[SOLVED] GNOME: No system tray detected

Posted:
Jan 2nd, '22, 16:11
by flink
After an installation of Mageia 8 Live GNOME and upgrade to Cauldron I get an error dialog which pops up after each login.
HPLIP Status Service
No system tray detected on this system.
Unable to start, exiting.
OK
How can I solve this?
Re: GNOME: No system tray detected

Posted:
Jan 2nd, '22, 16:25
by sturmvogel
Do you have hplip-gui installed? It should provide /etc/xdg/autostart/hplip-systray.desktop and /usr/bin/hp-systray
According a bugreport also the installation of "gnome-shell-extension-topicons" might help:
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23795https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24302You get also many results if you search for"HPLIP Status Service No system tray detected on this system." on internet. So it is quite common. Did you already try any of this tips?
An example:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/101828/no-system-tray-detected-on-this-system
Re: GNOME: No system tray detected

Posted:
Jan 2nd, '22, 17:55
by flink
sturmvogel wrote:Do you have hplip-gui installed? It should provide /etc/xdg/autostart/hplip-systray.desktop and /usr/bin/hp-systray
According a bugreport also the installation of "gnome-shell-extension-topicons" might help:
Both are installed.
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[franz@localhost SRPMS]$ urpmq -i hplip-gui
Name : hplip-gui
Version : 3.21.6
Release : 1.mga9
Group : System/Printing
Size : 2867528 Architecture: x86_64
Source RPM : hplip-3.21.6-1.mga9.src.rpm
URL : https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing
Summary : HPLIP graphical tools
Description :
HPLIP graphical tools.
Hm, these solutions just talk about removing the startup file hplip-systray.desktop.
I am not sure if I should delete it.
Re: GNOME: No system tray detected

Posted:
Jan 2nd, '22, 18:20
by sturmvogel
Did you read the bugreport and made sure that "TopIcons Plus" from ""gnome-shell-extension-topicons" is enabled? You can find this setting under "Extensions". Works fine here in VirtualBox installation after enabling it.

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https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23795#c22
Re: GNOME: No system tray detected

Posted:
Jan 2nd, '22, 22:54
by flink
I have started the Extensions dialog box.
I see a different image.
Re: GNOME: No system tray detected

Posted:
Jan 2nd, '22, 22:57
by flink
TopIcons Plus shows an error.
This extension is incompatible with the current GNOME version.
Re: GNOME: No system tray detected

Posted:
Jan 2nd, '22, 22:57
by sturmvogel
Do you have "gnome-tweaks" and "gnome-shell-extension-topicons" according to the bugreport installed?
And as you are using cauldron, you should be aware that it is possible that some stuff is not compatible. You can report this as a new bug.
Re: GNOME: No system tray detected

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Jan 2nd, '22, 23:32
by sturmvogel
When you create the bugreport you can mention, that the developement of gnome-shell-extension-topicons
https://github.com/phocean/TopIcons-plus stopped and the successor is gnome-shell-extension-appindicator
https://github.com/ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator. It should be replaced in cauldron/Mageia 9.
In the meantime you can install the Gnome extension yourself. Worked here on a Gnome VirtualBox updated to cauldron.
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/615/appindicator-support/
Re: GNOME: No system tray detected

Posted:
Jan 3rd, '22, 12:24
by sturmvogel
Re: GNOME: No system tray detected

Posted:
Jan 3rd, '22, 23:58
by flink
After adding appindicator the error dialog is not there any more after a restart. The HP icon is now shown on the top right system tray.
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sudo urpme gnome-shell-extension-topicons