06-30-2017, 06:58 PM | #1 |
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Calibre fails to work with system tray in Linux Mint 18.2 Cinnamon
To start Calibre in the system tray, normally you can execute the command:
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calibre --start-in-tray Code:
Failed to create system tray icon, your desktop environment probably does not support the StatusNotifier spec I tried installing KDE and booting into it, and the problem was solved, but I don't plan on continuing to use KDE and Cinnamon side-by-side on the same OS install. Also, in my troubleshooting, I learned the devs recommend uninstalling the version of Calibre that is in the OS repositories and instead install the binary with a wget command from the Calibre website. Is the calibre system tray icon really incompatible with the Cinnamon tray? If so, is there another tray I could install? |
07-01-2017, 12:23 AM | #2 |
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Yes, it really is. You need a tray that implements the StatusNotifier spec. calibre does not support the obsolete X window based status icons as they have many issues.
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07-01-2017, 12:31 AM | #3 |
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Kovid, I am humbled you took the time to respond, thank you. I will research how to add a new system tray.
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