App Indicators not working on Ubuntu 18.04
This is with a fresh installation of Ubuntu 18.04 using the default GNOME Desktop.
The "tray icons" simply don't appear in the top panel. "Ubuntu appindicators" shell extension is active, but doesn't show any icons.
I've tried both the "kstatusnotifieritem" and "topicons" shell extensions without any success.
If anyone could help I would appreciate it.
18.04 indicator gnome-shell
edited Oct 16 '18 at 13:40
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This is with a fresh installation of Ubuntu 18.04 using the default GNOME Desktop.
The "tray icons" simply don't appear in the top panel. "Ubuntu appindicators" shell extension is active, but doesn't show any icons.
I've tried both the "kstatusnotifieritem" and "topicons" shell extensions without any success.
If anyone could help I would appreciate it.
18.04 indicator gnome-shell
edited Oct 16 '18 at 13:40
pomsky
28.6k1188113
asked May 2 '18 at 0:24
ssjgs82
131115
Are you using Wayland or Xorg? Are you maybe using the Communitheme? Because I'm having the same issue with Communitheme + Wayland, so I'm wondering whether that is the cause.
– Attila Fulop
May 2 '18 at 8:41
1
@AttilaFulop nope, using xorg with the default theme on a fresh install.
– ssjgs82
May 2 '18 at 21:12
add a comment |
This is with a fresh installation of Ubuntu 18.04 using the default GNOME Desktop.
The "tray icons" simply don't appear in the top panel. "Ubuntu appindicators" shell extension is active, but doesn't show any icons.
I've tried both the "kstatusnotifieritem" and "topicons" shell extensions without any success.
If anyone could help I would appreciate it.
18.04 indicator gnome-shell
edited Oct 16 '18 at 13:40
pomsky
28.6k1188113
asked May 2 '18 at 0:24
ssjgs82
131115
This is with a fresh installation of Ubuntu 18.04 using the default GNOME Desktop.
The "tray icons" simply don't appear in the top panel. "Ubuntu appindicators" shell extension is active, but doesn't show any icons.
I've tried both the "kstatusnotifieritem" and "topicons" shell extensions without any success.
If anyone could help I would appreciate it.
18.04 indicator gnome-shell
18.04 indicator gnome-shell
edited Oct 16 '18 at 13:40
pomsky
28.6k1188113
asked May 2 '18 at 0:24
ssjgs82
131115
edited Oct 16 '18 at 13:40
pomsky
28.6k1188113
asked May 2 '18 at 0:24
ssjgs82
131115
edited Oct 16 '18 at 13:40
pomsky
28.6k1188113
edited Oct 16 '18 at 13:40
pomsky
28.6k1188113
edited Oct 16 '18 at 13:40
pomsky
28.6k1188113
28.6k1188113
asked May 2 '18 at 0:24
ssjgs82
131115
asked May 2 '18 at 0:24
ssjgs82
131115
asked May 2 '18 at 0:24
ssjgs82
131115
131115
Are you using Wayland or Xorg? Are you maybe using the Communitheme? Because I'm having the same issue with Communitheme + Wayland, so I'm wondering whether that is the cause.
– Attila Fulop
May 2 '18 at 8:41
1
@AttilaFulop nope, using xorg with the default theme on a fresh install.
– ssjgs82
May 2 '18 at 21:12
add a comment |
Are you using Wayland or Xorg? Are you maybe using the Communitheme? Because I'm having the same issue with Communitheme + Wayland, so I'm wondering whether that is the cause.
– Attila Fulop
May 2 '18 at 8:41
1
@AttilaFulop nope, using xorg with the default theme on a fresh install.
– ssjgs82
May 2 '18 at 21:12
Are you using Wayland or Xorg? Are you maybe using the Communitheme? Because I'm having the same issue with Communitheme + Wayland, so I'm wondering whether that is the cause.
– Attila Fulop
May 2 '18 at 8:41
Are you using Wayland or Xorg? Are you maybe using the Communitheme? Because I'm having the same issue with Communitheme + Wayland, so I'm wondering whether that is the cause.
– Attila Fulop
May 2 '18 at 8:41
1
1
@AttilaFulop nope, using xorg with the default theme on a fresh install.
– ssjgs82
May 2 '18 at 21:12
@AttilaFulop nope, using xorg with the default theme on a fresh install.
– ssjgs82
May 2 '18 at 21:12
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What I did was:
sudo apt purge indicator-common
Then you can enable either the TopIconsPlus or Ubuntu AppIndicators extension, and reboot the system. Then you would be able to see the icons on the GNOME's bar.
Instead of rebooting, you could just reload the Gnome Shell: press Alt+F2, enter R, and press Enter.
edited Oct 31 '18 at 12:15
abu_bua
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answered May 8 '18 at 23:48
khriss cortez
29112
This worked for me. Thanks!
– caisah
Jun 1 '18 at 10:09
I also wanted to point out that this worked on my system as well. All my tray icons are back. Not sure what the cause is. A conflict?
– Sepehr
Jun 5 '18 at 18:45
1
where is this "Ubuntu AppIndicators" extension? I can't find it anywhere at all
– cat
Aug 4 '18 at 22:55
4
No need to reboot system -- as simple Gnome Shell reload seems to do the trick (Alt-F2, type r, press Enter).
– mortenpi
Aug 22 '18 at 23:20
add a comment |
I just installed 18.04 and found this issue. The only way to reliably show all tray icons is to first install Top Icons plus and then proceed to uninstall gnome-shell-extension-appindicator (run sudo apt purge gnome-shell-extension-appindicator)
After a restart (or maybe just logging out) you'll see all tray icons, make sure you go through the settings of that extension to make it work the way you want to, but even if you don't it should be working.
It took me a while to fix this.
answered May 8 '18 at 2:49
Felipe
8591619
1
I tried that command, but it wants to removeubuntu-desktopas well. It's the same forgnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock.ubuntu-desktopseems like an important package and many packages depend on it, so I'm not going to try it.
– MWin123
Jul 15 '18 at 2:10
@MWin123 you can install the 'gnome-tweak tool' and disable the existing app-indicator and replace it with the 'top-icon plus' i guess.
– Ajith R Nair
Jul 19 '18 at 13:20
add a comment |
You don't have to uninstall ubuntu - appindicator. Just turning on ubuntu - appindicator first in gnome-tweak, and then install topicon plus, there are no problems.
Edit:
If you don't have it already, install the package gnome-tweaks.
Run "gnome-tweaks" and look at the 4th item called "Extensions". Looks like this:
Make sure you enable Kstatusnotifieritem/appindicator support.
edited Oct 28 '18 at 23:24
Stéphane
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answered Jul 23 '18 at 14:14
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– David Foerster
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– Amanuel Nega
2 days ago
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In 18.04 the Topicons (not plus) needs to be on as well as the Ubuntu app indicator which comes by default. I didn't need to uninstall anything though a notification came on requiring a restart. I guessed it was a gnome restart and so did alt-f2 and pressed 'r'. I did a reboot and there was a notification to log out as well so I did that plus a reboot for luck and all seems good.
answered May 12 '18 at 23:42
Greg
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Other solutions did not work for me. What did it was to install gnome system-monitor-applet:
Install gnome-system-monitor:
sudo apt install gnome-system-monitor
Install system-monitor extension dependencies as suggested in https://github.com/paradoxxxzero/gnome-shell-system-monitor-applet :
sudo apt install gir1.2-gtop-2.0 gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0 gir1.2-clutter-1.0
Install gnome system-monitor extension here: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/120/system-monitor/
Reload gnome: ALT+F2, then type r, then Enter
Result:
answered Oct 8 '18 at 9:18
Gohu
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Based on the other answers, the combination that worked for me was
purge indicator-common:
sudo apt purge indicator-common. This also removes the unity desktop. That was still present on my system after upgrading from ubuntu 16.04, but has been discontinued now.install Ubuntu AppIndicators:
sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-appindicatorRestart gnome-shell:
gnome-shell --replace &. This will restart gnome-shell from a terminal and run it in the background.Open gnome tweaks (see mifjpn's answer) and enable the Ubuntu appindicators extension. If it is not visible you may need to restart gnome tweaks and/or gnome-shell.
Restart gnome-shell again:
gnome-shell --replace &. Then (optionally) dodisown %1after that to detach the process from the terminal so you don't accidentally kill gnome-shell if you close the terminal.
After the second restart the indicators finally became visible. I'm a bit disappointed that after installing the package I need to restart gnome-shell twice, first to make the extensions visible in gnome tweaks so I can enable them, then to actually run them. (This might be because only the second restart starts my applets that use an indicator.)
NB. I don't have the TopIcons extension installed.
answered Nov 12 '18 at 12:51
JanKanis
26629
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Warning: TopIconsPlus is no longer supported and I do not recommend it!
see
https://github.com/phocean/TopIcons-plus
In my case (Mattermost and Shutter applications) solving the problem with the icons in the system tray requires a libgtk2-appindicator-perl package which was removed from Ubuntu 18.04 main repository.
Workaround:
sudo apt-get install libappindicator-dev
answered Dec 14 '18 at 13:30
don_vanchos
213
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my App Indicator wasn't working -- icons were there but unresponsive, I switched from wayland to xorg and it fixed the problem (so far)
answered May 18 '18 at 13:16
brad
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What I did was:
sudo apt purge indicator-common
Then you can enable either the TopIconsPlus or Ubuntu AppIndicators extension, and reboot the system. Then you would be able to see the icons on the GNOME's bar.
Instead of rebooting, you could just reload the Gnome Shell: press Alt+F2, enter R, and press Enter.
edited Oct 31 '18 at 12:15
abu_bua
3,26681026
answered May 8 '18 at 23:48
khriss cortez
29112
This worked for me. Thanks!
– caisah
Jun 1 '18 at 10:09
I also wanted to point out that this worked on my system as well. All my tray icons are back. Not sure what the cause is. A conflict?
– Sepehr
Jun 5 '18 at 18:45
1
where is this "Ubuntu AppIndicators" extension? I can't find it anywhere at all
– cat
Aug 4 '18 at 22:55
4
No need to reboot system -- as simple Gnome Shell reload seems to do the trick (Alt-F2, type r, press Enter).
– mortenpi
Aug 22 '18 at 23:20
add a comment |
What I did was:
sudo apt purge indicator-common
Then you can enable either the TopIconsPlus or Ubuntu AppIndicators extension, and reboot the system. Then you would be able to see the icons on the GNOME's bar.
Instead of rebooting, you could just reload the Gnome Shell: press Alt+F2, enter R, and press Enter.
edited Oct 31 '18 at 12:15
abu_bua
3,26681026
answered May 8 '18 at 23:48
khriss cortez
29112
This worked for me. Thanks!
– caisah
Jun 1 '18 at 10:09
I also wanted to point out that this worked on my system as well. All my tray icons are back. Not sure what the cause is. A conflict?
– Sepehr
Jun 5 '18 at 18:45
1
where is this "Ubuntu AppIndicators" extension? I can't find it anywhere at all
– cat
Aug 4 '18 at 22:55
4
No need to reboot system -- as simple Gnome Shell reload seems to do the trick (Alt-F2, type r, press Enter).
– mortenpi
Aug 22 '18 at 23:20
add a comment |
What I did was:
sudo apt purge indicator-common
Then you can enable either the TopIconsPlus or Ubuntu AppIndicators extension, and reboot the system. Then you would be able to see the icons on the GNOME's bar.
Instead of rebooting, you could just reload the Gnome Shell: press Alt+F2, enter R, and press Enter.
edited Oct 31 '18 at 12:15
abu_bua
3,26681026
answered May 8 '18 at 23:48
khriss cortez
29112
What I did was:
sudo apt purge indicator-common
Then you can enable either the TopIconsPlus or Ubuntu AppIndicators extension, and reboot the system. Then you would be able to see the icons on the GNOME's bar.
Instead of rebooting, you could just reload the Gnome Shell: press Alt+F2, enter R, and press Enter.
edited Oct 31 '18 at 12:15
abu_bua
3,26681026
answered May 8 '18 at 23:48
khriss cortez
29112
edited Oct 31 '18 at 12:15
abu_bua
3,26681026
edited Oct 31 '18 at 12:15
abu_bua
3,26681026
edited Oct 31 '18 at 12:15
abu_bua
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3,26681026
answered May 8 '18 at 23:48
khriss cortez
29112
answered May 8 '18 at 23:48
khriss cortez
29112
answered May 8 '18 at 23:48
khriss cortez
29112
29112
This worked for me. Thanks!
– caisah
Jun 1 '18 at 10:09
I also wanted to point out that this worked on my system as well. All my tray icons are back. Not sure what the cause is. A conflict?
– Sepehr
Jun 5 '18 at 18:45
1
where is this "Ubuntu AppIndicators" extension? I can't find it anywhere at all
– cat
Aug 4 '18 at 22:55
4
No need to reboot system -- as simple Gnome Shell reload seems to do the trick (Alt-F2, type r, press Enter).
– mortenpi
Aug 22 '18 at 23:20
add a comment |
This worked for me. Thanks!
– caisah
Jun 1 '18 at 10:09
I also wanted to point out that this worked on my system as well. All my tray icons are back. Not sure what the cause is. A conflict?
– Sepehr
Jun 5 '18 at 18:45
1
where is this "Ubuntu AppIndicators" extension? I can't find it anywhere at all
– cat
Aug 4 '18 at 22:55
4
No need to reboot system -- as simple Gnome Shell reload seems to do the trick (Alt-F2, type r, press Enter).
– mortenpi
Aug 22 '18 at 23:20
This worked for me. Thanks!
– caisah
Jun 1 '18 at 10:09
This worked for me. Thanks!
– caisah
Jun 1 '18 at 10:09
I also wanted to point out that this worked on my system as well. All my tray icons are back. Not sure what the cause is. A conflict?
– Sepehr
Jun 5 '18 at 18:45
I also wanted to point out that this worked on my system as well. All my tray icons are back. Not sure what the cause is. A conflict?
– Sepehr
Jun 5 '18 at 18:45
1
1
where is this "Ubuntu AppIndicators" extension? I can't find it anywhere at all
– cat
Aug 4 '18 at 22:55
where is this "Ubuntu AppIndicators" extension? I can't find it anywhere at all
– cat
Aug 4 '18 at 22:55
4
4
No need to reboot system -- as simple Gnome Shell reload seems to do the trick (Alt-F2, type r, press Enter).
– mortenpi
Aug 22 '18 at 23:20
No need to reboot system -- as simple Gnome Shell reload seems to do the trick (Alt-F2, type r, press Enter).
– mortenpi
Aug 22 '18 at 23:20
add a comment |
I just installed 18.04 and found this issue. The only way to reliably show all tray icons is to first install Top Icons plus and then proceed to uninstall gnome-shell-extension-appindicator (run sudo apt purge gnome-shell-extension-appindicator)
After a restart (or maybe just logging out) you'll see all tray icons, make sure you go through the settings of that extension to make it work the way you want to, but even if you don't it should be working.
It took me a while to fix this.
answered May 8 '18 at 2:49
Felipe
8591619
1
I tried that command, but it wants to removeubuntu-desktopas well. It's the same forgnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock.ubuntu-desktopseems like an important package and many packages depend on it, so I'm not going to try it.
– MWin123
Jul 15 '18 at 2:10
@MWin123 you can install the 'gnome-tweak tool' and disable the existing app-indicator and replace it with the 'top-icon plus' i guess.
– Ajith R Nair
Jul 19 '18 at 13:20
add a comment |
I just installed 18.04 and found this issue. The only way to reliably show all tray icons is to first install Top Icons plus and then proceed to uninstall gnome-shell-extension-appindicator (run sudo apt purge gnome-shell-extension-appindicator)
After a restart (or maybe just logging out) you'll see all tray icons, make sure you go through the settings of that extension to make it work the way you want to, but even if you don't it should be working.
It took me a while to fix this.
answered May 8 '18 at 2:49
Felipe
8591619
1
I tried that command, but it wants to removeubuntu-desktopas well. It's the same forgnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock.ubuntu-desktopseems like an important package and many packages depend on it, so I'm not going to try it.
– MWin123
Jul 15 '18 at 2:10
@MWin123 you can install the 'gnome-tweak tool' and disable the existing app-indicator and replace it with the 'top-icon plus' i guess.
– Ajith R Nair
Jul 19 '18 at 13:20
add a comment |
I just installed 18.04 and found this issue. The only way to reliably show all tray icons is to first install Top Icons plus and then proceed to uninstall gnome-shell-extension-appindicator (run sudo apt purge gnome-shell-extension-appindicator)
After a restart (or maybe just logging out) you'll see all tray icons, make sure you go through the settings of that extension to make it work the way you want to, but even if you don't it should be working.
It took me a while to fix this.
answered May 8 '18 at 2:49
Felipe
8591619
I just installed 18.04 and found this issue. The only way to reliably show all tray icons is to first install Top Icons plus and then proceed to uninstall gnome-shell-extension-appindicator (run sudo apt purge gnome-shell-extension-appindicator)
After a restart (or maybe just logging out) you'll see all tray icons, make sure you go through the settings of that extension to make it work the way you want to, but even if you don't it should be working.
It took me a while to fix this.
answered May 8 '18 at 2:49
Felipe
8591619
answered May 8 '18 at 2:49
Felipe
8591619
answered May 8 '18 at 2:49
Felipe
8591619
answered May 8 '18 at 2:49
Felipe
8591619
8591619
1
I tried that command, but it wants to removeubuntu-desktopas well. It's the same forgnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock.ubuntu-desktopseems like an important package and many packages depend on it, so I'm not going to try it.
– MWin123
Jul 15 '18 at 2:10
@MWin123 you can install the 'gnome-tweak tool' and disable the existing app-indicator and replace it with the 'top-icon plus' i guess.
– Ajith R Nair
Jul 19 '18 at 13:20
add a comment |
1
I tried that command, but it wants to removeubuntu-desktopas well. It's the same forgnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock.ubuntu-desktopseems like an important package and many packages depend on it, so I'm not going to try it.
– MWin123
Jul 15 '18 at 2:10
@MWin123 you can install the 'gnome-tweak tool' and disable the existing app-indicator and replace it with the 'top-icon plus' i guess.
– Ajith R Nair
Jul 19 '18 at 13:20
1
1
I tried that command, but it wants to remove
ubuntu-desktop as well. It's the same for gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock. ubuntu-desktop seems like an important package and many packages depend on it, so I'm not going to try it.– MWin123
Jul 15 '18 at 2:10
I tried that command, but it wants to remove
ubuntu-desktop as well. It's the same for gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock. ubuntu-desktop seems like an important package and many packages depend on it, so I'm not going to try it.– MWin123
Jul 15 '18 at 2:10
@MWin123 you can install the 'gnome-tweak tool' and disable the existing app-indicator and replace it with the 'top-icon plus' i guess.
– Ajith R Nair
Jul 19 '18 at 13:20
@MWin123 you can install the 'gnome-tweak tool' and disable the existing app-indicator and replace it with the 'top-icon plus' i guess.
– Ajith R Nair
Jul 19 '18 at 13:20
add a comment |
You don't have to uninstall ubuntu - appindicator. Just turning on ubuntu - appindicator first in gnome-tweak, and then install topicon plus, there are no problems.
Edit:
If you don't have it already, install the package gnome-tweaks.
Run "gnome-tweaks" and look at the 4th item called "Extensions". Looks like this:
Make sure you enable Kstatusnotifieritem/appindicator support.
edited Oct 28 '18 at 23:24
Stéphane
1,39721227
answered Jul 23 '18 at 14:14
mifjpn
5111
5
Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! I recommend to edit this answer to expand it with specific details about how to do this. (See also How do I write a good answer? for general advice about what sorts of answers are considered most valuable on Ask Ubuntu.)
– David Foerster
Jul 23 '18 at 17:12
I was missing this one
– Amanuel Nega
2 days ago
add a comment |
You don't have to uninstall ubuntu - appindicator. Just turning on ubuntu - appindicator first in gnome-tweak, and then install topicon plus, there are no problems.
Edit:
If you don't have it already, install the package gnome-tweaks.
Run "gnome-tweaks" and look at the 4th item called "Extensions". Looks like this:
Make sure you enable Kstatusnotifieritem/appindicator support.
edited Oct 28 '18 at 23:24
Stéphane
1,39721227
answered Jul 23 '18 at 14:14
mifjpn
5111
5
Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! I recommend to edit this answer to expand it with specific details about how to do this. (See also How do I write a good answer? for general advice about what sorts of answers are considered most valuable on Ask Ubuntu.)
– David Foerster
Jul 23 '18 at 17:12
I was missing this one
– Amanuel Nega
2 days ago
add a comment |
You don't have to uninstall ubuntu - appindicator. Just turning on ubuntu - appindicator first in gnome-tweak, and then install topicon plus, there are no problems.
Edit:
If you don't have it already, install the package gnome-tweaks.
Run "gnome-tweaks" and look at the 4th item called "Extensions". Looks like this:
Make sure you enable Kstatusnotifieritem/appindicator support.
edited Oct 28 '18 at 23:24
Stéphane
1,39721227
answered Jul 23 '18 at 14:14
mifjpn
5111
You don't have to uninstall ubuntu - appindicator. Just turning on ubuntu - appindicator first in gnome-tweak, and then install topicon plus, there are no problems.
Edit:
If you don't have it already, install the package gnome-tweaks.
Run "gnome-tweaks" and look at the 4th item called "Extensions". Looks like this:
Make sure you enable Kstatusnotifieritem/appindicator support.
edited Oct 28 '18 at 23:24
Stéphane
1,39721227
answered Jul 23 '18 at 14:14
mifjpn
5111
edited Oct 28 '18 at 23:24
Stéphane
1,39721227
edited Oct 28 '18 at 23:24
Stéphane
1,39721227
edited Oct 28 '18 at 23:24
Stéphane
1,39721227
1,39721227
answered Jul 23 '18 at 14:14
mifjpn
5111
answered Jul 23 '18 at 14:14
mifjpn
5111
answered Jul 23 '18 at 14:14
mifjpn
5111
5111
5
Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! I recommend to edit this answer to expand it with specific details about how to do this. (See also How do I write a good answer? for general advice about what sorts of answers are considered most valuable on Ask Ubuntu.)
– David Foerster
Jul 23 '18 at 17:12
I was missing this one
– Amanuel Nega
2 days ago
add a comment |
5
Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! I recommend to edit this answer to expand it with specific details about how to do this. (See also How do I write a good answer? for general advice about what sorts of answers are considered most valuable on Ask Ubuntu.)
– David Foerster
Jul 23 '18 at 17:12
I was missing this one
– Amanuel Nega
2 days ago
5
5
Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! I recommend to edit this answer to expand it with specific details about how to do this. (See also How do I write a good answer? for general advice about what sorts of answers are considered most valuable on Ask Ubuntu.)
– David Foerster
Jul 23 '18 at 17:12
Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! I recommend to edit this answer to expand it with specific details about how to do this. (See also How do I write a good answer? for general advice about what sorts of answers are considered most valuable on Ask Ubuntu.)
– David Foerster
Jul 23 '18 at 17:12
I was missing this one
– Amanuel Nega
2 days ago
I was missing this one
– Amanuel Nega
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In 18.04 the Topicons (not plus) needs to be on as well as the Ubuntu app indicator which comes by default. I didn't need to uninstall anything though a notification came on requiring a restart. I guessed it was a gnome restart and so did alt-f2 and pressed 'r'. I did a reboot and there was a notification to log out as well so I did that plus a reboot for luck and all seems good.
answered May 12 '18 at 23:42
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In 18.04 the Topicons (not plus) needs to be on as well as the Ubuntu app indicator which comes by default. I didn't need to uninstall anything though a notification came on requiring a restart. I guessed it was a gnome restart and so did alt-f2 and pressed 'r'. I did a reboot and there was a notification to log out as well so I did that plus a reboot for luck and all seems good.
answered May 12 '18 at 23:42
Greg
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In 18.04 the Topicons (not plus) needs to be on as well as the Ubuntu app indicator which comes by default. I didn't need to uninstall anything though a notification came on requiring a restart. I guessed it was a gnome restart and so did alt-f2 and pressed 'r'. I did a reboot and there was a notification to log out as well so I did that plus a reboot for luck and all seems good.
answered May 12 '18 at 23:42
Greg
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In 18.04 the Topicons (not plus) needs to be on as well as the Ubuntu app indicator which comes by default. I didn't need to uninstall anything though a notification came on requiring a restart. I guessed it was a gnome restart and so did alt-f2 and pressed 'r'. I did a reboot and there was a notification to log out as well so I did that plus a reboot for luck and all seems good.
answered May 12 '18 at 23:42
Greg
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Greg
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Other solutions did not work for me. What did it was to install gnome system-monitor-applet:
Install gnome-system-monitor:
sudo apt install gnome-system-monitor
Install system-monitor extension dependencies as suggested in https://github.com/paradoxxxzero/gnome-shell-system-monitor-applet :
sudo apt install gir1.2-gtop-2.0 gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0 gir1.2-clutter-1.0
Install gnome system-monitor extension here: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/120/system-monitor/
Reload gnome: ALT+F2, then type r, then Enter
Result:
answered Oct 8 '18 at 9:18
Gohu
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Other solutions did not work for me. What did it was to install gnome system-monitor-applet:
Install gnome-system-monitor:
sudo apt install gnome-system-monitor
Install system-monitor extension dependencies as suggested in https://github.com/paradoxxxzero/gnome-shell-system-monitor-applet :
sudo apt install gir1.2-gtop-2.0 gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0 gir1.2-clutter-1.0
Install gnome system-monitor extension here: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/120/system-monitor/
Reload gnome: ALT+F2, then type r, then Enter
Result:
answered Oct 8 '18 at 9:18
Gohu
251126
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Other solutions did not work for me. What did it was to install gnome system-monitor-applet:
Install gnome-system-monitor:
sudo apt install gnome-system-monitor
Install system-monitor extension dependencies as suggested in https://github.com/paradoxxxzero/gnome-shell-system-monitor-applet :
sudo apt install gir1.2-gtop-2.0 gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0 gir1.2-clutter-1.0
Install gnome system-monitor extension here: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/120/system-monitor/
Reload gnome: ALT+F2, then type r, then Enter
Result:
answered Oct 8 '18 at 9:18
Gohu
251126
Other solutions did not work for me. What did it was to install gnome system-monitor-applet:
Install gnome-system-monitor:
sudo apt install gnome-system-monitor
Install system-monitor extension dependencies as suggested in https://github.com/paradoxxxzero/gnome-shell-system-monitor-applet :
sudo apt install gir1.2-gtop-2.0 gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0 gir1.2-clutter-1.0
Install gnome system-monitor extension here: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/120/system-monitor/
Reload gnome: ALT+F2, then type r, then Enter
Result:
answered Oct 8 '18 at 9:18
Gohu
251126
answered Oct 8 '18 at 9:18
Gohu
251126
answered Oct 8 '18 at 9:18
Gohu
251126
answered Oct 8 '18 at 9:18
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Based on the other answers, the combination that worked for me was
purge indicator-common:
sudo apt purge indicator-common. This also removes the unity desktop. That was still present on my system after upgrading from ubuntu 16.04, but has been discontinued now.install Ubuntu AppIndicators:
sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-appindicatorRestart gnome-shell:
gnome-shell --replace &. This will restart gnome-shell from a terminal and run it in the background.Open gnome tweaks (see mifjpn's answer) and enable the Ubuntu appindicators extension. If it is not visible you may need to restart gnome tweaks and/or gnome-shell.
Restart gnome-shell again:
gnome-shell --replace &. Then (optionally) dodisown %1after that to detach the process from the terminal so you don't accidentally kill gnome-shell if you close the terminal.
After the second restart the indicators finally became visible. I'm a bit disappointed that after installing the package I need to restart gnome-shell twice, first to make the extensions visible in gnome tweaks so I can enable them, then to actually run them. (This might be because only the second restart starts my applets that use an indicator.)
NB. I don't have the TopIcons extension installed.
answered Nov 12 '18 at 12:51
JanKanis
26629
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Based on the other answers, the combination that worked for me was
purge indicator-common:
sudo apt purge indicator-common. This also removes the unity desktop. That was still present on my system after upgrading from ubuntu 16.04, but has been discontinued now.install Ubuntu AppIndicators:
sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-appindicatorRestart gnome-shell:
gnome-shell --replace &. This will restart gnome-shell from a terminal and run it in the background.Open gnome tweaks (see mifjpn's answer) and enable the Ubuntu appindicators extension. If it is not visible you may need to restart gnome tweaks and/or gnome-shell.
Restart gnome-shell again:
gnome-shell --replace &. Then (optionally) dodisown %1after that to detach the process from the terminal so you don't accidentally kill gnome-shell if you close the terminal.
After the second restart the indicators finally became visible. I'm a bit disappointed that after installing the package I need to restart gnome-shell twice, first to make the extensions visible in gnome tweaks so I can enable them, then to actually run them. (This might be because only the second restart starts my applets that use an indicator.)
NB. I don't have the TopIcons extension installed.
answered Nov 12 '18 at 12:51
JanKanis
26629
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Based on the other answers, the combination that worked for me was
purge indicator-common:
sudo apt purge indicator-common. This also removes the unity desktop. That was still present on my system after upgrading from ubuntu 16.04, but has been discontinued now.install Ubuntu AppIndicators:
sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-appindicatorRestart gnome-shell:
gnome-shell --replace &. This will restart gnome-shell from a terminal and run it in the background.Open gnome tweaks (see mifjpn's answer) and enable the Ubuntu appindicators extension. If it is not visible you may need to restart gnome tweaks and/or gnome-shell.
Restart gnome-shell again:
gnome-shell --replace &. Then (optionally) dodisown %1after that to detach the process from the terminal so you don't accidentally kill gnome-shell if you close the terminal.
After the second restart the indicators finally became visible. I'm a bit disappointed that after installing the package I need to restart gnome-shell twice, first to make the extensions visible in gnome tweaks so I can enable them, then to actually run them. (This might be because only the second restart starts my applets that use an indicator.)
NB. I don't have the TopIcons extension installed.
answered Nov 12 '18 at 12:51
JanKanis
26629
Based on the other answers, the combination that worked for me was
purge indicator-common:
sudo apt purge indicator-common. This also removes the unity desktop. That was still present on my system after upgrading from ubuntu 16.04, but has been discontinued now.install Ubuntu AppIndicators:
sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-appindicatorRestart gnome-shell:
gnome-shell --replace &. This will restart gnome-shell from a terminal and run it in the background.Open gnome tweaks (see mifjpn's answer) and enable the Ubuntu appindicators extension. If it is not visible you may need to restart gnome tweaks and/or gnome-shell.
Restart gnome-shell again:
gnome-shell --replace &. Then (optionally) dodisown %1after that to detach the process from the terminal so you don't accidentally kill gnome-shell if you close the terminal.
After the second restart the indicators finally became visible. I'm a bit disappointed that after installing the package I need to restart gnome-shell twice, first to make the extensions visible in gnome tweaks so I can enable them, then to actually run them. (This might be because only the second restart starts my applets that use an indicator.)
NB. I don't have the TopIcons extension installed.
answered Nov 12 '18 at 12:51
JanKanis
26629
edited Nov 12 '18 at 13:14
answered Nov 12 '18 at 12:51
JanKanis
26629
answered Nov 12 '18 at 12:51
JanKanis
26629
answered Nov 12 '18 at 12:51
JanKanis
26629
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Warning: TopIconsPlus is no longer supported and I do not recommend it!
see
https://github.com/phocean/TopIcons-plus
In my case (Mattermost and Shutter applications) solving the problem with the icons in the system tray requires a libgtk2-appindicator-perl package which was removed from Ubuntu 18.04 main repository.
Workaround:
sudo apt-get install libappindicator-dev
answered Dec 14 '18 at 13:30
don_vanchos
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Warning: TopIconsPlus is no longer supported and I do not recommend it!
see
https://github.com/phocean/TopIcons-plus
In my case (Mattermost and Shutter applications) solving the problem with the icons in the system tray requires a libgtk2-appindicator-perl package which was removed from Ubuntu 18.04 main repository.
Workaround:
sudo apt-get install libappindicator-dev
answered Dec 14 '18 at 13:30
don_vanchos
213
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Warning: TopIconsPlus is no longer supported and I do not recommend it!
see
https://github.com/phocean/TopIcons-plus
In my case (Mattermost and Shutter applications) solving the problem with the icons in the system tray requires a libgtk2-appindicator-perl package which was removed from Ubuntu 18.04 main repository.
Workaround:
sudo apt-get install libappindicator-dev
answered Dec 14 '18 at 13:30
don_vanchos
213
Warning: TopIconsPlus is no longer supported and I do not recommend it!
see
https://github.com/phocean/TopIcons-plus
In my case (Mattermost and Shutter applications) solving the problem with the icons in the system tray requires a libgtk2-appindicator-perl package which was removed from Ubuntu 18.04 main repository.
Workaround:
sudo apt-get install libappindicator-dev
answered Dec 14 '18 at 13:30
don_vanchos
213
answered Dec 14 '18 at 13:30
don_vanchos
213
answered Dec 14 '18 at 13:30
don_vanchos
213
answered Dec 14 '18 at 13:30
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my App Indicator wasn't working -- icons were there but unresponsive, I switched from wayland to xorg and it fixed the problem (so far)
answered May 18 '18 at 13:16
brad
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my App Indicator wasn't working -- icons were there but unresponsive, I switched from wayland to xorg and it fixed the problem (so far)
answered May 18 '18 at 13:16
brad
1
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my App Indicator wasn't working -- icons were there but unresponsive, I switched from wayland to xorg and it fixed the problem (so far)
answered May 18 '18 at 13:16
brad
1
my App Indicator wasn't working -- icons were there but unresponsive, I switched from wayland to xorg and it fixed the problem (so far)
answered May 18 '18 at 13:16
brad
1
answered May 18 '18 at 13:16
brad
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answered May 18 '18 at 13:16
brad
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answered May 18 '18 at 13:16
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Are you using Wayland or Xorg? Are you maybe using the Communitheme? Because I'm having the same issue with Communitheme + Wayland, so I'm wondering whether that is the cause.
– Attila Fulop
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@AttilaFulop nope, using xorg with the default theme on a fresh install.
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