Clicking on some indicator applet does nothing

[Mahdi Fattahi]

Binary package hint: unity

Network, bluetooth and keyboard indicators do not respond to mouse-clicks. I have to click on indicator-date/time and activate it and then move the pointer over the mentioned applets to bring them back to life.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: unity 3.8.8-0ubuntu2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38.2-mfat i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 270.41.03 Sat Apr 9 00:04:57 PDT 2011
 GCC version: gcc version 4.5.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu3)
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,vpswitch,compiztoolbox,mousepoll,grid,regex,resize,imgpng,place,move,session,unitymtgrabhandles,snap,gnomecompat,wall,animation,workarounds,expo,ezoom,staticswitcher,fade,scale,unityshell,scaleaddon]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Tue Apr 19 19:39:55 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 nvidia-current, 270.41.03, 2.6.38-7-generic, i686: installed
 nvidia-current, 270.41.03, 2.6.38.2-mfat, i686: installed
 nvidia-current, 270.41.03, 2.6.38-8-generic, i686: installed
GraphicsCard: nVidia Corporation G86 [GeForce 8500 GT] [10de:0421] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110330)
InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110330)
InstallationMedia__: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110330)
JockeyStatus: xorg:nvidia_current - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
ProcEnviron:
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ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38.2-mfat root=UUID=b6d5d2f0-fc35-4fc5-9de5-0440efba464a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 03/09/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 2104
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: P5B
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
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dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
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dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110415-0ubuntu1
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[Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar)]

Have you recently added any applications to the old-style systray whitelist? If yes then this bug is a duplicate of bug #761409 . If not then make sure you are using the latest version of Unity (3.8.10-0ubuntu2) as I cannot reproduce this here.

[Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar)]

It would be even better if you provided a screenshot showing the region which you cannot click on. An example of such a screenshot:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/761409/+attachment/2038797/+files/Selection_022.png

[James Ferguson (jamesf)]

I'm having this same problem, even with unity 3.8.10-0ubuntu2

Attached is a screenshot of what I can't click on. As per report, if I click on the me menu, I get a dropdown, and from there I can drag the mouse left and see my indicator dropdowns, but clicking directly on them fails.

I have turned off the whitelist for systray: gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Panel systray-whitelist "['all']"

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

do you get the issue if you don't tweak the systray list?