I just removed my system tray from the gnome top panel in Ubuntu. I did right click on the panel, and selected add to panel option. I tried searching for System Tray / Task Bar / Launch Bar without any success. Finally searched through some docs and found out that they actually call it ” Notification Area ” . Added it to panel and got back my system tray, or notification area as they say.
February 2, 2008...4:40 am
Restoring System Tray / Task Bar on Ubuntu Linux
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March 24, 2008 at 7:51 am
Thanks!
Your simple blog post helped me figure out where my system tray had disappeared to. A couple weeks ago I guess I was taking a look around and apparently removed it from the bar at the top, and forgot how to put it back. Then I spent many hours trying to figure out why many programs that were supposed to appear in the system tray weren’t appearing anywhere. Thankfully, one simple google search for “where is my system tray ubuntu” pulled up your page and solved my problem!
Cheers.
May 1, 2008 at 11:37 pm
Thanks for the help, I felt like an idiot when I accidentally removed it from the toolbar haha
May 15, 2008 at 4:31 am
Thanks a lot…
I was completely lost.
Thanks once again
June 25, 2008 at 4:56 am
Thanks. I removed the whole top panel, because I thought it was a nuisance, and I just thought there wasn’t a system tray.
September 7, 2008 at 9:14 am
It was great i managed to remove the 2 standards task bars so i had 2 make 1 again so it would fit the design i have.
Trying to make the move from vista/XP as easy as i can by making it look like vista in the beggining.
Thanks for the help with the guide
September 23, 2008 at 9:05 am
thanks a lot..one line..took 10 secs to read and do and solved a problem that had been paining me for almost a week!
December 17, 2008 at 12:34 am
Ehe, yeah…I recently made the switch to Ubuntu, and I NEVER used the system tray in Windows XP. I just Regedited it out. Now, in Ubuntu, I actually do need it. XP GAWD. I’m an idiot. Thankies for the help. I wasn’t stuck nearly as long as everyone else, but I appreciate the help just as much. :3
February 8, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Thanks
March 4, 2009 at 3:16 pm
I hadn’t realised that I had lost it for over a week till I noticed that pigeon had gone but I was still getting pop ups and messages. You are a life saver.
thanks Mate.
April 10, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Thanks , finally I could fix my panel
May 9, 2009 at 2:42 am
Informative one. Helped me resolve an annoying problem. Thanks!
June 4, 2009 at 6:16 am
Thanks much!
This happened to me as well and you instructions helped.
The was starting to cause me problems (of the non-real kind).
I was opening applications that would disappear….I could see the apps were active when I looked at the system monitor but had no idea why I couldn’t see the GUI. In particular Rythymbox was opening and going directly to the “systray”, so was Amarok. I thought I was developing a real problem…with my machine and my head!
Your comments set me straight.
June 11, 2009 at 12:50 am
Cheers, this helped me!
June 28, 2009 at 11:24 am
Many thanks, I too have been hunting around the forums for an answer. Easy (when you know how).
July 4, 2009 at 7:08 am
enormous happiness
thank you!
November 1, 2009 at 4:24 pm
so simple yet so awesome, THANK YOU
November 12, 2009 at 12:45 pm
thanks, this was driving me mad.