Trusty gnome flashback indicator-applet-complete disappeared completely. Nothing displays in the top right panel.

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

More to this than meets the eye. I'm runningTahr in latest VBox with Guest Additions.

Logging into Gnome Flashback, system OK with just 1 workspace and my desktop is as expected. If I increase that to 4 and switch away from #1, lose my wallpaper and panels - blacked-out screen - have to close VM to get out.

Logging into Gnome Flashback No Effects, I can use all 4 of the workspaces.

It disappeared on me, but then I was able to re-add it. But not on right side. It is sitting in the middle now.

I was able to resolve this and get my gnome flashback indicators back with a fresh install from a newer ISO.
The install I had the problem with was installed with an ISO just after Saucy was released.
I have what appears to be a working indicator-applet-complete but as in Saucy some things do not work: restart sometimes is there and others it has disappeared but it does not work (restart the pc), shutdown does not work either.
I believe this bug is/was a temporary one maybe.

I am using gnome-panel-3.8.0-1ubuntu1 in trusty. In gnome-flashback-compiz session adding indicator-applet-appmenu crashes gnome-panel. (bug #1222339).

In gnome-flashback-metacity session panel doesn't crash but application menu itself is not visible (though if you click on blank area it sometime works).

Current version (12.10.2+13.10.20130924.2-0ubuntu1) from trusty works, but starts with 1-2 minutes delay probably due to the bug #1256961 in gnome-panel.

But appmenu component is still broken, once added it breaks all the indicators in same panel.
Seems like indicators are running but hidden/moved beyond visible part of the panel.

I have the "1-2 minute delay" in indicator-applet-coplete with gnome-session-fallback.

May be you are affected by another bug 1256961 ?

Possible workaround.

I created a new panel and added indicator-applet-complete, then moved the other elements to the new panel and deleted the old one. Now it seems to work. Rebooted to test. Still working.

created a new panel? Would you please elaborate on how?

A little searching suggested right-click on the panel and choose "New" but when I right-click, nothing happens.

Press Alt+Super and right click on the top panel and a menu will appear.
The first option is Add to panel.

On 04/30/2014 06:25 AM, Dan Connolly wrote:
> created a new panel? Would you please elaborate on how?
>
> A little searching suggested right-click on the panel and choose "New"
> but when I right-click, nothing happens.
>

Tried removing and re-adding indicator-applet-complete. Crashes on reboot. Trash-applet crashes, too. This is not a happy upgrade experience. :(

Sorry - last comment not clear: I removed and re-added the panel. Then re-installed indicator-applet-complete. But it crashed again on reboot, as did the reinstalled trash-applet on a new bottom panel.

Hello,

I am having the same issue here, if it's not the trash-can disappearing it is the indicator-applet-complete that crashes, sometimes both. I get the pop-up asking to reload either applet and it is fine.

I am noticing that it seemes to be happening when the task/applet bar pops up or auto hides. It is hard to replicate since it does not show any pattern. It can happen when loading a program shuting down a program, during the loading of a few desktop icons, or even just hovering over the hidden bar to have it pop up. My bar is at the bottom of the dektop.

I thought it could be Variety v. 0.5.2 or some of the various icons in the bar. I have added and remvoved the items and shut down Variety and still have the issue. It is not a major issue here, but it can be annoying. I mainly use this system for a home theater system, but when not watching videos or listening to music I use it as a standard PC.

I am running Trusty 14.04 with latest updates.
Linux HTPC 3.13.0-24-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 2 23:30:00 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Desktop is : Gnome Metacity Flashback

I hope this extra information helps.

As of yesterday, indicator applet disappears for me too.

It is running on login screen, but immediately crashes when logged in.

This is a regression by updates of the last some days I guess.

I just upgraded from 12.04 to 14.04 and all forms of the indicator applets won't stay put. Just about anything causes it to crash and give me the "Indicator Applet Complete" has quit unexpectedly window. Hitting Reload results in nothing but the window reappearing.
The only way I've managed to get it going again each time is deleting the panel and making a new one.

Still ongoing...

I just did a fresh install of 16.04 and the same issue. "Indicator Applet Complete"
It seems to just crash with the option to restore it. In my case I can restore it. Mine is at the bottom, I swapped the top with the bottom bar. I have noticed that with the bars in "autohide" it seems that if there is activity of the bar opening and closing it will cause the crash faster than a crash with no activity.
Apparently this looks to be an issue that can't be fixed since it does go back a few versions of Ubuntu with Flashback (Metacity).

Trusty; upgraded to kernel 3.13.0.98-generic and updated everything
using Flashback
trying to put Indicator Update Complete back on the top panel fails (It was OK yesterday, immediately after the update)

HELP!!
Any further information needed?

It's happening to me with ubuntu 16.10, it gests 100% use of cpu, crashes and the dissapears and ask to restart it... I created a bug report.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-applet/+bug/1633558