qjackctl right-click on tray icon does nothing (regression)

[S. Christian Collins]

After upgrading to Oneiric, qjackctl no longer shows a menu when right-clicking on its tray icon. This happens on both a 64-bit and a 32-bit system that I have tried. To reproduce, you must enable the qjackctl option "Enable system tray icon" in Setup -> Misc. In earlier releases, right-clicking qjackctl's tray icon would cause a context menu to appear.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: qjackctl 0.3.8-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.1.0-1.1-generic 3.1.0-rc10
Uname: Linux 3.1.0-1-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Nov 11 00:32:36 2011
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: qjackctl
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-16 (25 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[jsevi83 (jsevi83)]

I have the same problem in Ubuntu 11.10. If I uninstall sni-qt and whitelist Qjackctl, it shows correctly in the system tray. So I guess the problem is with sni-qt when converting the tray icon into an appindicator.

[S. Christian Collins (s-chriscollins)]

I am reassigning this to the package sni-qt, as this seems to be the culprit.

[jsevi83 (jsevi83)]

This bug still exists in Precise beta 2. I hope they fix it soon, as QJackCtl is one of the most important and used programs in the world of audio.

[bartje (bart-deruyter)]

This bug still exists in final release of Precise. I too hope it will be fixed soon. If I remember it well, the same issue was solved in 11.10, apparently it came back. Perhaps finding the previous solution, will fix this problem again.

[S. Christian Collins (s-chriscollins)]

The solution is to remove the package "sni-qt". It probably got reinstalled when you upgraded to Precise.

[jsevi83 (jsevi83)]

Removing sni-qt is a workaround, but not a proper solution. sni-qt converts all qt tray icons in indicator-applets, giving consistency to the desktop. If I remove sni-qt, all other qt applications will dissapear from the system tray unless the are whitelisted.

It would be better if sni-qt could be disabled for specific software, like a list of programs that shouldn't use sni-qt.

[S. Christian Collins (s-chriscollins)]

I agree 100% with jsevi83. Having an application blacklist for apps that misbehave with sni-qt would be wonderful (here is where I wish I knew how to program). Thankfully, using Kubuntu, my system tray still functions as normal after removing sni-qt. Unfortunately, the same is not true for Ubuntu users.

[Hotteterre (luca-rossetto)]

The bug is present in Raring also.

[Alexander Lindo (alexanderlindo)]

This bug is still present in 14.04.

[joseielpi (joseielpi)]

Bug is still present in 14.04.02 It would be very usefull for it to be fixed, since qjackctl features such as reset depend on right click context menu.