[Pkg-ayatana-devel] Bug#900080: ayatana-indicator-application: Installing ayatana-indicator-application in stretch causes tray icons to disappear

[Mike Gabriel]

Hi,

On Fri, 25 May 2018 15:20:59 -0400 Daniel Gnoutcheff 
<gnoutchd at softwarefreedom.org> wrote:
 > Package: ayatana-indicator-application
 > Version: 0.5.2-1~bpo9+1
 > Severity: normal
 >
 > If ayatana-indicator-application is installed from stretch-backports,
 > some applications (Remmina, Blink) whose tray icons would otherwise work
 > under Xfce no longer appear.
 >
 > To reproduce, in detail:
 >
 > - On a fresh stretch install, log into an Xfce desktop, enable
 > backports, and install remmina. (Assuming Install-Recommends is left
 > on, this pulls in ayatana-indicator-application.)
 >
 > - Without logging out, start remmina. Observe that it has a tray icon.
 >
 > - Now log out, log back in, and start remmina again. Observe that
 > the tray icon is gone.
 >
 > - killall ayatana-indicator-application-service and restart remmina.
 > Observe that the tray icon is back.
 >
 > Affected applications (that I know of):
 >
 > - Remmina (as used in the reproducer procedure)
 > - blink-qt (http://icanblink.com/, not in Debian)
 >
 > xfce4-indicator-plugin (from stretch) does not seem to help.

Would it help if you had xfce4-indicator-plugin from testing in 
stretch-backports.

Another approach would be to investigate, why 
ayatana-indicator-application gets pulled in.

Greets,
Mike