Missing indicator icon in GNOME 3 with Wayland

[Werner Badenhorst]

1. Variety Version 0.6.2

2. Gnome 3 - /usr/share/gnome/gnome-version.xml
<gnome-version>
 <platform>3</platform>
 <minor>22</minor>
 <micro>1</micro>
 <distributor>Arch Linux</distributor>
 <date>2016-10-10</date>
</gnome-version>

3. Linux 4.7.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Sep 30 19:28:42 CEST 2016 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I don't know if this is related but I get this in the terminal

/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/variety/__init__.py:105: PyGIWarning: Gtk was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded.
  from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk, GObject # pylint: disable=E0611
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/variety/VarietyWindow.py:25: PyGIWarning: Notify was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('Notify', '0.7') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded.
  from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk, GdkPixbuf, GObject, Gio, Notify # pylint: disable=E0611
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/variety/AddPanoramioDialog.py:19: PyGIWarning: WebKit was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('WebKit', '3.0') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded.
  from gi.repository import Gtk, WebKit, GObject # pylint: disable=E0611
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/variety/QuoteWriter.py:19: PyGIWarning: PangoCairo was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('PangoCairo', '1.0') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded.
  from gi.repository import Gdk, Pango, PangoCairo, GdkPixbuf, GObject
Variety is already running. Sending the command to the running instance.

[Cory M. (shadowwalker23901-5)]

I am having the same Issue.

1) Variety Version 0.6.2

2) Gnome Version
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<gnome-version>
 <platform>3</platform>
 <minor>22</minor>
 <micro>1</micro>
 <distributor>Arch Linux</distributor>
 <date>2016-10-10</date>

3) uname -a
Linux laptop 4.8.4-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Oct 22 18:26:57 CEST 2016 x86_64 GNU/Linux

4)
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/variety/__init__.py:105: PyGIWarning: Gtk was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded.
  from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk, GObject # pylint: disable=E0611
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/variety/VarietyWindow.py:25: PyGIWarning: Notify was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('Notify', '0.7') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded.
  from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk, GdkPixbuf, GObject, Gio, Notify # pylint: disable=E0611
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/variety/AddPanoramioDialog.py:19: PyGIWarning: WebKit was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('WebKit', '3.0') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded.
  from gi.repository import Gtk, WebKit, GObject # pylint: disable=E0611
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/variety/QuoteWriter.py:19: PyGIWarning: PangoCairo was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('PangoCairo', '1.0') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded.
  from gi.repository import Gdk, Pango, PangoCairo, GdkPixbuf, GObject
INFO: 2016-10-23 07:38:31,816: perform_upgrade() 'Last run version was 0.6.2 or earlier, current version is 0.6.2'

[Cory M. (shadowwalker23901-5)]

I patched __init__.py, AddPanoramioDialog.py, and QuoteWriter.py to satisfy the error messages (I.E. put in the gi.required_version and in some the missing import gi). So the error messages go away but still no icon or menu in GNOME 3 tray.

[Werner Badenhorst (s26394465)]

Thank you Cory. I'm very new to launchpad and bazaar, but I'm going to try and see if I can fix this issue!

But Please don't assign this to me I have very limited time.

[Peter Levi (peterlevi)]

Do you have AppIndicator support extension installed (https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/615/appindicator-support/) as per the instructions in "How to install" for GNOME (http://peterlevi.com/variety/how-to-install/) ?

[Dirk Möbius (dmoebius)]

I have the same problem as Werner. I installed the AppIndicator extension -- no change; no tray icon visible. I even tried with the TopIcons or TopIcons Plus extension, still no difference.

I'm using Variety 0.6.4, Gnome 3.24, Arch.

[Palijn (palijn)]

I might chime in :
I had the same issue and simply adding the KStatusNotifierItem to GnomeShell _and_ activating it magically put the icon in my Gnome3 bar.
Go to https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/615/appindicator-support/
Install the gnome-shell-extension if it asks you to (it has with my stock Firefox); activate it and reload the page. Click on the link/button to add support to the shell. Finally click on the OFF/ON button and... icons should appear.

For the record:
uname : Linux P273-deb 4.9.0-3-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.30-2+deb9u3 (2017-08-06) x86_64 GNU/Linux
i.e. vanilla debian 9

[Le Gluon Du Net (legluondunet)]

I installed this extension https://github.com/ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator and still no variety icon :(
config: ubuntu 17.10

[Robert (antinsa)]

Im in 17.10 and this is a big problem. I am a teacher, and need quick access to delete and mark NSFW pictures when I am teaching. Without this it is impossible, making my job unpredicatably dangerous

[Hotteterre (luca-rossetto)]

I can confirm the bug on Manjaro too.

[Robert (antinsa)]

Hey everyone I found a fix :
killall indicator-application-service

Then enable topicons plus only....

It works. I added to autostart...

BTW wayland suckks wish they would not do that and stick to xorg......

[Hotteterre (luca-rossetto)]

Hello everyone! I eventually managed to load the indicator with the AppIndicator Support extension, but only installing it from AUR - while I obtained no success installing it from the site. I don't know why, but now it works.

[Hotteterre (luca-rossetto)]

Hello, I found another workaround to obtain a fully working indicator with Top Icon Plus (and without AppIndicator Support, with which I cannot open the submenus).

I created a simple script:

%%%

#!/bin/bash
export GDK_BACKEND=x11
variety

%%%

and I've added it in autostart. It's not very refined, but it seems to work!

[Arman (arman-yazdani-10)]

OS:
Linux 4.13.11-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Nov 2 10:25:56 CET 2017 x86_64 GNU/Linux

With Gnome:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<gnome-version>
 <platform>3</platform>
 <minor>26</minor>
 <micro>2</micro>
 <distributor>Arch Linux</distributor>
 <date>2017-10-31</date>
</gnome-version>

I installed libappindicator-gtk3 with "pacman -S libappindicator-gtk3" command and installed https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/615/appindicator-support/ extention.

Problem fixed.

[Robert (antinsa)]

Has anyone found a fix to this in 15.10 yet? no matter what can do, I can get it to show.This is important because I need to block random NSFW images when teaching. Is there any nightly build ppa?

[pedro almeida (peu)]

Hello, 18.04 LTS.

Icon disappeared along with a failed startup of variety:
Had to clear away the folder in .config and then reinstall. That worked fine except the icon did not return, so I got https://github.com/ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator through the native software manager. The icon did not return until I did alt+f2 'r'.
Now everything seems fine.