top status bar missing shutdown button, clock, more on upgrade to 13.10

Bug #1250872 reported by hufemj
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Bug Description

When the login window is displayed, the top status bar has what it should - the gear icon, clock, etc. However, once I login it's blank. I tried something in the forums that did get the Dropbox and network manager icons back, but not the rest of the usual icons.

mark@mark-desktop:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 13.10
Release: 13.10

I added a new user to test and the status bar for the new user is completely bank.

If I let the session time out so that the screen locks and then move the mouse or type on the keyboard to bring the login window up, the status bar is correctly displayed. But after logging in it is gone again.

I have both Python 2.7.5+ and 3.3.2+ installed:

mark@mark-desktop:~$ which python
/usr/bin/python
mark@mark-desktop:~$ python
Python 2.7.5+ (default, Sep 19 2013, 13:48:49)

mark@mark-desktop:~$ which python3
/usr/bin/python3
mark@mark-desktop:~$ python3
Python 3.3.2+ (default, Oct 9 2013, 14:50:09)

The same environment worked just fine under 13.04.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.205.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-13.20-generic 3.11.6
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
Date: Wed Nov 13 09:11:16 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-03-12 (1341 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: release-upgrade
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-11-05 (8 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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hufemj (hufemj-yahoo) wrote :
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hufemj (hufemj-yahoo) wrote :

In my case, the problem happens 100% of the time.

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hufemj (hufemj-yahoo) wrote :

I don't believe this is a duplicate of 1239710. The symptoms occur 100% of the time and it's not just the shutdown button and clock that are missing from the top status bar. It's everything. Dropbox and the Network Manager appear only because I tried something found on a forum. For a new user, nothing appears in the status bar.

Also, the fixes that worked for 1239710 do not work for me.

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hufemj (hufemj-yahoo) wrote :

I noticed that icons appear in the top status bar for applications when they are started up, such as Cisco AnyConnect and TomBoy. But neither the clock nor the gear icon nor UbuntuOne appear.

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