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Tray not working in gentoo
On Gentoo, I have installed each and every dependency listed in meson.build but still meson doesn't compile tray into waybar.
Compiling waybar after removing the check, everything works fine
but I still get the following warning (tray icons show up)
[2022-01-03 11:28:39.317] [warning] For a functional tray you must have libappindicator-* installed and export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity
Use flags
USE="-kde -qt5 -systemd -quicktime -plasma -gnome qml gtk gtk3 gtk4 screencast openrc policykit dbus ssl udev udisks unicode upower vim-syntax wifi video sound zip gnome-keyring network networkmanager pcre32 wayland xwayland gles2 gles3 vulkan egl theora bluetooth mp3 mp4 mpeg png introspection popups menu tray systray dbusmenu-gtk fish-completion mpd clang"
I went as far as to provide the following local USE flags
gui-apps/waybar mpd network popups tray wifi dbusmenu-gtk experimental logind rfkill -systemd
Works for me, using Gentoo on ~amd64. gui-apps/waybar-0.9.8, and dev-libs/libappindicator-12.10.1_p20200706
equery u wayland tells me I have installed waybar with mpd network popups pulseaudio -sndio tray udev wifi flags. libappindicator uses abi_x86_32 introspection -test.
waybar depends on dev-libs/libappindicator if tray use flag is enabled, thus equery d libappindicator shows me waybar (among other things). I never needed to export a fake XDG variable saying I'm under Unity, although it's true I see the warning.
Not working for me too... Compiled from GH as well as version =9999 from gentoo repo.
It's working on sway for me if launched with dbus-run-session sway otherwise it's not working
It's working on sway for me if launched with
dbus-run-session swayotherwise it's not working
I am running dbus as a user service, exporting DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADRESS afterwards to sway.
I seem to be having a similar issue... and I realize the tray is still in beta, but wanted to post this information none the less.
I have libappindicator installed
# emerge libappindicator
[ebuild R ] dev-libs/libappindicator-12.10.1_p20200706
Waybar
$ waybar -v
Waybar v0.9.9
and sway
$ sway -v
sway version 1.7
running waybar with the trace flag returns:
$ waybar -c .config/waybar/config -l trace
...
[warning] For a functional tray you must have libappindicator-* installed and export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity
...
I am also launching sway in a dbus-session, and have XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP set to "Unity"
$ dbus-run-session sway
$ export | grep DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
declare -x DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-MchMpVd8Rhm,guid=b665e413caf2e88f9s8s8a9sa9s8989a"
$ export | grep XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP
declare -x XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP="Unity"
The tray still does not work when executing apps like keepassxc which display a tray icon.
Works well for me:
-
dev-libs/libappindicator Latest version available: 12.10.1_p20200706 Latest version installed: 12.10.1_p20200706 Size of files: 74 KiB Homepage: https://launchpad.net/libappindicator Description: A library to allow applications to export a menu into the Unity Menu bar License: LGPL-2.1 LGPL-3 -
export | grep DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS > DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-PqazDHJlc8,guid=44dc6760f29fb2d71f26… -
export | grep XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP > XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP Unity
Well, I am no longer using gentoo. Thank you guys for giving in the time.
Since It works for @ignamartinoli @bakerk98. Should I consider this resolved and close the issue ?
I vote for it to be closed. If I were you, I would wait 3 days and if the creator doesn't respond I would close it
I'd also like to ask about the warning to set a fake XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity. It was added in this commit: https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar/commit/ed240ac105636b04a016003e2f5d2c502d777d93 but as far as I can tell, it hasn't been relevant for years. Plus, it always pops up even if the tray is working fine, confusing users. Perhaps it's time for a second look at it - or is there something I'm missing, and is there any reason it shouldn't be removed?
