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beje

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From: Austria

Registered: 2018-11-30

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Network Icon in Notification Area Panel Plugin multiplied

Every time I restart my computer I get a new network icon on my Notification Area Plug-in from the main Panel...I have attached also a print screen...
Any ideas?

I am running XFCE 4.14 on siduction. It might be a bug but I will need a bit of instructions where to look to give further details...

here also a pic: I have 5 times restarted my PC => I have 5 Network icons in Panel...

Thanks!

eriefisher

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From: ON, Canada

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Re: Network Icon in Notification Area Panel Plugin multiplied

Check Settings>>Session and Startup>>Application Autostart. Is there multiple network entries listed?

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beje

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Re: Network Icon in Notification Area Panel Plugin multiplied

nope... or not that I can see... here is how it looks:

eriefisher

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Re: Network Icon in Notification Area Panel Plugin multiplied

I only see one there so something is spawning multiple instances. Try:

ps aux | grep Network

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beje

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Re: Network Icon in Notification Area Panel Plugin multiplied

nothing suspicious...

root        1737  0.0  0.1 257164 18988 ?        Ssl  15:11   0:02 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon
user      573551  0.0  0.0   9420   840 pts/0    S+   18:10   0:00 grep Network

ToZ

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Re: Network Icon in Notification Area Panel Plugin multiplied

I believe the process name is nm-applet. Does that have multiple running instances?

Also, which plugin is that showing up on (Notification Area, Indicator plugin, Status Notifier plugin)?

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eriefisher

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Re: Network Icon in Notification Area Panel Plugin multiplied

Try unchecking nm-tray in autostart applications. Network Manager should start the tray applet on it own. I don't have in my autostart.

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beje

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Re: Network Icon in Notification Area Panel Plugin multiplied

Try unchecking nm-tray in autostart applications. Network Manager should start the tray applet on it own. I don't have in my autostart.

we are closing on the culprit...

user        4568  0.0  0.4 430924 51092 ?        Sl   15:12   0:01 nm-tray -session 2ffe06774-476f-4e20-bc3f-7c735d7b7fe7_1594127489_320924
user        4570  0.0  0.7 864164 91668 ?        Sl   15:12   0:01 nm-tray -session 2b21accf2-eb9a-4b57-b56f-bc091d1ebf53_1594127489_317827
user        4571  0.0  0.7 861960 88844 ?        Sl   15:12   0:01 nm-tray -session 272664dfc-2378-45e3-b2d1-4e11d47e3aa3_1594127489_317113
user        4573  0.0  0.7 861932 88968 ?        Sl   15:12   0:01 nm-tray -session 207b467a8-1f0b-430a-a03c-99d6b1541adc_1594127489_316119
user        4575  0.0  0.7 861932 88432 ?        Sl   15:12   0:01 nm-tray -session 23e40ce62-0874-479a-8e5f-862e12d2bedb_1594127489_316043
user        4852  0.0  0.4 430976 49552 ?        Sl   15:12   0:01 nm-tray
user      630748  0.0  0.0   9420   836 pts/0    S+   18:41   0:00 grep nm-tray

edit: and closer....

Last edited by beje (2020-07-07 16:52:12)

eriefisher

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Re: Network Icon in Notification Area Panel Plugin multiplied

Yup, just uncheck it and restart to test.

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beje

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Re: Network Icon in Notification Area Panel Plugin multiplied

I have deleted all instances from the current session and restarted. In tray there is only one icon, but in the current session there is something fishy....

I will restart once more. Hold my beer, I am going under...

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Edit: after restart there is only one icon in tray. Problem seem to be solved.

Thanks for the support!

Last edited by beje (2020-07-07 16:59:19)

eriefisher

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Re: Network Icon in Notification Area Panel Plugin multiplied

Great! The only thing I may add is to make sure you don't have save session checked when you log out.

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beje

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Re: Network Icon in Notification Area Panel Plugin multiplied

why?

eriefisher

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Re: Network Icon in Notification Area Panel Plugin multiplied

If it is running multiple instances when you logged out then when you log in they will all be restarted. A fresh session would prevent that.

Did it work properly after restarting?

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beje

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Re: Network Icon in Notification Area Panel Plugin multiplied

yes, it worked properly after restarting.
Do you mean that I should only now (one time) uncheck the save session in order to start clean? and than to check it back?

I like this feature when the session is saved and restored... especially on siduction where here and there restarts are required

eriefisher

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Re: Network Icon in Notification Area Panel Plugin multiplied

If everything is working fine leave it alone.

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