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triumphguy

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From: Alabama, USA

Registered: 2010-12-26

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Gnome Shell Tray Icons

I recently switched to Gnome Shell.  I'm currently using version 3.12.2.  My issue is that my autostart programs (Davmail and Guake) are running but the icon is not visible in the lower tray.  I can use my mouse to verify that they are there, I just can't see the icon.  If I plug in a USB drive, then I will see the Gnome icon for removable media.  I previously used a TWM and never had an issue with tray icons.

Any ideas where to start?

mrunion

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Re: Gnome Shell Tray Icons

Start by trying different icon themes and see if a different theme fixes this issue. If it does, then try to find out what's broke with the current icon theme. If it doesn't, then we'll have to go another route.

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triumphguy

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From: Alabama, USA

Registered: 2010-12-26

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Re: Gnome Shell Tray Icons

My icon theme was set to the Gnome default.  I tried all of the icon themes installed (HiColor, High Contrast and Oxygen).  Icons changed as expected except for the tray icons which were not visible.

Last edited by triumphguy (2014-08-08 19:45:33)

xero

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Re: Gnome Shell Tray Icons

you need to logout to reload tray icons

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triumphguy

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From: Alabama, USA

Registered: 2010-12-26

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Re: Gnome Shell Tray Icons

Logged Out and back in with a different icon theme.  Still no tray icons except the removable media icon.

Pse

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Re: Gnome Shell Tray Icons

Yep, this happens to me as well with the firewalld icon. Some icons show at the right size, some are half the size, and some are like 1x1px. Last I read about this, it was some sort of GTK2/3 transition issue?

What happens if you install the extension to display the icons in the top bar?

https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/495/topicons/