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Skype icon doesn't appear in the notification area

Bug #850022 reported by Guruprasad
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This bug affects 14 people
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Unity
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unity (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

When I start skype, the skype icon appears briefly in the notification area and disappears. Once that happens there is no way to see the running instance of skype. The workaround that worked for me is to start another instance and do a pkill on skype and then start again. But even after that some times the icon disappears and if I ever close the skype windows, I will lose access to the running instance.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity 4.14.2-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.17-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.22.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
Date: Wed Sep 14 19:50:47 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110901)
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Guruprasad (lgp171188) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Peter Wolf (onti) wrote :

The bug is still there and makes Skype not really usable. I think it happens because of the animated Skype icon while logging in, the global menu can't handle it.

Eugene San (eugenesan)
tags: added: running-unity-2d
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Peter Wolf (onti) wrote :

This bug is "half-fixed" now. Starting Skype by yourself is how it should be, you can see the icon. But if you let Skype start with autostart, the icon still doesn't appear. A workaround to this is writing a small autostart script where you put a delay (10-15 sec) and then it starts Skype.

Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks)
Changed in unity:
status: New → Confirmed
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Alexander Kallenbach (kallenbachalex) wrote :

Same here. The icon didn't appear at all. I first had to 'whitelist' Skype.

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Paul Weiss (interweiss) wrote :

This problem was solved for me by installing Skype from their web page - www.skype.com.

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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

Thanks for the bug report. Is that still an issue for you Ubuntu 12.04 with all updates applied? Can you please test that and let us know?

Changed in unity:
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for unity (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for Unity because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in unity:
status: Incomplete → Expired
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