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copcac

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Registered: 2014-11-15

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xfce4 power manager 'New Power Manager Plugin'

So I'm getting a new installation of Arch up and running, and I'm using xfce4-power-manager and I noticed there was no system tray icon. So I researched the problem and found this tidbit:

[2014-10-29 17:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] :: Xfce Power Manager no longer provides a tray icon.
[2014-10-29 17:40] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]    Please add the new Power Manager Plugin to your panel.
[2014-10-29 17:40] [PACMAN] upgraded xfce4-power-manager (1.2.0.212.g75107db-1 -> 1.4.1-2)

So now I've gone through AUR and the official repositories an I could not find this so called 'Power Manager Plugin'. I'm just trying to get the battery icon in my Tint2 systemtray under OpenBox. What new Power Manager Plugin is Pacman referring to?

foutrelis

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From: Athens, Greece

Registered: 2008-07-28

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Re: xfce4 power manager 'New Power Manager Plugin'

The new plugin is specific to the Xfce panel and is included in the xfce4-power-manager package.

There's an upstream request to bring back the tray icon: https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11054

root

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From: 127.0.0.1

Registered: 2012-04-13

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Re: xfce4 power manager 'New Power Manager Plugin'

If you just want a battery icon, does tint2's 'Show Battery Applet' option fit your needs until the tray icon is brought back?

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