wicd doesn't show in the tray

[Ondrej Certik]

Binary package hint: wicd

Wicd doesn't show in the tray, even if I start it manually from a terminal, like the following:

$ wicd-gtk
Has notifications support True
rename failed
Loading...
Connecting to daemon...
Connected.
displaytray True
Done loading.

Does anyone have any suggestions how to debug this?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: wicd 1.7.0+ds1-6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Apr 11 13:06:47 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: wicd
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-11 (0 days ago)

[Ondrej Certik (ondrej-certik)]

This is due to #761326, wicd doesn't support the the application indicators. The workaround is to use

wicd-client -n

and a gtk window will pop up. Everything works then.

[reyammer (reyammer)]

This is not a wicd issue.

In order to show the wicd indicator, you should first put wicd in the unity systray panel whitelist.
Check how to do this at https://bugs.launchpad.net/wicd/+bug/761326/comments/2.
Let me know if you have problems with those steps.

I'm setting this bug as invalid, since this is not a wicd's issue.

[Rob Hills (rhills)]

I disagree, I think this *is* a wicd issue.

Shouldn't the install process put wicd in the unity systray panel whitelist by default?

[reyammer (reyammer)]

Rob, I see your point, and I agree with you.

The install process should add wicd to the whitelist, silently or by asking the permission to the user.

[Ondrej Certik (ondrej-certik)]

reyammer, that's right. And I used your fix, and I can confirm, that wicd works flawlessly in the indicator area, starts up automatically after logging in, and connects to networks, and for me all is fixed.

I think it should whitelist itself automatically after installation.

[Julien-Charles Lévesque (jclevesque)]

I am running Ubuntu 12.04 and added 'Wicd' to the whitelist does not fix the issue, wicd running fine, getting network, but no tray icon.

[eknus (michael-sunke)]

I agree, des whitelist workaround doesn't work for mee too.

[Jorge Morais (jorgemorais)]

I have the same problem here with Ubuntu 14.10. I adopted Wicd because network-manager keeps using 100% cpu.