Gnome System Icons Missing

[mooreted]

I am running Ubuntu 14.04 x64.

I installed gnome gnome-shell and gnome-desktop.

There should be system icons in the notification area but the aren't there. The Google-Chrome icon looks like a tiny red dot. The Private Internet Access icon doesn't show up at all and neither does Pidgin.

Is there some way to get Gnome to show system icons?

[buzzingrobot]

Do the icons appear in the Overview?

[mooreted]

No, they don't. I found a Gnome extension called "Topicons" that puts them in the top bar. That actually works really well. I don't know what's wrong the the notification area at the bottom of the screen.