The problem here is that owncloud-client doesn't actually produce an indicator, but rather an old-style systray icon. Until now this wasn't a problem because a Qt plugin called sni-qt[1] would automatically convert systray icons to indicators. Unfortunately, sni-qt doesn't support Qt5[2], and between the trusty and utopic versions owncloud-client switched from building against Qt4 to Qt5.
There are a couple of possible solutions: 1. Try to build the current version of the client against Qt4 2. Update sni-qt to support Qt5 3. Patch in support for AppIndicator[3] or StatusNotifierItem[4][5] directly The sni-qt project seems to be dead, with no updates since Quantal (12.10) so 2. seems unlikely without some community help. [1] https://launchpad.net/sni-qt [2] http://askubuntu.com/a/159232 [3] https://unity.ubuntu.com/projects/appindicators/ [4] http://www.notmart.org/misc/statusnotifieritem/index.html [5] http://api.kde.org/frameworks-api/frameworks5-apidocs/knotifications/html/classKStatusNotifierItem.html ** Also affects: sni-qt Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Unity API bugs, which is subscribed to sni-qt. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1347128 Title: Owncloud client indicator has wrong position - absolutely on the left Status in Qt StatusNotifierItem plugin: New Status in “owncloud-client” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Hi, recently I am testing new alpha release of Ubuntu 14.10 and I noticed issue with application owncloud-client. After installing, configuring and starting the owncloud-client, its indicator is placed absolutely on the left of the upper panel. It should be placed on the right - beside the rest of the indicators. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: owncloud-client 1.6.1+dfsg-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-4.9-generic 3.16.0-rc5 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-4-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.14.4-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Jul 22 21:38:16 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-22 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20140722) SourcePackage: owncloud-client UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/sni-qt/+bug/1347128/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-api-bugs Post to : unity-api-bugs@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-api-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
