I have been living with this issue for some time now, finally annoyed me enough to Google and found this bug (thanks for reporting :)). Alt-f2 r also fixes for me which is a new workaround that I'm very grateful for. In my case it seems to be related to extensions which manipulate the top bar (e.g. todo.txt / system monitor). If I disable all extensions, and reboot the box, its fine. If I enable one of the extensions after rebooting and logging, it looks fine but after reboot, no application icons will be there. Previously I had just assumed they were broken extensions but seems to happen with quite a few of them and i have seen with many different combinations of extensions.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell-extension-appindicator in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1801757 Title: all app indicators disappear Status in gnome-shell-extension-appindicator package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Occasionally all of my app indicators just disappear. Right now, for example the only icons in my top bar are the wifi icon, the volume icon, and the battery charge icon. Everything else is gone. The applications associated with the missing indicators, e.g., Dropbox, Cloud Station Drive, Pritunl, Shutter, are still running, but their app indicators are no longer there. The only way I've found to get them back is to log out and log back in. I have no idea what provokes this behavior. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.28.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-38.41-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-38-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon Nov 5 11:37:47 2018 DisplayManager: gdm3 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-09-27 (39 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725) SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator/+bug/1801757/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
