No 'Ubuntu One' icon in panel, although applet is running

Confirmed by user 'steley' in question: https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntuone-client/+question/74806

rayterrill,

Have you tried following the steps outlined in this new FAQ? If not, can you try this and let me know if that helps you or not?

https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntuone-client/+faq/596

Thanks!

Joshua

I believe the applet is working well now, does this issue still occur?
Note that in the current version, the icon automatically hides itself when ubuntu one is idle.

The problem is that the icon doesn't come in sight when U1 is working.

I've got the same problem, client is running but the notification icon is not there.
after several times killing and restarting the client i've noticed that it happens around 20 seconds after i've started the client.

Same here with Jaunty amd64, all updates applied. The procedure in the faq does not help. Any more detailed information I can provide? Is there some verbose mode to start from the command line?

i think the problem is on AppletIcon.__status_changed and in more detail there aren't an if statement for status['name'] = "START_WORKING_ON_METADATA" and others. For this reason it apply after first 20-30 seconds of visibility line 422 -> self.__visible = False.

To debug it i created this script:

amedeo@alcibiade:~$ diff ~amedeo/bin/ubuntuone-client-applet /usr/bin/ubuntuone-client-applet
289d288
< print "Init applet __init__"
346,347d344
< print "%s %s" % ("Status changed (BEGIN) var self.__visible:", self.__visible)
<
446,450d442
<
< print "%s %s" % ("Var status['name']:", status['name'])
< print "%s %s" % ("Status changed (END) var self.__visible:", self.__visible)
< print ""
<

and when applet disappear and i create a new file for trigger i receive this on stout:

Status changed (BEGIN) var self.__visible: True
Var status['name']: START_WORKING_ON_METADATA
Status changed (END) var self.__visible: False

Status changed (BEGIN) var self.__visible: True
Var status['name']: WORKING_ON_METADATA_WITH_CONTQ
Status changed (END) var self.__visible: False

Status changed (BEGIN) var self.__visible: True
Var status['name']: START_WORKING_ON_CONTENT
Status changed (END) var self.__visible: False

Status changed (BEGIN) var self.__visible: True
Var status['name']: IDLE
Status changed (END) var self.__visible: False

My environment is: kubuntu jaunty amd64

Reading Amedeo post I've just tested this:

Added some lines to ubuntuone-client-applet

luis@negro:~$ diff /usr/bin/ubuntuone-client-applet ./ubuntuone-client-applet.py
409a410,415
> elif status['name'].startswith("WORKING"):
> self.__persist = True
> self.__visibile = True
> self.set_tooltip("Working")
> # self.set_from_icon_name("ubuntuone-client-onwork")
>

Now after some seconds of inactivity the icon dissapears, but if any file is modified or added the icon appears again.
Just i'm looking for the old spinning ubuntu-one icon .

After a little more intensive testing , yes more than 5 minutes, the changes before are not correct.
The ones that work well for me are this:

luis@negro:~$ diff /usr/bin/ubuntuone-client-applet ./ubuntuone-client-applet.py
419a420,424
> elif status['name'].startswith("WORKING"):
> self.__visibile = True
> self.set_tooltip("Working")
> self.set_from_icon_name("ubuntuone-client")
> # self.set_from_icon_name("ubuntuone-client-onwork")

Now the icon disappears every 30 seconds iddle and returns every file change.
Of course it can be done more complex, to detect Sacanning processes etc. But i think that "simple is best" and detecting working processes is enough.

.home.joe..cache.ubuntuone.log.syncdaemon.exceptions.log:

Architecture: i386
CrashDB: ubuntuone
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: ubuntuone-client 0.93.1+r191-0ubuntu1~ppa1~jaunty
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ThirdParty: True
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

The fix was released some time ago, sorry for the delay in updating this bug. There are now also preferences so you can choose whether to show the icon always or only when updating.

If the preferencess are set to only show the icon when "updating", how can one modify this to "always" once the icon disappears from the taskbar?

Neil,

That is a separate usability issue and should be reported as such (note: I have not checked to see if it already has been).