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11.04 classic view. Skype will not attach to the notification panel

Asked by leosandhu

I recently upgraded to 11.04. Unity was too loud for my taste so I switched to classic view.

Now I am finding that when active, I cannot get skype to appear on the task panel (previously a skype icon lived just next to the clock at top-right of screen). This means that if I accidentally tidy my desktop and close the window which contains contact/history I do not see notifications that are waiting for me. Also I need to exit the programme and relaunch in order to reopen the contacts window once it is closed.

I've looked in skype settings but everything there seems correct, what am I missing, or what has changed since 10.10 ?

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leosandhu (leosandhu) said : 		#1

Skype version Beta 2.2.0.25

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leosandhu (leosandhu) said : 		#2

ok, I right clicked on an empty area of the top panel and clicked "Add to panel" Then I clicked to add "Notification Area" I didn't see it appear at first and had clicked 3 times - which gave me 3 of those little dotty blocks, I then right click and removed each of the 3 notification areas I had created and made a new one. At this point, (having deleted 3 and created a 4th) skype notifier icon did appear. Success for me, would be nice to know what had caused this but I will close this Question and hope the outcome helps another.

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leosandhu (leosandhu) said : 		#3

ok, I right clicked on an empty area of the top panel and clicked "Add to panel" Then I clicked to add "Notification Area" I didn't see it appear at first and had clicked 3 times - which gave me 3 of those little dotty blocks, I then right click and removed each of the 3 notification areas I had created and made a new one. At this point, (having deleted 3 and created a 4th) skype notifier icon did appear. Success for me, would be nice to know what had caused this but I will close this Question and hope the outcome helps another.

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said : 		#4

This was probably due to bug 767095. You may want to go to that page, read the description to see if it's consistent with what you've experienced, and if it is, indicate that the bug affects you (with the green "This bug affects..." link near the top of the page). You may also want to subscribe to the bug (by clicking the green Subscribe link on the right side of the page). That way, you'll be sure to receive email notifications when the bug's status changes or a comment is posted in it. And if you have information to contribute to the bug, you can post it as a comment.