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kriggus
April 30th, 2012, 12:04 AM
Hi,

I've searched for a solution for quit some time now but without any success. To the problem, I can't get rid of the (in my opinion) very ugly Skype icon in the system tray. Ironicly it seams like most people have the opposite problem...

Anyway, I installed skype following this guide:
http://www.liberiangeek.net/2012/04/install-skype-in-ubuntu-12-04-precise-pangolin/

Essentially the guide says, type:

sudo apt-add-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $(lsb_release -sc) partner"then:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install skypeSince then I've removed Skype, purged Skype, reinstalled Skype using the .deb available at skype's website, reseted unity and finally checked that Skype is not in my systemtray-whitelist, which btw i set to default ['JavaEmbeddedFrame', 'Wine', 'Update-notifier']. Nothing seams to help.

I run the 64bit version of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and am now out of ideas.

Thanks for the help!

kriggus
April 30th, 2012, 10:06 AM
Found the answer! To remove sni-qt and sni-qt:i386 (=


apt-get remove sni-qt:i386
apt-get remove sni-qt

I can now control the appearance of the skype icon thought the systemtray-whitelist as i wished.

If other side-effect of removing sni-qt is expected, please let me know.

vaul
November 1st, 2012, 10:27 PM
I would like to clarify one detail — does this mean that you will not be able to maximize the Skype when it is minimized to tray, even when no indicator is displayed; if so what use is this solution?

Update: looks like it is fine, it minimizes as any normal appication now.