Radio tray icon applet does not load in Unity

Question

The Radio Tray icon will not show in Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) Beta 2 under Unity, but it works in classic mode.

I have it set as a startup application using the command /usr/bin/radiotray. It loads perfectly in classic mode, but not at all in Unity.

How can I get Radio Tray to work when I use Unity?

Solution 1

The latest version from sourceforge (at the time of writing this, it is version 0.6.4) now has both app-indicator support (for Natty) and notification area support (for other ubuntu variants and versions before 11.04).

Install the application via

cd Downloads 
sudo dpkg -i radiotray_0.6.4_all.deb

then start the application:

nohup radiotray &

this will display the choice screen:

Click OK for Natty (or change the option).

Radiotray should appear in the app-indicators area of Natty.

To get Radiotray starting automatically - open Natty dash and search for startup application. You can then add a new entry with the command line radiotray

Solution 2

Well I donot know if this will work for radio tray but it is working for covergloobus and gnote in my case. To add custom notification tray in unity

First do :

gsettings get com.canonical.Unity.Panel systray-whitelist

to see the systray whitelist.

then append

gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Panel systray-whitelist "['your settings here', 'radiotray']"

EDIT: Webupd8 explains your need

Solution 3

I just installed this program in Ubuntu 12.04. Ran it first time OK then it refused to open again. The initial startup script gives the option to enable the "Gnome Media Keys" plugin. I had enabled this option and it seems that this is what prevented the application from starting again.

The solution was to remove the Gnome Media Keys section from the active plugins line in the config.xml file. Works fine after that.

Comments

[Admin]

This is bug 717777.

[Egil]

Tray icons still work in a transition period, they just need to be whitelisted.

[Jason Southwell]

@Egil: I know but not all icons are working if you whitelist them (in my experience).

[poolie]

I don't think radiotray is the right id for this applet, or at least it doesn't work for me.

[Benji]

-1 for only providing a link. The best practice to write instructions in your own words and attribute the source, including a link.