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On GNOME3, the notification icon is not visible is some cases #11

Open lopippo opened 3 years ago

lopippo commented 3 years ago

Environment

Describe the bug and how to reproduce chmod a+x HyperKeys-1.1.10.AppImage ./HyperKeys-1.1.10.AppImage

the program seems to want to start, but nothing happens. This is the output:

getPath /tmp/.mount_HyperKDCCSkm/hyperkeys getDataPath /home/rusconi/.config/hyperkeys /tmp/.mount_HyperKDCCSkm/resources/app/icon.png

and it stalls.

Expected behavior Something should happen, for example, check if the config file is there and just work or if the config file is not there open the config dialog.

Config file Please provide the macros.json file, found at %APPDATA%\hyperkeys\storage on windows, ~/.config/hyperkeys/storage on Linux.

That file does not exist.

I went to the directory where the appimage was mounted and indeed find the stuff there. Then I tried to run the hyperkeys binary directly from that directory and the output was analog to the one mentioned above. Same when running AppRun from the same mounted directory.

I will provide any details if necessary.

Thank you, lopippo

xurei commented 3 years ago

Thank you for you interest for Hyperkeys.

What is the desktop environment that you are using ? The app icon should be visible in the notification area. It is however possible that it is not working properly on some environments. It has been tested on GNOME2 and GNOME3

lopippo commented 3 years ago

Thank you for you interest for Hyperkeys.

What is the desktop environment that you are using ? The app icon should be visible in the notification area. It is however possible that it is not working properly on some environments. It has been tested on GNOME2 and GNOME3

I am running GNOME3, package version: 3.38. And, yes, indeed, I do not see anything appearing in the notification area. Thank you for developing Free Software!

xurei commented 3 years ago

Weird... I'm using GNOME 3.38 as well. It has been initially created for this environment. Could you send your GNOME plugins list ? Maybe one is clashing with it.

xurei commented 3 years ago

I created a fresh GNOME3 session under Manjaro and the notification icon appears on the top-right. Please tell me if it's not the case under Debian.

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lopippo commented 3 years ago

I created a fresh GNOME3 session under Manjaro and the notification icon appears on the top-right. Please tell me if it's not the case under Debian.

A screen shot to illustrate the situation :-) hyperkeys-appimage-fails

xurei commented 3 years ago

I know that the notification area is somewhat unstable in GNOME... I believe this is the root cause. For a quick fix : you might find a solution using a plugin for the notification area. In the meantime, I'll take a look to find a solution in your type of environments :-)

xurei commented 3 years ago

I found a quick fix : You need to install libappindicator3-1 to get the tray icon :

sudo apt-get install libappindicator3-1

I tried it on a fresh Debian stable with success.

lopippo commented 3 years ago

Thank you for your endeavours,

I tried this on my testing box:

apt search libappindicator

Sorting... Done Full Text Search... Done libappindicator1/now 0.4.92-8 amd64 [installed,local] allow applications to export a menu into the panel libappindicator3-0.1-cil/testing 12.10.0+git20151221-5.1 amd64 CLI binding for libayatana-appindicator3 using GObject introspection libappindicator3-0.1-cil-dev/testing 12.10.0+git20151221-5.1 amd64 CLI binding for libayatana-appindicator3 using GObject introspection libghc-status-notifier-item-dev/testing 0.3.0.5-1+b3 amd64 StatusNotifierItem/libappindicator dbus implementation libghc-status-notifier-item-doc/testing 0.3.0.5-1 all StatusNotifierItem/libappindicator dbus implementation; documentation libghc-status-notifier-item-prof/testing 0.3.0.5-1+b3 amd64 StatusNotifierItem/libappindicator dbus implementation; profiling libraries

So it seems it is not available with version 3 in debian testing at the moment. I looked in debian sid and indeed it is there. So I'll wait for it to percolate to testing and I'll let you know. Maybe that is the library that you should include in the AppImage bundle ?

Thank you again for your research.

xurei commented 3 years ago

"Maybe that is the library that you should include in the AppImage bundle ?" I'm currently trying that, but to be honest I don't know exactly how to do it...

You can also try to use libindicator1 which is referenced in the electron docs. It didn't work on my test, though.

lopippo commented 3 years ago

You may try to copy it directly in the AppDir/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu directory. Or in the AppDir/usr/lib/ directory ?

xurei commented 3 years ago

I think I figured it out.

Could you try this version ?

https://github.com/xurei/hyperkeys/releases/download/v1.1.11-rc1/HyperKeys-1.1.11.AppImage

lopippo commented 3 years ago

I am sorry to have to tell you that it did not change anything. What is odd, is that the binary that is run does not seem to complain about a missing library...

xurei commented 3 years ago

Apparently it works if you have gnome-shell-extension-appindicator installed. You can also install it from GNOME extensions page: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/615/appindicator-support/

I keep searching ;-)

lopippo commented 3 years ago

Well, yes :-) and no :-( Indeed, installing that extension has make one software that I use appear in the notification bar (so the extension works). However, the HK icon did not show up there... Sorry.

xurei commented 3 years ago

Have you tried with the APT package or the gnome extension website ? I'm not sure, but I think the APT does not work indeed :-\

xurei commented 3 years ago

I am not sure I will be able to make it as seamless as I want :-( There is a long issue on Electron about it.

So I think the best path from here would be to show the main window if the extension is not installed, with a link to the extension. Not the best solution, but given the number of comments on the main thread, I don't think I will find a magical solution where Slack and Discord didn't.

It would at least allow you to try the app.

What's your opinion about this ?

lopippo commented 3 years ago

Have you tried with the APT package or the gnome extension website ? I'm not sure, but I think the APT does not work indeed :-\

No, I did install the extension using the browser mechanism (not apt install).

lopippo commented 3 years ago

I am not sure I will be able to make it as seamless as I want :-( There is a long issue on Electron about it.

So I think the best path from here would be to show the main window if the extension is not installed, with a link to the extension. Not the best solution, but given the number of comments on the main thread, I don't think I will find a magical solution where Slack and Discord didn't.

Yeah, I think this is by far the best option. Indeed, who cares for the icon in the tray if the functionality is actually there, sitting in front of you in all its glory in a desktop window?

It would at least allow you to try the app. Exactly !

Then, at least, you would get more users to try the app and maybe help you iron out the remaining glitches....

Good idea. Eager to test a new version soon ! Cheers

What's your opinion about this ?