Xfce xpanel double network panel icon

Bug #2059045 reported by Michael Lueck
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xfce4-panel (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
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Bug Description

Booted up the Live installer of today's build (20240325) and I see the double network panel icon in the top panel. First time I have seen this on a Live or clean installation. I have only seen it with LTS upgraded Xubuntu installations.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: xfce4-panel 4.18.4-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-11.11-generic 6.8.0-rc4
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-11-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs
ApportVersion: 2.28.0-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CasperVersion: 1.494
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Mon Mar 25 21:04:51 2024
LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Daily amd64 (20240325)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=C.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 TERM=xterm-256color
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: xfce4-panel
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Michael Lueck (mlueck) wrote :
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rue (ruenoak) wrote :

I think this is an issue where both the 'Status Tray Plugin' and 'Indicator Plugin' are showing duplicates I have had this issue on other versions of Xubuntu. my workaround is to remove the one of them.

I have found removing the Indicator plugin seems to be the better option.
I'm not sure why Xubuntu have both but I think this is a Ubuntu specific thing. My Debian system only use the 'Status Try Plugin'

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Tom Reynolds (tomreyn) wrote :

FWIW, this also applies to 24.04.1.

I don't remember the details, but I think that at least one of the status tray instrumentations provides a mechanism for hiding select icons, so this can be fixable easily. (On the other hand, it's also mostly a nuisance, since both icons provide the same menu / options.)

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Pedro (pdfrod) wrote :

Just saw this happen on a Xubuntu 24.10 live run - two exactly equal network icons were showing up.

It only happened once so far. My other Xubuntu 24.10 live runs worked correctly, so I have no idea how to replicate.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in xfce4-panel (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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