blank icon added on notification area after resume since ugrade

Hello,

I am using lubuntu since 11.4 and it was working perfectly fine until I did the upgrade to 11.10.

Since then, each time I resume from suspend (close/open lid of the laptop), a blank icon is added in the notification area.

So far, I was unable to find the cause of it, either by myself, or trying to search on the web for a similar problem.

The problem is annoying, because I might end up with more than 10 blank icons...

The solution I found so far to resolve the issue (appart from logoff/logon), is to remove the notification area applet from the panel, and to add it again.

Any idea what is causing this ?

Thanks a lot in advance for any help.
Digit.

I have the same problem on my eeepc with a fresh install of lubuntu 11.10.

There are two bugs filed about this problem. You may want to add a comment to one or both of them confirming that you have the problem also.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...el/+bug/880010

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...el/+bug/846878

By the way, restarting the panel removes the empty space:

Code:

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lxpanelctl restart

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Thanks dingo,

I will follow the issues closely on launchpad.

I tried to register to report the issue on my Acer AS1410, but I never received the email from launchpad... will retry tomorrow.

Thanks again.

I believe this is related to the battery icon which is controlled by the xfce4 power manager. When I set the power manager to never show the icon...I do not get the extra space added after every suspend (on a freshly installed and updated Lubuntu 11.10 eeepc 1005ha).

Try this. First get rid of the extra space (if any) by resetting the panel.

Code:

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lxpanelctl restart

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Then open the XFCE Power Manager.

Code:

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xfce4-power-manager-settings

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Under 'System tray icon' select 'Never show icon' and click Close.

Now try suspending the computer and see if that fixes it.

I confirm it fix the issue for me.
But it's also annoying to not have this icon :(

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Originally Posted by dingo

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...el/+bug/880010

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...el/+bug/846878

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Apparently, these two bugs are effecting Laptops ONLY. Too bad I don't have a laptop to produce it. I just did a fresh install for Lubutnu 11.10 and did couple of Suspend but everything is fine. I even added the Power Manager Icon but everything is fine.

I was wondering if users who got that bug whether they did update and upgrade their systems?

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Originally Posted by croque

I believe this is related to the battery icon which is controlled by the xfce4 power manager. When I set the power manager to never show the icon...I do not get the extra space added after every suspend (on a freshly installed and updated Lubuntu 11.10 eeepc 1005ha).

Try this. First get rid of the extra space (if any) by resetting the panel.

Code:

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lxpanelctl restart

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Then open the XFCE Power Manager.

Code:

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xfce4-power-manager-settings

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Under 'System tray icon' select 'Never show icon' and click Close.

Now try suspending the computer and see if that fixes it.

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Could you please try that on your laptop while it's on battery not plugged to the A/C power?

Waiting for your feedback :)

On battery power it still works as it should. No extra space in the tray after 3 suspends and resumes.

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Originally Posted by croque

On battery power it still works as it should. No extra space in the tray after 3 suspends and resumes.

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So, as per your workaround, even on battery, there is no more extra space? that's good :) but of course the icon must be removed, right?

Yes...as far as I can tell (based on my only Lubuntu laptop)...if the battery icon is present, the extra space will be there after a suspend/resume. If the icon is not there, no additional space is added after suspend/resume.

More evidence: I looked at all the screenshots showing this problem on ubuntuforums and over on launchpad...they all have the battery icon present.

So yes...it seems to be a work-around, but not really a fix, because the battery icon is helpful on a laptop.