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solaar package

Solaar tray icon not visible

Bug #1765946 reported by Nick Stone
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solaar (Debian)
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solaar (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

XUbuntu 18.04. Solaar functionality is available from the tray. However, the Solaar icon is not visible. The tray has a blank square where the icon should be. Hovering the mouse pointer over the blank square displays the "Solaar" tooltip. Clicking on the (blank) square displays the Solaar menu and Solaar functionality is available via that menu.

lsb_release -rd -->
Description: Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (development branch)
Release: 18.04

apt-cache policy solaar -->
solaar:
  Installed: 0.9.2+dfsg-8
  Candidate: 0.9.2+dfsg-8
  Version table:
 *** 0.9.2+dfsg-8 500
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: solaar 0.9.2+dfsg-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-15.16-generic 4.15.15
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Sat Apr 21 13:47:39 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-19 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20180419)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: solaar
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Nick Stone (nickstone8-v) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in solaar (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Goth Queen (artistbraab) wrote :

Same here. Might this perhaps be due to GTK3? Just asking...

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Martin X201 (hal9081) wrote :

Same here. Fresh install. Thank you.

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rrhobbs (rrhobbs-geo) wrote :

Me too / XFCE. A dirty workaround I just discovered is to make Solaar a favorite in Whisker Menu, then "add it to Panel".

The icon that is missing for me is acyaually in the Panel's Notifier Plugin. I hid the Solaar icon there and the blank space where the Solaar icon would normally show goes away.

The "dirty workaround" obviously only addresses some appearance issues, not the coding that should place the icon in the notifier menu.

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Changed in solaar (Debian):
status: Unknown → New
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Marco Bottacin (westdam) wrote :

same problem here on linuxmint 20 cinnamon. latest solaar with no icon in systray.

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Neil Blenkiron (neilblenkiron) wrote :

Confirming no icon in sys tray on upgrade from Mint 19.3 to 20. Blank space where icon should be and the solaar menu when that space is left clicked.

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kris777 (kris777) wrote :

I confirm that there is no standard solaar icon on the panel.
I'm running LinuxMint 19.3 / cinnamon

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Delta-Z (zinenko) wrote :

Same here Ubuntu 20.04 / Budgie.

Initial "green gear" icon shows up fine. It's only one a device is activated that it becomes an empty square.

Interestingly it worked fine for me in 18.10 / Gnome3

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Deon Rodden (glitch-m) wrote :

Problem confirmed on Linux Mint 20 Ulyana (Cinnamon) after upgrading from Mint 19.3 (Cinnamon). Same thing, missing icon, can click on it and see the Solaar menu.

Not sure if it's relevant but my panel is Vertical, along the left side. Not sure if the issue exists if my panel were Horizontal along the bottom.

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Hans Wurst (wurst-hans) wrote :

Same here:

Kernel: 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: Cinnamon 4.6.7
Distro: Linux Mint 20 Ulyana

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