[SOLVED] QuiteRSS and Telegram not showing in system tray in Debian 9 MATE backport.

linustalman · 08-13-2018, 01:18 PM

Hi.

The QuiteRSS and Telegram apps are not showing in my system tray after I installed a backport of the MATE desktop on Debian 9.

Does anyone know of a fix?

Thanks.

ondoho · 08-14-2018, 02:10 AM

do those apps feature systray icons?

linustalman · 08-14-2018, 03:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

do those apps feature systray icons?

Hi ondoho. Yes, they both do. I had system tray icons before I installed the MATE backport.

Code:

sudo apt -t stretch-backports install mate-desktop-environment

Both those apps have options to disable the system tray icon - I did this and now when I minimise them, they remain in the panel instead of disappearing.

linustalman · 08-14-2018, 08:10 AM

I've just noticed that SMPlayer & VLC also no longer show in the system tray.

I wonder if this is a QT issue.

ondoho · 08-14-2018, 12:47 PM

i wonder if you still have a systray at all.

linustalman · 08-14-2018, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

i wonder if you still have a systray at all.

Yes I do. Artha, Thunderbird, Workrave, etc. are there right now.

linustalman · 08-15-2018, 04:19 AM

This could be the fix: https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/syst...-18-04/16870/5

linustalman · 08-16-2018, 06:26 AM

Vokoscreen is yet another QT app that's not showing in the system tray. It must be a QT issue.

linustalman · 08-17-2018, 07:57 AM

All items now show in my system tray. I accidentally fixed it. About 2 days ago, I bootup up and at login, I had a black x for a cursor and the window borders were not showing. Choose no compositing in MATE Tweak was the only solution. Then I recalled in a previous thread that to sort it out, go to /home/USERNAME/.local/share/applications and remove marco items - so I deleted all marco items (4 of the same name) and one metacity item (not sure if this made a difference). Today, at login, everything's good again.