ...
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