=== modified file 'gtk/jockey-gtk'
--- gtk/jockey-gtk	2009-09-02 13:49:09 +0000
+++ gtk/jockey-gtk	2010-01-08 11:35:46 +0000
@@ -165,30 +165,37 @@
 
     def ui_notification(self, title, text):
         '''Present a notification popup.
-
         This should preferably create a tray icon. Clicking on the tray icon or
         notification should run the GUI.
         '''
+        trayicon = jockey.ui.AbstractUI.ui_notification(self, None, None)
         pynotify.init('jockey')
 
-        trayicon = gtk.status_icon_new_from_icon_name('jockey')
-        trayicon.connect('activate', lambda widget: self.ui_show_main())
-        trayicon.set_visible(False)
-        trayicon.set_tooltip(title)
-        trayicon.set_visible(True)
-
-        self.ui_idle()
-
-        # creating the notification immediately causes the bubble to point into
-        # the void; icon needs to settle first
-        gobject.timeout_add (500, self.show_notification, 
-            (title, text, trayicon))
+        if trayicon is not None:
+            menu = gtk.Menu()
+            item = gtk.MenuItem("Install Drivers")
+            menu.append(item)
+            item.show()
+            item.connect("activate", lambda widget: self.ui_show_main())
+            trayicon.set_menu(menu)
+            self.ui_idle()
+            gobject.timeout_add (500, self.show_notification, (title, text, None))
+            gtk.main()            
+        else:
+            trayicon = gtk.status_icon_new_from_icon_name('jockey')
+            trayicon.connect('activate', lambda widget: self.ui_show_main())
+            trayicon.set_visible(False)
+            trayicon.set_tooltip(title)
+            trayicon.set_visible(True)
+            self.ui_idle()
+            gobject.timeout_add (500, self.show_notification, (title, text, trayicon))
 
     def show_notification(self, data):
         (title, text, trayicon) = data
         notify = pynotify.Notification(title, text, 'jockey')
         notify.set_urgency(pynotify.URGENCY_NORMAL)
-        notify.attach_to_status_icon(trayicon)
+        if trayicon is not None:
+           notify.attach_to_status_icon(trayicon)
         notify.set_timeout(10000)
         notify.show()
 
@@ -196,7 +203,7 @@
         '''Process pending UI events and return.
 
         This is called while waiting for external processes such as package
-        installers.
+        installer.
         '''
         while gtk.events_pending():
             gtk.main_iteration(False)

=== modified file 'jockey/ui.py'
--- jockey/ui.py	2009-11-09 11:52:51 +0000
+++ jockey/ui.py	2010-01-08 11:32:39 +0000
@@ -22,11 +22,17 @@
 
 import gettext, optparse, urllib2, tempfile, sys, time, os, threading
 
+
 import gobject
 import dbus
 import dbus.service
 import dbus.mainloop.glib
 
+try:
+    import appindicator
+except:
+    pass
+
 from oslib import OSLib
 from backend import UnknownHandlerException, PermissionDeniedByPolicy, \
     BackendCrashError, convert_dbus_exceptions, \
@@ -889,11 +895,18 @@
 
     def ui_notification(self, title, text):
         '''Present a notification popup.
-
         This should preferably create a tray icon. Clicking on the tray icon or
         notification should run the GUI.
+        This method will attempt to instantiate an appindicator to return to both the GTK and KDE children.
+        If whatever reason it fails (missing python-appindicator) then it should behave as it did before 
         '''
-        raise NotImplementedError, 'subclasses need to implement this'
+        try:
+            indicator = appindicator.Indicator("jockey", "jockey", appindicator.CATEGORY_HARDWARE)
+            indicator.set_status(appindicator.STATUS_ATTENTION)
+        except:
+            indicator = None    
+        
+        return indicator
 
     def ui_idle(self):
         '''Process pending UI events and return.