notification area status icon overlaps other icons (indicators)

[Andreas Hasenack]

I printed a document and noticed that the printer icon showed up over the weather indicator. See attached screenshot.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: system-config-printer-gnome 1.3.6+20110831-0ubuntu9.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CupsErrorLog: W [09/Jan/2012:09:43:11 -0200] failed to AddProfile: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.Failed:profile object path '/org/freedesktop/ColorManager/profiles/laser_CMYK__' has already been added
Date: Mon Jan 9 11:23:30 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111011)
Lpstat: device for laser: hp:/net/HP_Color_LaserJet_CP1515n?zc=pr
MachineType: LENOVO 4177CTO
PackageArchitecture: all
Papersize: letter
PpdFiles: laser: HP Color LaserJet CP1510 Series Postscript (recommended)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.0.0-14-generic root=/dev/mapper/vg0-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 pcie_aspm=force i915.i915_enable_rc6=1 i915.i915_enable_fbc=1 i915.lvds_downclock=1
SourcePackage: system-config-printer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 07/29/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 83ET63WW (1.33 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 4177CTO
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr83ET63WW(1.33):bd07/29/2011:svnLENOVO:pn4177CTO:pvrThinkPadT420:rvnLENOVO:rn4177CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 4177CTO
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T420
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

In Ubuntu Precise the printer icon will be replaced by an indicator applet. this should integrate better.

[Lars Karlitski (larsu)]

The printing applet is indeed replaced by an indicator, but the bug may also happen for other packages which are still using system tray applets.

[Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar)]

Should be fixed in Precise for s-c-p. But yeah, systray icons should never overlap indicators.

[Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar)]

Seems to appear when the number of Indicators are large.