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Pidgin Notification Area icon does not indicate arrival of new messages

Bug #850376 reported by raevol
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
xubuntu-artwork (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Simon Steinbeiß

Bug Description

The default icon for Pidgin has a green circle when you are online, a blue clock when you are idle, and a yellow message icon when an unread message has arrived. The Xubuntu icon theme overrides this, with a purple text bubble that shows no state information. This is a regression in functionality.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: xubuntu-artwork 11.04.9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.48-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Sep 14 13:49:08 2011
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xubuntu-artwork
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-07-13 (63 days ago)

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raevol (raevol) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in xubuntu-artwork (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Renzo Filini (renzo-filini) wrote :

this workaround solves the problem:

sudo ln -s /usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin/tray/hicolor/22x22/status /usr/share/icons/elementaryXubuntu/status/22

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Renzo Filini (renzo-filini) wrote :

the workaround is not correct:
after running the command:

sudo ln -s /usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin/tray/hicolor/22x22/status /usr/share/icons/elementaryXubuntu/status/22

edit the file /usr/share/icons/elementaryXubuntu/index.theme

add status/22, in the Directories string, see below:
#Directory list
Directories=actions/16,actions/24,apps/16,apps/24,apps/48,apps/64,devices/48,notifications/48,panel/22,places/24,places/48,places/64,places/128,status/48,status/22,

and at the end of the file add the following 4 lines:

[status/22]
Size=22
Context=Status
Type=Fixed

the file index.theme modified is attached

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Oost Achterhoek (w-stapelbroek) wrote :

Solution of Renzo Filinie did not work for me:

This solves the icon problem for me on Xubuntu 11.10:

Download icons from: http://xfce-look.org/content/show.php/Elementary+Tray+Icons+4+Pidgin?content=126339
Make new folder called 22 in folder: /usr/share/icons/elementaryXubuntu-dark/status/22
 (ps. elementaryXubuntu-dark can be replaced by the another elementary theme for icons)
Paste into this 22 folder the icons you have unzipped from the downloaded file. (content of folder tray/hicolor/22x22/status)

Restart Pidgin and you are done

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Simon Steinbeiß (ochosi) wrote :

This bug will be addressed in Xubuntu Precise in the package xubuntu-icon-theme, if you want to test the theme, you can grab the latest revision here: https://github.com/shimmerproject/elementary-xfce

Changed in xubuntu-artwork (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
Simon Steinbeiß (ochosi)
Changed in xubuntu-artwork (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Simon Steinbeiß (simon-steinbeiss)
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package xubuntu-artwork - 12.04.1

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xubuntu-artwork (12.04.1) precise; urgency=low

  * usr/share/icons: refreshed,
    - add some missing icons used by xfce4-settings and the panel/desktop menu.
    - "Pidgin Notification Area icon does not indicate arrival of new messages"
      lp: #850376
    - "Ubuntu Software Center & Synaptic have the same icon in Xubuntu"
      lp: #883513
 -- Lionel Le Folgoc <email address hidden> Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:49:52 +0100

Changed in xubuntu-artwork (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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