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I normally start Skype and it appears in the upper panel and works. But now when I start it, it doesn't appear! But it works like normal. Stackapplet is appearing in the panel.

My whitelist: ['JavaEmbeddedFrame', 'Mumble', 'Wine', 'Skype', 'hp-systray', 'scp-dbus-service', 'jupiter']

I've tried

  • to remove jupiter

  • to purge skype

  • to delete the panel and create a new one

This is how it looks right now. all my other applications work except Skype. enter image description here

I guess this is not a normal message to get when I type: skype -version ?!

Skype version: 2.2.0.35

Alvar
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  • Is it a 1x1 pixel dot now, or really gone? This is a known bug and if you have the single pixel icon carefully right-click it, quit Skype, and when you restart Skype it should be back to normal. More info here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/43280/how-can-i-get-the-skype-notification-back-in-the-system-tray – Tom Brossman Dec 27 '11 at 17:25
  • @TomBrossman it's gone – Alvar Dec 27 '11 at 17:26
  • @fossfreedom edited my question – Alvar Dec 27 '11 at 23:55
  • Have you recently added an application that would normally show up mnimized in the system tray? The reason why I ask - I've see some reports of QT apps causing issues when they minimize in Natty... Perhaps try disabling most/all of the startup apps except for skype and see if this resolve your issue - trial and error, readd each startup app one by one... – fossfreedom Dec 28 '11 at 09:15
  • @fossfreedom I will remove Jupiter from my computer to see if it helps... – Alvar Dec 28 '11 at 11:29
  • do you have skype running from startup applications? If you do, try removing it and starting skype manually. What happens if you do killall -9 "notification-area-applet" a couple of times - anything? Do you have by any chance an emerald base theme or just the standard ambiance/radiance theme? – fossfreedom Jan 06 '12 at 13:19
  • @fossfreedom I have the standard 11.04 theme with changed window borders, skype is not and have never been in my startup applications. all other applications that work in that panel show up.

    notification-area-applet: no process found with the killall command

     – Alvar Jan 06 '12 at 13:23
  • huh? Have you removed the notification area applet from the panel? – fossfreedom Jan 06 '12 at 13:26
  • @fossfreedom ehm, how will I know that? – Alvar Jan 06 '12 at 13:27
  • @fossfreedom DOH! I added it and now it works. create an answer if you want the rep, if not, I will. – Alvar Jan 06 '12 at 13:29

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Skype does not use the standard indicator-applet functionality in Natty to show its Icon.

Instead it requires the old Notification-Area-Applet (right click the Panel and "Add To Panel") for it to work correctly.

You can double check that this applet is running by running the following command in a terminal window:

killall -9 "notification-area-applet"

If it responds with a "notification-area-applet: no process found" error message then the applet is not running (i.e. has not been added to the gnome-panel)

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