Hello,
I am new to Siduction but have used many Deb-based distros. I have used Variety wallpaper changer in all of them with no problems. However, with this installation Variety works correctly but its icon does not display in the Status Tray. I have never experienced this before. Where should I start examining things?
Good day,
K B Tidwell
apt show variety
Package: variety
Version: 0.8.9-1
Priority: optional
Section: graphics
Maintainer: James Lu <james@overdrivenetworks.com>
Installed-Size: 1.916 kB
Depends: gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0, gir1.2-gexiv2-0.10, gir1.2-glib-2.0, gir1.2-gtk-3.0, gir1.2-notify-0.7, gir1.2-pango-1.0, imagemagick, python3-bs4, python3-lxml, python3-cairo, python3-configobj, python3-dbus, python3-gi, python3-gi-cairo, python3-pil, python3-pkg-resources, python3-requests, python3:any
Recommends: gir1.2-ayatanaappindicator3-0.1 | gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1, python3-httplib2, fortune-mod
Suggests: feh | nitrogen, gnome-shell-extension-appindicator
Homepage: http://peterlevi.com/variety/
Download-Size: 499 kB
APT-Sources: http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 Packages
Description: Wallpaper changer, downloader and manager
Variety is a wallpaper manager for Linux systems. It supports numerous
desktops and wallpaper sources, including local files and online
services: Flickr, Wallhaven, Unsplash, and more.
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Where supported, Variety sits as a tray icon to allow easy pausing and
resuming. Otherwise, its desktop entry menu provides a similar set of
options.
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You can also install the following (suggested) packages to enhance Variety's
functionality on certain desktop setups:
* feh | nitrogen: used for wallpaper changing on i3, openbox, and dwm
* gnome-shell-extension-appindicator | gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus:
adds tray icon / indicator support to GNOME Shell, so that Variety's tray
icon can be displayed
it's your turn with your 'desktop' ;)
I recently did a fresh install and for the first time chose LXQT. For some reason it did not have a system tray by default. I activated the plugin and presto. It would help if we knew what desktop you chose?
Zitat von: eriefisher in 2023/01/15, 19:49:13
... for the first time chose LXQT. For some reason it did not have a system tray by default....
Back in the day (2017) the siduction/LXQt desktop release came with the plank dock. I still have it set up that way -- works good. I later added the plugin.
Zitat von: dibl in 2023/01/15, 21:42:10
Zitat von: eriefisher in 2023/01/15, 19:49:13
... for the first time chose LXQT. For some reason it did not have a system tray by default....
Back in the day (2017) the siduction/LXQt desktop release came with the plank dock. I still have it set up that way -- works good. I later added the plugin.
Plank is there but not active by default. I used it or some time with Xfce4. It's a great dock.
I thank everyone for their responses so far, but unfortunately not long after my original post, my laptop was destroyed by a falling bookshelf. I was able to salvage the SSD and some other components, but the motherboard is history. I'll get another unit in a a few days, and we'll hope that Variety acts right this time. If not, I know where to report back to.
Thanks again! K B Tidwell
BTW, you asked: I used XFCE.
Zitat von: kbtidwell in 2023/01/17, 02:30:13
I thank everyone for their responses so far, but unfortunately not long after my original post, my laptop was destroyed by a falling bookshelf. I was able to salvage the SSD and some other components, but the motherboard is history. I'll get another unit in a a few days, and we'll hope that Variety acts right this time. If not, I know where to report back to.
Thanks again! K B Tidwell
Sorry to hear of the loss of your laptop and hopefully you'll find an identical one as a replacement and then just drop in the SSD and RAM then you'd be back up and running.
Zitat von: kbtidwell in 2023/01/17, 02:30:13
.... my laptop was destroyed by a falling bookshelf.....
Very sorry to hear of that little disaster. Hopefully we'll see you back soon with another siduction system. :)
Zitat von: DeepDayze in 2023/01/17, 19:54:46Sorry to hear of the loss of your laptop and hopefully you'll find an identical one as a replacement and then just drop in the SSD and RAM then you'd be back up and running.
Zitat von: dibl in 2023/01/17, 20:40:02Very sorry to hear of that little disaster. Hopefully we'll see you back soon with another siduction system. :)
Thanks, guys.😊