Hello Team..

I'm a returned user and since I installed the new Budgie ISO I'm finding the issue that icons from applications that are running at the background (Redshift, Psensor, Lutris...) are simply not showing up in the system tray.
After some troubleshooting and not getting anywhere, I posted the following question @/r/SolusProject/

As you can see in the link, an user answered that that feature has been discontinued from the system... and now I'm even more confused than before.
So, - if that is true - Why such a handy/necessary feature (that otherwise has been always presented in Budgie Solus) has been removed? Any comments on this?

  • Newer Budgie Desktop migrated to a newer, updated standard for tray items. Unfortunately, some applications still only use an old version of the standard/libraries.

I don't think they (budgie) removed system tray. I am not using budgie. Did you already update the system?

    For lutris at least, the system tray icon has been bork for sometime now. In GNOME with extension. What about steam? Do you use steam?

      alfisya Thx! No, not using Steam but Redshift and Psensor,

      It seems like the link I posted is not visible

      I installed the ISO twice already and also tried nohup budgie-panel --reset --replace & but nothing is showing up.

        SethStorm666 Thx for clarify it!. Could it be that the issue is only related to those apps (Redshift, Psensor and Lutris)?
        As mentioned, I didn't have such problem in previous installments...

            The ones I use seem fine on Solus Budgie installed yesterday

            But now that you mention it I tried enabling the system tray feature in Lutris settings, and you're right it doesn't show. I don't use system tray for Lutris usually just wanted to confirm

            Entomical_Cynegetic I just tried it on gnome, both redshift and psensor doesnt provide tray icon. In progress to confirm it on fedora and arch. maybe our package is old or broken.

              yeah, even on fedora and arch both of them doesn't have tray icon

              penny-farthing If the Redshift icon no longer appears in the taskbar, the application remains active, provided that you launch the geoclue2 service at session startup, as indicated in this post of @Staudey dated 07/29/2023:

              https://discuss.getsol.us/d/9569-sync-updates-for-week-30-2023/15

              That said, there is a good alternative to Redshift, it's the Budgie Night Light applet.

              budgie applet is not autostart yet that's why I ditched it. Josh said at BofB it's now on the make-it-happen list.
              Many times redshift is not using geolocation and will default to xrandr. Don't know exactly how that works.
              you are right it can be active an not be in the tray, and it can be active and be in the tray, it's weird that way.

              I've read a bajillion redshift create-a-.conf-file stories and none of them worked.

              REDSHIFT PRO-TIP I just learned:
              1) after system boots simply terminal: redshift -O 3200 (or wherever you like it). Instant bliss.
              and
              2) budgie autostart command: : redshift -O 3200 (or wherever you like it)

                penny-farthing also someone told me you could write a script to start the budgie night light and make that an autostartup script but I have no idea how to achieve this

                    I am running a fully updated Budgie with night light in the Tray and it works as intended. Sorry it is in the Tray so it autostarts with no commands. 🙂

                      craigtoyoracer I am running a fully updated Budgie with night light in the Tray and it works as intended. Sorry it is in the Tray so it autostarts with no commands.

                      Incredible. I never got the tray ever...or regular bootup autostart even when activated in settings from 5am to 4:59am coverage. wonder what we are doing different?

                          brent I have Top Panel added Night Light. Open from the tray -> set temp. -> time 6pm 700am -> turn on. Done 🙂