Ubuntu 17.04 tray icon missing after clean install

grfiv

Clean install of Ubuntu Desktop 17.04 from iso. Red tray icon appeared in 16.10 and earlier but not now. Very annoying that I cannot control PIA. Very very annoying.

Followed these instructions
https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/installer/download_installer_linux
which worked in the past.

Did I mention that this is very, very very annoying?

grfiv

Here's a temporary  solution:

nohup env XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity ~/.pia_manager/pia_manager/run.sh &

(gotta keep the terminal session running)

p1729153

Brilliant, I am hoping that being able to turn PIA on and off means I can now run Netflix in Firefox.  I will check back.  Thanks.

bitty

grfiv said:

Here's a temporary  solution:

nohup env XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity ~/.pia_manager/pia_manager/run.sh &

(gotta keep the terminal session running)

This works for me, thank you.

htunlogic

grfiv said:

Here's a temporary  solution:

nohup env XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity ~/.pia_manager/pia_manager/run.sh &

(gotta keep the terminal session running)

Thanks, this worked fine, I've just extended your solution and modified my ~/.pia_manager/pia_manager/run.sh 

#!/bin/sh

XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity

if [ "$(uname -m)" = "x86_64" ]; then

  ARCH=64

else

  ARCH=32

fi

DIR="$(dirname $0)"

ARCHDIR="$DIR/$ARCH"

LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$ARCHDIR" "$ARCHDIR/ruby" -I "$DIR" -I "$ARCHDIR" "$DIR/run.rb" "[email protected]"

rgriggs

htunlogic said:

grfiv said:

Here's a temporary  solution:

nohup env XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity ~/.pia_manager/pia_manager/run.sh &

(gotta keep the terminal session running)

Thanks, this worked fine, I've just extended your solution and modified my ~/.pia_manager/pia_manager/run.sh 

#!/bin/sh

XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity

if [ "$(uname -m)" = "x86_64" ]; then

  ARCH=64

else

  ARCH=32

fi

DIR="$(dirname $0)"

ARCHDIR="$DIR/$ARCH"

LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$ARCHDIR" "$ARCHDIR/ruby" -I "$DIR" -I "$ARCHDIR" "$DIR/run.rb" "[email protected]"

This worked great adding "XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity" to the run.sh. Now mine even shows where connected.
Thanks

p1729153

Again, brilliant.  Changing run.sh makes PIA work just as it did before 17.04 update. Thanks!

martouf

interesting.. the default envar in 17.04 is XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity:Unity7

perhaps what run.sh needs is to pick off the first element in the list so there would be no need to re-edit later if/when the desktop manager is changed. as in: XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=${XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP/:*/}

can anyone with 16.04 confirm the envar was not a list?

p8828835

Had the same problem on 17.04, the fix above works for me too.
Can confirm that XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP is defined as "Unity" on 16.04 too.

dfyfe

Finally!   A solution to the missing little green man.  

Thanks.

edmond

I am on Ubuntu 16.04.
I installed the client as described and, after installation it showed as expected in the tray.
After reboot, it didn't show any more.
If I try from a shell to launch the command which is supposed to be triggered at login, the I get:

[Mon 03 Jul 11:47:58 ~]$ ./.pia_manager/pia_manager/run.sh --startup
pia_nw: no process found

BTW, I also have

[Mon 03 Jul 11:47:41 ~]$ echo $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP
Unity

What is wrong with my system?

gk3

Can confirm that adding the line [ XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity ] to the "~/.pia_manager/pia_manager/run.sh" file worked like a charm for me.  Now PIA is working great.  Thanks VERY much!

BTW: Ubuntu 17.04 here 

eco2geek

Adding "XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity" as described above to "~/.pia_manager/pia_manager/run.sh" also works in Ubuntu 17.10 with version 73 of the PIA application (I didn't test it with v72).

(Even though Ubuntu is switching back to GNOME shell in 17.10, indicator applets are still enabled.)

Nylo

grfiv said:

Here's a temporary  solution:

nohup env XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity ~/.pia_manager/pia_manager/run.sh &

(gotta keep the terminal session running)

I get whats happening here, not sure how to implement it.

Does this go into the command line?  If so its not working.

nohup env XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=*** ~/.pia_manager/pia_manager/run.sh &

Thanks,

Nylo

Lubuntu 17.10

martouf

shouldn't be necessary with v79. what's going on there, @Nylo ?