[Pkg-ayatana-devel] Bug#891927: Bug#891927: libayatana-appindicator3-1: System tray does not work for several applications after installing libayatana-appindicator3-1

[Mike Gabriel]

Control: severity -1 important

Hi David,

On  Fr 02 Mär 2018 18:25:03 CET, David Torgerson wrote:

> Package: libayatana-appindicator3-1
> Version: 0.5.2-1
> Severity: normal
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> I upgraded to debian buster and several of my applications no longer  
> show up in the system tray. I am using xfce4. The only package on my  
> system that depends on libayatana-appindicator3-1 is remmina.
>
> Applications which do show up in the system tray with  
> libayatana-appindicator3-1 installed:
> wicd
> slack
> alltray running thunderbird
>
> Applications which do not show up in the system tray with  
> libayatana-appindicator3-1 installed:
> remmina
> autokey
> blueman-applet
>
> Workaround:
> I have found that I remove these two libraries before X starts
> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libayatana-appindicator3.so.1
> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libayatana-appindicator3.so.1.0.0
> and then copy them back into place before starting remmina then  
> everything works correctly. If those libraries are in place when X  
> starts then system tray will not work for multiple applications  
> (including remmina). I modified /etc/X11/Xsession to sudo rm those  
> files and then as part of the autostart for remmina I copy the files  
> back.
>
> Thanks,
> David T.

Wow. This one is interesting and definitely needs fixing. On my list  
for the coming week.

Mike
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