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PointBlank776

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Registered: 2020-09-23

Posts: 17

[Solved] Tray Icons not appearing

I've installed arch very recently to learn more about how Linux functions and how to use it. As such I'm not entirely sure where to even start going about troubleshooting this...

The tray icons for things like Discord, Spotify, Variety, etc don't show up at all.
I've tried using aur to install Gnome shell tray icon extension at https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gnom … ray-icons/ as a friend told me it might fix the issue, but it has indeed not done that... And I have not the slightest clue as to what else I can try...
Lemme know if there's any information I'm leaving out that could be helpful..

Last edited by PointBlank776 (2020-12-09 01:02:49)

cirrus

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From: Glasgow Scotland

Registered: 2012-08-24

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Re: [Solved] Tray Icons not appearing

Hi  and welcome to the forums, your request for support gives us no info whatsover, while many archers are clever, there is only one who is clairvoyant and he has broken his crystal ball (again), so i suggest you have a read of How To Ask Questions The Smart Way and maybe retry by giving us something to go on, as in what DE/WM you use, if it has ever worked ? etc. etc.
good luck

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murffatksig

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From: Atl

Registered: 2004-05-17

Posts: 358

Re: [Solved] Tray Icons not appearing

I tried installing that version of gnome-shell-tray-icon from the AUR and it didn't immediately work for me either.

When installing gnome extensions, I typically install them directly from the Gnome extensions website.  If you have chrome-gnome-shell installed you can literally flip a switch on the website to install the extension.  For the gnome tray icons, try this extension: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1503/tray-icons/.  I installed it and immediately several tray icons appeared.

You can read more about installing Gnome extensions from the browser by visiting: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GNOME#Extensions

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PointBlank776

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Registered: 2020-09-23

Posts: 17

Re: [Solved] Tray Icons not appearing

Hi  and welcome to the forums, your request for support gives us no info whatsover, while many archers are clever, there is only one who is clairvoyant and he has broken his crystal ball (again), so i suggest you have a read of How To Ask Questions The Smart Way and maybe retry by giving us something to go on, as in what DE/WM you use, if it has ever worked ? etc. etc.
good luck

Yea, I apologize for not being able to give any more information. I'm still learning the ropes. Thanks for not being excessively uncivil about it... I've noticed a lot of archers enjoy hating on noobs

PointBlank776

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Registered: 2020-09-23

Posts: 17

Re: [Solved] Tray Icons not appearing

I tried installing that version of gnome-shell-tray-icon from the AUR and it didn't immediately work for me either.

When installing gnome extensions, I typically install them directly from the Gnome extensions website.  If you have chrome-gnome-shell installed you can literally flip a switch on the website to install the extension.  For the gnome tray icons, try this extension: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1503/tray-icons/.  I installed it and immediately several tray icons appeared.

You can read more about installing Gnome extensions from the browser by visiting: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GNOME#Extensions

Thanks! I figured out that I had installed the correct extensions, I just hadn't enabled them. Which I did simply by going into the extensions shortcut in the app drawer... So This is pretty much solved

murffatksig

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From: Atl

Registered: 2004-05-17

Posts: 358

Re: [Solved] Tray Icons not appearing

Thanks! I figured out that I had installed the correct extensions, I just hadn't enabled them. Which I did simply by going into the extensions shortcut in the app drawer... So This is pretty much solved

Very cool, glad you got it working.  If you don’t mind, mark the topic as solved by adding [SOLVED] to the beginning of the subject.

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