Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) reached end-of-life on July 19, 2018.
See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. If you then find the bug is still present in the newer Ubuntu version, please add a comment here telling us which new version it is in and change the bug status to Confirmed. ** Package changed: gnome-desktop (Ubuntu) => gnome-desktop3 (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: gnome-desktop3 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-desktop3 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1702258 Title: aplications don't use tray icons on ubuntu-session Status in gnome-desktop3 package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: After switching from gnome-session to ubuntu-session on 17.10 clipit, remmina, seafile and others apps don't show up in tray icons in gnome-shell. Switching back to gnome-session in lightdm everything works perfectly. Only pidgin shows up in gnome-session and ubuntu-session. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-desktop3/+bug/1702258/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

