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Fifis
Helpful | Level 6
6 years ago
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Tray icon not showing on Arch+Cinnamon after trying all other recipes from these forums

Dear all, I am a Dropbox Plus user working on Arch Linux with Cinnamon 4.4.8 desktop and all latest updates (ext4 file system), and I have tried many solutions to make the darndest tray icon appear...
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  • Fifis's avatar
    Fifis
    6 years ago

    Hello again.

    I managed to find the solution. It was very easy. The problem was, the ‘XApp Status Applet’ (xapp-status) was not enabled. Cinnamon is using XApp.StatusIcon (replacing the deprecated Gtk.StatusIcon in GNOME 3.26+) to pass information through dbus in multiple desktop environments. Linux Mint is warning users that it should be added upon the first launch via MintReport, but not Arch.

    After adding it to the applet panel, the Dropbox icon appeared after restarting the dæmon.

    I updated the Arch Wiki page as well.

    Thank you for the involvement and support, now the ticket can be closed.

Lusil's avatar
Lusil
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
6 years ago

Thanks for letting me know, Fifis. 

 

I've passed your comments from here along to the member of my team reviewing this for you and, as soon as they have more info, they'll get back to you via email. 

 

In the meantime, if you have any other questions, just give us a nudge. Cheers!

Fifis's avatar
Fifis
Helpful | Level 6
6 years ago

Hello again.

I managed to find the solution. It was very easy. The problem was, the ‘XApp Status Applet’ (xapp-status) was not enabled. Cinnamon is using XApp.StatusIcon (replacing the deprecated Gtk.StatusIcon in GNOME 3.26+) to pass information through dbus in multiple desktop environments. Linux Mint is warning users that it should be added upon the first launch via MintReport, but not Arch.

After adding it to the applet panel, the Dropbox icon appeared after restarting the dæmon.

I updated the Arch Wiki page as well.

Thank you for the involvement and support, now the ticket can be closed.

  • Lusil's avatar
    Lusil
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    6 years ago

    Thanks for keeping me in the loop, Fifis. Great work with the troubleshooting!

     

    If anything else comes up in the future, just give us another nudge. 

     

    In the meantime, I hope you have a wonderful day ahead!

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