flameshot: The icon does not appear in the GNOME bar

[El jinete sin cabeza]

https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/issues/1009

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When upgrading from gnome-shell-extension-appindicator_33-3_all.deb to gnome-shell-extension-appindicator_34-1_all.deb the icon does not appear in the GNOME toolbar.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10
Package: flameshot 0.8.1-1
Uname: Linux 5.8.12-050812-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu48
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Sep 29 11:55:57 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-06-19 (102 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Alpha amd64 (20200609)
SourcePackage: flameshot
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)]

Mh, so... I've just tried with the flameshot snap and the latest extension version, but it works correctly here.

Please, try to do as follow:
 - Start a session without flameshot started

In a terminal run:

  journalctl -b0 /usr/bin/gnome-shell -ef

Launch flameshot

Tell me what debug output do you get while running it.

If none, we may need to raise the debugging level, you can add it by editing /usr/lib/systemd/user/gnome-shell-x11.service (or wayland) so that it contains a line

 Environment=G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=all

In the [Service] stanza.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Nicholas Guriev (mymedia)]

I run into the issue when autostart feature of flameshot is activate. I daresay there is some sort of race condition while system startup, and the actual issue is in the gnome-shell-extension-appindicator package. There is something in diff between 33-1 and 34-1 versions that is breaking the app icon.

One possible workaround is to add a short delay before flameshort start into the ~/.config/autostart/Flameshot.desktop file and make Exec directive the following:

  Exec=sh -c 'sleep 1 && exec flameshot'

[Nicholas Guriev (mymedia)]

Marco Trevisan, as to your request, I am attaching logs that are appearing in system journal while flameshort start. Debug level was been raised as otherwise the journal was empty.

[vodopad27 (family-gan)]

Yes, i added
X-GNOME-Autostart-Delay=60
to ~/.config/autostart/Flameshot.desktop
and fixed an issue. Also i had issue with psensors and fixed with same approach.

[Gerhard Beck (gerhardbeck-de)]

I could fix it by downgrading to Version 33-1
I can also inform you, that also the nextcloud icon disappears and Nextcloud starts maximised instead of minimized

[Kai Groner (kai-gronr)]

I've also had this problem with the flameshot icon disappearing after upgrading to 20.04.

Reverting to gnome-shell-extension-appindicator 33-1 has fixed it for now, but having broken dependencies isn't good (even if things seem to be working).

Comments on https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/issues/1206 also suggest this problem doesn't occur with the flameshot snap. Testing the deb package specifically may be a good idea.

[Gerhard Beck (gerhardbeck-de)]

But the problem is that it also affects e.g. the Nextcloud desktop client, so just using the snap package is not the solution

[Vitali Müller (e-ma5l-u)]

On my ubuntu 20.04, the bug affects nextcloud desktop client, the seafile desktop client and the Rocket.Chat desktop app. Downgrading to 33-1 fixes the issue.

[Andrey Yermolayev (ayermolayev)]

NextCloud client can be fixed by using the same approach — add
X-GNOME-Autostart-Delay=5
to the ~/.config/autostart/Nextcloud.desktop file.