quassel-* entry missing from indicator plugin (envelope), and tray icon doesn't work.

[Rob Tongue]

in 13.04 (Raring), Quassel doesn't have an entry in the messaging applet anymore (The Envelope), and the tray icon does not work. To duplicate, install either of the quassel, quassel-client applications, and launch. In 12.04 there is an entry in the messaging menu, but in 13.04 there is not. Also enabling the tray icon in quassel has no effect. There is simply no tray icon.

EDIT: This has been an issue since 12.10, and it is still broken in 14.04

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

These aren't due to problems in Quassel.

Canonical changed the way the back end libraries work in incompatible ways.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Charles Butler (lazypower)]

Important to note, this is still an issue in 13.10 and 14.04

[metRo_ (josescxavier)]

There is any workaround for that?

[Rob Tongue (robtongue)]

metRo_, not in Ubuntu/Unity. A nasty workaround for Xubuntu is to remove the indicator-application package. That will at least allow the tray icon to appear, but if anything else uses that package, you will lose that as well. For example, the volume indicator.

The Quassel team states that this is a won't-fix because Canonical changed the way this works in incompatible ways. I don't agree with this, but it is what it is. If anyone wants to step up and write a patch, that would be awesome. However, for now, I just accept the fact that there is no indicator or tray icon in Unity for Quassel.

[metRo_ (josescxavier)]

Rob Tongue, in my case I can't still open Quassel, I can see it had been initialize, I can see people poke me but I can't open it :s

[JaSauders (jasauders)]

This is still an issue on all of my 14.04 installs right now.

[Caleb Howland (Menzador) (menzador)]

If I correctly recall, this particularly affects GTK+-based desktops. But I reckon we'll need to have someone confirm that it works in Kubuntu (and/or LXDE-Qt by extension), as per the now-closed Quassel bug #1234, reported by the same filer:

http://bugs.quassel-irc.org/issues/1234

[Rob Tongue (robtongue)]

Also see this bug: http://bugs.quassel-irc.org/issues/1269

[Rob Tongue (robtongue)]

Caleb, also, this is not an issue in Kubuntu as they do not use any of the indicator-* stuff that I am aware of.

[Caleb Howland (Menzador) (menzador)]

Very well. I was going to tag as "Also affects project," but Launchpad does not recognize the URL at the new bug tracker page... let me try a quick workaround.

[Caleb Howland (Menzador) (menzador)]

Nope, no avail. I filed against Launchpad itself for that, but the link in comment #9 needs to be linked to that bug.