I have a similar problem. I have a Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop with Intel GM45 graphics, on which the icons in my notification area sometimes come up as overlapped duplicates, sometimes as broken images and sometimes not at all (missing icons). However, in my case this is random and logging out and then logging in again usually corrects the problem for the time being. I will attach a screenshot the next time I experience this issue. Bug #569996 too seems to be caused by this one, although it is marked as affecting gnome-power-manager as of this writing.
Saurav ** Summary changed: - Notification area does not contain icons + Notification area icons missing or broken ** Tags added: broken icons missing notification -- Notification area icons missing or broken https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/584351 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-panel in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs