gnome-shell does not always display skype systray icon

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Hello.
Does Anyone know how return skype icon in notification area?
For me it usual return only when i kill skype and run new one.
Does anybode try run skype with timeout? I will try next time

Vanuch, what do you mean by running skype with a timeout? I started having problems with skype notification icon when I started installing extensions for gnome-shell and updates. Haven't the time to downgrade and check one-by-one to find the root of the problem.

I mean that when i turned PC on skype icon absent. But if i do:
killall skype
Alt+F2 > skype
then icon come back to notification panel
so maybe if i will run skype using something like
#!/bin/sh
slep 60
skype
then will all be fine?

Well, if that works for you, then It can be a temporary script (I'm guessing). But killing skype and restarting doesn't work for me. I've set that skype automatically opens in the 2nd working space, and that's the only way I can get to it. If I close the skype window, it's gone for good. BUT, even with that I cannot edit settings, etc.

I made a script called /usr/bin/skyper:

#!/bin/bash
killall skype > /dev/null
sleep 5
skype&disown

and if I lose the tray icon (it sometimes appears but sometimes doesn't in the lower hidden tray), I run skyper from the command line.

Thanks, Rocko. I used the script and it worked! Furthermore, as my Skype icon is not showing up if I add Skype to startup programs, I've saved your script to a .sh file with +x chroot permissions and added it to Startup applications.

Now I get a Skype icon everytime I boot up. Thanks again! :)

No worries, glad to help!

I think the problem at startup is that if Skype starts too quickly, gnome-shell doesn't see it. That's why I put a delay in the script, so that running it as a startup script is more likely to give you the icon. By the way, I think the convention is to not put .sh on the script if you put it in /usr/bin even if it is a shell or bash script (you don't need .sh to make it work), but that's just a convention.

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