xpra doesn't have a tray icon under Wayland with KWin #3789

allo- · 2023-03-08T17:33:32Z

Describe the bug
xpra does not show its tray icon in a KDE Wayland session

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Run a KDE Wayland session
Connect from a terminal to an xpra server

Expected
A tray icon with the functions that are provided when using X11 (Launch applications, enable/disable features like forwarding clipboard, sound, etc.)

Actual Behavior
No tray icon is visible.

System Information (please complete the following information):

Server OS: Debian stable
Client OS: Debian testing
Xpra Server Version: 4.4.3-r0-1
Xpra Client Version: 5.0-r32793-1

totaam · 2023-03-09T01:24:12Z

Tagging as part of the endless Linux Desktop series "The endless and unnecessary breakage of basic desktop functionality continues".
Some details in #2161 and #1016 (comment), #2161 (comment), #406

Do you have these packages installed: gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1 | gir1.2-ayatanaappindicator3 ?
And also: gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus gnome-shell-extension-appindicator ?

allo- · 2023-03-09T07:37:16Z

gir1.2-ayatanaappindicator3-0.1, libappindicator1 and libayatana-appindicator3-1 are installed.

I hope I don't need gnome shell extensions for a KDE session as they would probably install almost all of gnome as dependencies.

totaam · 2023-03-09T07:41:05Z

I hope I don't need gnome shell extensions for a KDE session as they would probably install almost all of gnome as dependencies.

And this exactly why we don't install them as Recommended dependencies: #2979 (comment)

allo- · 2023-03-09T08:03:08Z

And this exactly why we don't install them as Recommended dependencies: #2979 (comment)

So am I right that I do not need gnome-shell packages?
Or is this another thing where things are mixed together which should be separated?

totaam · 2023-03-09T08:29:17Z

@allo- I have no idea which package you may need to make it work under KDE, sorry.

totaam · 2023-03-16T13:35:59Z

If you find out which packages are needed to make the system tray work under KDE, let us know!

allo- · 2023-03-16T13:43:39Z

I wonder why you're closing this. My KDE Wayland session has no problems with the trayicons of most programs, but xpra silently does not show any. So I would suppose this is a xpra bug or at least something xpra should have a workaround for if it is some chaos with new Wayland libraries, gnome specific implementations and so on.

I wouldn't think there is a package for KDE missing, or at least I would not know what additional package should be needed. It is quite possible that KDE still have bugs as well (and KDE Wayland is not my primary session), but I do not see an obvious indication of that either.

So what do you suppose to be a missing package? Some libindicator(?) to Wayland middleware? Or would it need a new python trayicon library and you don't know yet which? I would suppose, that it should "just work" and if it does not it is a bug somewhere.

I see that Wayland may not be high-priority, but I am not sure if this should be closed and probably one should test other Wayland desktops as well when it is desktop specific.

totaam · 2023-03-16T13:45:18Z

Please post the client's output when running with -d tray.
Then maybe we can figure out which backend it is using and perhaps there is a better one we should be using on your particular DE flavor.

allo- · 2023-03-16T13:46:56Z

Will do later. I am also willing to do more detailed tests for experimental patches and so on.

totaam · 2023-03-16T15:19:04Z

See also #3342, #476 and #406

allo- · 2023-03-16T17:56:25Z

2023-03-16 18:44:50,674 set_icon(None) using filename='/usr/share/xpra/icons/xpra.png'
2023-03-16 18:44:50,674 set_icon_from_file(/usr/share/xpra/icons/xpra.png) tray_widget=<Gtk.StatusIcon object at 0x7eff71cbc340 (GtkStatusIcon at 0x272f7a0)>
2023-03-16 18:44:50,675 may_guess() GUESS_GEOMETRY=False, current guess=None
2023-03-16 18:44:50,675 GTKStatusIconTray.get_geometry() no geometry value available, returning guess: None
2023-03-16 18:44:50,675 bogus tray icon size: 0x0
2023-03-16 18:44:50,675 may_guess() GUESS_GEOMETRY=False, current guess=None
2023-03-16 18:44:50,675 GTKStatusIconTray.get_geometry() no geometry value available, returning guess: None
2023-03-16 18:44:50,675 set_icon_from_pixbuf(<GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf object at 0x7eff70942a00 (GdkPixbuf at 0x20f8120)>) geometry=(0, 0, 0, 0), icon size=(48, 48)

(python3:3973): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 18:44:50.675: gtk_widget_get_scale_factor: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
2023-03-16 18:44:50,973 enabled remote logging
2023-03-16 18:44:50,973 Xpra X11 seamless server version 4.4
2023-03-16 18:44:50,976 Attached to xpra server at server:22
2023-03-16 18:44:50,976  (press Control-C to detach)

2023-03-16 18:44:50,976 get_tray_title()='ssh://user@server/10' (items=('ssh://user@server/10',))
2023-03-16 18:44:50,982 get_tray_title()='ssh://user@server/10' (items=('ssh://user@server/10',))
2023-03-16 18:44:51,057 running, 3 windows
2023-03-16 18:44:51,061 set_tray_icon() DYNAMIC_TRAY_ICON=True, tray=Tray(0:Xpra)
2023-03-16 18:44:51,061 set_tray_icon() 3 windows, 3 icons, 2 missing
2023-03-16 18:44:51,061 set_tray_icon() using default icon
2023-03-16 18:44:51,061 set_icon(None) using filename='/usr/share/xpra/icons/xpra.png'
2023-03-16 18:44:51,061 set_icon_from_file(/usr/share/xpra/icons/xpra.png) tray_widget=<Gtk.StatusIcon object at 0x7eff71cbc340 (GtkStatusIcon at 0x272f7a0)>
2023-03-16 18:44:51,062 may_guess() GUESS_GEOMETRY=False, current guess=None
2023-03-16 18:44:51,062 GTKStatusIconTray.get_geometry() no geometry value available, returning guess: None
2023-03-16 18:44:51,062 bogus tray icon size: 0x0
2023-03-16 18:44:51,062 may_guess() GUESS_GEOMETRY=False, current guess=None
2023-03-16 18:44:51,062 GTKStatusIconTray.get_geometry() no geometry value available, returning guess: None
2023-03-16 18:44:51,062 set_icon_from_pixbuf(<GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf object at 0x7eff70989800 (GdkPixbuf at 0x207dd80)>) geometry=(0, 0, 0, 0), icon size=(48, 48)

(Xpra:3973): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 18:44:51.062: gtk_widget_get_scale_factor: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
2023-03-16 18:44:51,062 set_tray_icon() DYNAMIC_TRAY_ICON=True, tray=Tray(0:Xpra)
2023-03-16 18:44:51,062 set_tray_icon() 3 windows, 3 icons, 1 missing
2023-03-16 18:44:51,062 set_tray_icon() using default icon
2023-03-16 18:44:51,063 set_icon(None) using filename='/usr/share/xpra/icons/xpra.png'
2023-03-16 18:44:51,063 set_icon_from_file(/usr/share/xpra/icons/xpra.png) tray_widget=<Gtk.StatusIcon object at 0x7eff71cbc340 (GtkStatusIcon at 0x272f7a0)>
2023-03-16 18:44:51,063 may_guess() GUESS_GEOMETRY=False, current guess=None
2023-03-16 18:44:51,063 GTKStatusIconTray.get_geometry() no geometry value available, returning guess: None
2023-03-16 18:44:51,063 bogus tray icon size: 0x0
2023-03-16 18:44:51,063 may_guess() GUESS_GEOMETRY=False, current guess=None
2023-03-16 18:44:51,063 GTKStatusIconTray.get_geometry() no geometry value available, returning guess: None
2023-03-16 18:44:51,063 set_icon_from_pixbuf(<GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf object at 0x7eff7097d3c0 (GdkPixbuf at 0x207dde0)>) geometry=(0, 0, 0, 0), icon size=(48, 48)

(Xpra:3973): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 18:44:51.063: gtk_widget_get_scale_factor: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
2023-03-16 18:44:51,064 set_tray_icon() DYNAMIC_TRAY_ICON=True, tray=Tray(0:Xpra)
2023-03-16 18:44:51,064 set_tray_icon() 3 windows, 3 icons, 0 missing
2023-03-16 18:44:51,064 set_tray_icon() using default icon
2023-03-16 18:44:51,065 set_icon(None) using filename='/usr/share/xpra/icons/xpra.png'
2023-03-16 18:44:51,065 set_icon_from_file(/usr/share/xpra/icons/xpra.png) tray_widget=<Gtk.StatusIcon object at 0x7eff71cbc340 (GtkStatusIcon at 0x272f7a0)>
2023-03-16 18:44:51,065 may_guess() GUESS_GEOMETRY=False, current guess=None
2023-03-16 18:44:51,065 GTKStatusIconTray.get_geometry() no geometry value available, returning guess: None
2023-03-16 18:44:51,065 bogus tray icon size: 0x0
2023-03-16 18:44:51,065 may_guess() GUESS_GEOMETRY=False, current guess=None
2023-03-16 18:44:51,065 GTKStatusIconTray.get_geometry() no geometry value available, returning guess: None
2023-03-16 18:44:51,065 set_icon_from_pixbuf(<GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf object at 0x7eff7097fcc0 (GdkPixbuf at 0x207dd80)>) geometry=(0, 0, 0, 0), icon size=(48, 48)

(Xpra:3973): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 18:44:51.065: gtk_widget_get_scale_factor: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed

totaam · 2023-03-17T05:28:38Z

Your log sample is incomplete and is missing the crucial part:

xpra/xpra/platform/xposix/gui.py

Lines 123 to 139 in e8b9724

    
           def get_native_tray_classes(): 
        
               #could restrict to only DEs that have a broken system tray like "GNOME Shell"? 
        
               c = [] 
        
               if USE_NATIVE_TRAY: 
        
                   try: 
        
                       from xpra.platform.xposix.appindicator_tray import AppindicatorTray 
        
                       c.append(AppindicatorTray) 
        
                   except (ImportError, ValueError): 
        
                       traylog("cannot load appindicator tray", exc_info=True) 
        
                       traylog.warn("Warning: appindicator library not found") 
        
                       traylog.warn(" you may want to install libappindicator") 
        
                       traylog.warn(" to enable the system tray.") 
        
                       if get_saved_env_var("XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP", "").upper().find("GNOME")>=0: 
        
                           traylog.warn(" With gnome-shell, you may also need some extensions:") 
        
                           traylog.warn(" 'top icons plus' and / or 'appindicator'") 
        
               traylog("get_native_tray_classes()=%s (USE_NATIVE_TRAY=%s)", c, USE_NATIVE_TRAY) 
        
               return c

This would have shown us why you end up with the GTKStatusIconTray rather than the AppindicatorTray.

To figure it out, you could also just run this file from a command line:

python3 /usr/lib/*/*/xpra/platform/xposix/appindicator_tray.py

allo- · 2023-03-17T10:03:10Z

python3 /usr/lib///xpra/platform/xposix/appindicator_tray.py

Tested under X11 (will test Wayland later) and there seems to be something missing:

$ python3 /usr/lib/*/*/xpra/platform/xposix/appindicator_tray.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/xpra/platform/xposix/appindicator_tray.py", line 26, in <module>
    gi.require_version('AppIndicator3', '0.1')
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 126, in require_version
    raise ValueError('Namespace %s not available' % namespace)
ValueError: Namespace AppIndicator3 not available

Looks like I may have to test different libindicator packages. gir1.2-ayatanaappindicator-0.1 is not installed but looks like it may be the right one because of the version, but it would uninstall libappindicator1. A seemingly outdated recommendation is gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1 what doesn't exist in current Debian testing.

totaam · 2023-03-17T10:08:16Z

This was changed 6 months ago: 45ba9b2, we recommend one or the other:

xpra/packaging/debian/xpra/control

Line 141 in 36ff920

,gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1 | gir1.2-ayatanaappindicator3

I've changed it again to recommend both packages, so you should end up with one that works - no matter what distribution / version you have.
I have no idea why the new packages doesn't provide the old name. Answer on a postcard.

allo- · 2023-03-17T10:14:10Z

E: Package 'gir1.2-ayatanaappindicator3' has no installation candidate

and

gir1.2-ayatanaappindicator3-0.1 is already the newest version (0.5.92-1).

but for gir1.2-ayatanaappindicator-0.1

The following additional packages will be installed:
  gir1.2-gtk-2.0 libayatana-appindicator1 libayatana-indicator7
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libappindicator1
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gir1.2-ayatanaappindicator-0.1 gir1.2-gtk-2.0 libayatana-appindicator1 libayatana-indicator7

totaam · 2023-03-17T10:23:06Z

gir1.2-ayatanaappindicator-0.1 is the GTK2 version - we don't need that.

But of course, Debian uses two version numbers as part of the package name. Because reasons.
Although the debian package search does manage to find gir1.2-ayatanaappindicator3 without problems..

@allo- more importantly: does this make any difference, is xpra choosing the appindicator backend now?
If not, what does the log file say?

allo- · 2023-03-17T10:30:17Z

I will test Wayland later. Currently the plasma wayland session is having its own problems with massive lag for the input devices, I do not know if some Wayland libraries or the plasma/kwin update in the meantime are the problem. Sometimes I think the whole xorg/freedesktop stuff is causing massive headaches.

Yesterday I still tested the tray issue on a massive laggy session because I promised to provide the log (and probably the log got cut off because I had to pipe it into a log file and kill the session afterward). I think I can test later when I have time where I do not need a working desktop at the same time.

because of course they did

totaam · 2023-03-17T10:42:17Z

You also need the commit above (because they've changed the name of the bindings.. for reasons) and then you also need to enable appindicator in gnome-tweaks:

They sure know how to make it hard for applications to integrate into the desktop.
And the end result is still "meh": appindicator is limited to ugly menus so this is nowhere near as user-friendly as the tray menu we have on all the other platforms. Better than nothing I guess?

allo- · 2023-03-17T19:14:51Z

Thank you, it works now. It at least shows the tray icon, with the currently unusable input I didn't try the menu but I don't see why it shouldn't work. Gladly I did not need to use gnome-tweaks for KDE. The X11 session now also seems to use AppIndicator instead of Gtk Trayicons.

allo- · 2023-03-17T19:20:12Z

I have a strange side-effect: The menu item "clipboard" now does not have a submenu.

I thought it would be an independent issue, but when I change AyatanaAppIndicator3 to an invalid string again, the menu is there.

totaam · 2023-03-26T09:23:31Z

but when I change AyatanaAppIndicator3 to an invalid string again, the menu is there.

I saw this behaviour once, but now the clipboard menu is shown every single time - looks like a fluke.
I think we can close the other ticket: #3800

totaam · 2023-05-25T09:52:24Z

This caused a regression, fixed in 9613d1f

allo- · 2023-05-25T09:57:54Z

#3800 is still an issue here, even when applying 9613d1f. I think it should be discussed in the other bug, though.

totaam · 2023-05-25T09:59:24Z

You're right, I tagged the wrong ticket.

alexdelorenzo · 2023-12-02T09:52:07Z

Anyone who runs into this issue on Arch Linux needs to install libayatana-appindicator.

totaam · 2023-12-02T10:46:08Z

@alexdelorenzo please bug your mantainer, this should be included as part of the xpra client's dependencies.

allo- added the bug Something isn't working label Mar 8, 2023

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totaam closed this as not planned Won't fix, can't repro, duplicate, stale Mar 16, 2023

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#3789 hopefully one of these packages works

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#3789 one of these two packages should work?

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#3789 one of these two packages should work?

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#3789 yuk: two version numbers as part of the package name

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#3789 they've also changed the bindings name

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because of course they did

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#3789 import can raise a ValueError..

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