Polly

Polly and Xfce

Asked by Albert Cutrona

Hello!!

I have to VM installed, Xubuntu and Manjaro Linux Xfce Edition, and both with Polly, of course!! But between them there is a difference, when I close the window without exiting the app, Xubuntu doesn't show any icon in the notification bar. Instead Manjaro, as you can see in the screenshot, displays an icon in the notification area. Do you have any idea about that?

http://ubuntuone.com/4daqv2Il5LB0YZBA4rQHO5

Best regards!!

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Conscious User (conscioususer) said : 		#1

The current version of Polly uses the Ubuntu Messaging Menu by default, and falls back to a notification icon when some Python libraries are not installed. My guess is that such libraries are installed on Xubuntu but not on Manjaro.

If you want to force the notification icon in Xubuntu, you can start Polly with the command line parameter --statusicon.

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Albert Cutrona (acutbal) said : 		#2

Hello!!

Thank you very much for your quick response!! Do you mean that start nautilus with Terminal using this command?

Saludos!!

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Albert Cutrona (acutbal) said : 		#3

Hello!!

I understand, ~ polly --statusicon. Right, but that solution forces me to leave open Terminal, isn't it?

Any other idea without using terminal?

Saludos!!

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Best Conscious User (conscioususer) said : 		#4

If you want to permanently use the --statusicon parameter, edit the "Exec" value in the file /usr/share/applications/polly.desktop. Replace "polly" by "polly --statusicon".

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Albert Cutrona (acutbal) said : 		#5

Thanks Conscious User, that solved my question.

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Albert Cutrona (acutbal) said : 		#6

Congrats for your great app and thank you very much for your help!! I'm just nearer from Xfce...

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Conscious User (conscioususer) said : 		#7

You are welcome, thanks for the support. :)