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Description of problem: Applications like SpiderOakGroup (backup utility), synergy (sofware KVM switch), etc still utilize system tray icon that was removed in gnome 3.23 and included in RHEL 7.5 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): RHEL 7.5 Beta gnome-shell-3.26.2-4.el7.x86_64 How reproducible: VERY Steps to Reproduce: Using synergy from 1. From Fresh RHEL 7.5 HTB GNOME desktop start synergy. Note: I am doing via ssh, as that remote system has installed aleady $ ssh -X host1 "synergy --client -f" -or spider oak- $ ssh -X host2 "/usr/bin/SpiderOakGroups" 2. Wait Actual results: $ ssh -X bock "synergy --client -f" "sni-qt/23671" WARN 07:28:46.710 void StatusNotifierItemFactory::connectToSnw() Invalid interface to SNW_SERVICE QMetaObject::connectSlotsByName: No matching signal for on_windowShown() *** WARNING *** The program 'synergy' uses the Apple Bonjour compatibility layer of Avahi. *** WARNING *** Please fix your application to use the native API of Avahi! *** WARNING *** For more information see <http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/avahi-compat.html> No systemtrayicon available In addition get pop-up window that states: System tray is unavailable, don't close your window. -or- $ ssh -X t470s "/usr/bin/SpiderOakGroups" "sni-qt/1977" WARN 07:36:27.388 void StatusNotifierItemFactory::connectToSnw() Invalid interface to SNW_SERVICE No systemtrayicon available Expected results: In RHEL 7.0 - 7.4 these applications work out of the box, users will expect the same when install RHEL 7.5 Work-Around: Install & Enable: (dbus or gnome-tweak-tool) the gnome-shell-extension-top-icons Additional info: https://blogs.gnome.org/aday/2017/08/31/status-icons-and-gnome/ https://wiki.gnome.org/Initiatives/StatusIconMigration https://github.com/symless/synergy-core/issues/5304 https://github.com/symless/synergy-core/issues/6173 https://support.spideroak.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005891286-Icon-on-Gnome
Created attachment 1399921 [details] Enable top-icons extension in default session The easiest option to address this is to install and enable the already packaged top-icons extension by default.
gnome-shell-extension-top-icons is now dependency of gnome-classic-session and is enabled by default in Gnome Classic Session. There is an issue with auto-started applications and systray - see rhbz#1550115 for more details.
This issue was seen in the standard GNOME session, not GNOME classic session.
Downloaded the build from brew, looks like top-icons is enabled for both gnome & gnome classic.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:0770