it looks like birdtray is not working with ubuntu-20.04

[Pavanyogi121]

OS: ubuntu-20.04 Linux Desktop Manager: Gnome Birdtray version: latest birdtray compiled from source on master branch Thunderbird version: 102.4.2 Birdtray origin: from source Qt version: qt5

Description u-20:~$ birdtray QSystemTrayIcon::setVisible: No Icon set QDBusTrayIcon encountered a D-Bus error: QDBusError("org.gnome.gjs.JSError.ValueError", "domain.replaceAll is not a function")

Birdtray is not laucning. There is appearing no UI of birdtray.

Expected behavior

The UI should appear and count tray icon etc features should work as expected. Actually count tray icon stopped working then i tried to re-install it but it turns out that the birdtray ui itself is not loading.

To Reproduce

1. On ubuntu-20.04 the birdtray ui, counter etc not working

Screenshots

Additional context

[Pavanyogi121]

It looks like I managed to get it working. The birdtray UI is also displaying correctly. I will try to add more detailed steps here later for helping others.

[rafikiphoto]

It looks like I managed to get it working. The birdtray UI is also displaying correctly. I will try to add more detailed steps here later for helping others.

Please post your solution. It's really needed here.

[pavanyogi]

Here are the steps: I removed the old birdtray using the following command:

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove birdtray

then installed the latest birdtray (compiled from source).

sudo apt-get install qt5-default libqt5x11extras5-dev qttools5-dev libqt5svg5-dev libx11-xcb-dev -y
cd /tmp
git clone [email protected]:gyunaev/birdtray.git
cd birdtray/
ls
mkdir build
cd build
ls
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
cmake --build .
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr ..
sudo cmake --build . --target install
sudo updatedb
which birdtray

locate the Birdtray .desktop file

locate .desktop | grep Bird

the above command will output following, copy that file to startup folder

/usr/share/applications/com.ulduzsoft.Birdtray.desktop
sudo cp -v /usr/share/applications/com.ulduzsoft.Birdtray.desktop ~/.config/autostart

As of now,

u-20:~/.../autostart$ cat thunderbird.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Exec=thunderbird
Hidden=false
NoDisplay=false
X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
Name[en_IN]=thunderbird
Name=thunderbird
Comment[en_IN]=thunderbird
Comment=thunderbird
u-20:~/.../autostart$ cat com.ulduzsoft.Birdtray.desktop 
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Birdtray
Keywords=Email;E-mail;Newsgroup;Feed;RSS
Keywords[ast]=Corréu;Corréu-e;Noticies;Discusiones;Mensaxes;Canales;RSS
Keywords[ca]=Correu;Email;E-mail;Mailing;Llistes;Notícies;RSS
Keywords[cs]=Email;E-mail;Pošta;Elektronická pošta;Diskusní skupiny;Čtečka;RSS
Keywords[da]=Email;E-mail;Epost;E-post;E-brev;Newsgroup;Nyhedsgruppe;Nyhedskilde;Usenet;Feed;RSS
Keywords[de]=Mail;E-Mail;Newsgroup;Nachrichten;Feed;RSS;Post;News;Usenet;online;lesen;schreiben
Keywords[el]=Email;E-mail;Newsgroup;Feed;RSS;ημαιλ;Αλληλογραφία;Ροή;ΡΣΣ;Συζητήσεις;Γράμματα
Keywords[es]=Email;Correo electrónico;Noticias;Discusiones;Mensajes;Canales;RSS
Keywords[fi]=Mail;E-Mail;Email;Newsgroup;Feed;RSS;posti;sähköposti;maili;meili;Usenet;uutisryhmät;syöte
Keywords[fr]=Mails;Mels;E-Mails;Emails;Courriels;Courriers;Newsgroup;Feed;RSS;Poster;Thunderbird;Lire;Écrire
Keywords[he]=דוא"ל;דוא״ל;מייל;אי-מייל;אימייל;הודעות;מוזילה;תאנדרבירד;ת׳אנדרבירד;ת'אנדרבירד;ת׳אנדרברד;ת'אנדרברד;דואל;
Keywords[hr]=email;e-mail;e-pošta;pošta;RSS
Keywords[hu]=Email;E-mail;Levél;Levelezés;Hírcsoport;Feed;Hírforrás;RSS
Keywords[it]=Email;Mail;Posta;Newsgroup;Feed;RSS
Keywords[is]=tölvupóstur;rafpóstur;fréttir;fréttahópar;samtöl;skilaboð;fréttastraumar;RSS
Keywords[ja]=Eメール;イーメール;mail;e-mail;email;メール;電子メール;ニュースグループ;ネットニュース;RSS;フィードリーダー;書く;読む;Mozilla
Keywords[nl]=Email;E-mail;Newsgroup;Feed;RSS;Nieuwsgroep;Post
Keywords[ru]=Email;E-mail;Newsgroup;Feed;RSS;почта;письма;новости;фиды
Keywords[sk]=Email;E-mail;Elektronická pošta;Diskusné skupiny;Čítačka kanálov;RSS
Keywords[uk]=Email;E-mail;Newsgroup;Feed;RSS;пошта;новини;подачі;стрічка
Keywords[vi]=Mail;E-Mail;Email;Newsgroup;Feed;RSS;Thư điện tử;Gửi thư
Keywords[zh_CN]=Mail;E-Mail;Email;Newsgroup;Feed;RSS;电子;邮件;新闻;Thunderbird;tb;雷鸟;电邮;邮箱;阅读器;
Exec=birdtray
Terminal=false
X-MultipleArgs=false
Type=Application
Icon=com.ulduzsoft.Birdtray
Categories=Network;Email;
StartupNotify=true

u-20:~/.../autostart$

install this gnome shell extension as described here https://askubuntu.com/questions/1438275/system-tray-icons-all-disappeared/1439838#1439838

and replace one line code in the file ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/util.js from

Logger._domain = domain.replaceAll(' ', '-');

to

Logger._domain = domain.replaceAll ? domain.replaceAll(' ', '-')
    : domain.split(' ').join('-');

then restart the system. After that birdtray will display unread count icon etc as expected. To get the birdtray UI, click on settings when birdtray is displaying the unread count icon. The birdtray UI will not be accessible directly. The birdtray UI will be accessible from unread icon only. some helpful links: https://www.reddit.com/r/Thunderbird/comments/vr7h4n/comment/j3u934i/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 some screenshots are attached for reference: