@Mark Tidd, I had the same problem with pia indicator. I contacted pia's
help desk and they gave me the folowing instructions to fix it. You can
copy and past the instructions in the terminal. It is best to remove the
app and re-install it. The instructions below were sent to me by the
pia's support team:
To remove the app follow these instructions:
Please, I will encourage you to fully remove the PIA app, then download
a fresh copy of the app and re-install, then check if issue persist. To
uninstall our application you can simply run the following terminal
command:
NOTE: Please make sure this step is completed very carefully. All
symbols, and spacing are VERY important. Incorrect usage of this command
can lead to DATA LOSS. (It is best to simply copy and paste the command
below)
rm -rf ~/.pia_manager/
If the command is successful, there will be no confirmation, it will
simply go to a new line in the Terminal window.
Once you have done that, you can install the app from:
https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/installer/download_installer_linux
,
Then, from the terminal in the directory you downloaded to:
1) Extract file: tar -xzf pia-v68-installer-linux.tar.gz
2) Tell OS to proceed: chmod +x pia-v68-installer-linux.sh
3) Run installer: ./pia-v68-installer-linux.sh
Please enter your login details and click save. Make sure not to select
Start application at login and Auto-connect on launch.
To fix the pia app not showing on the indicator, pia's support team suggested
the following:
>From the terminal type the following instructions:
1. Open terminal and type:
cd ~/.pia_manager/pia_manager/
Next run the following (this is case sensitive, so it may be best to
copy and paste),
env XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity ./run.sh
After trying the above, does the icon appear in the tray(it may take 15 seconds
or so)? If not, is there any errors in the terminal?
If the above worked, please proceed to the next step:
2. Next you need to edit pia_manager.desktop in
/.local/share/applications and add the following line after Exec=:
env XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity
To do so, please enter the following commands in terminal:
cd ~/.local /share/applications
Next, type the following:
nano pia_manager.desktop
The final result should look something like the following (additional
information in bold; YourUserName will of course be different, e.g Arthur):
Type=Application Name=Private Internet Access
Exec=env XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity
/home/YourUserName/.pia_manager/pia_manager/run.sh
Icon=/home/YourUserName/.pia_manager/pia_tray_files/img/default_app_logo.png
(there is a space between Unity and /home)
To exit and save, hit ctrl-x on your keyboard and hit y
I also copied the edited pia_manager.desktop in
/.local/share/applications to /user/share/applications folder. This is
so that I can search for the app in the dash. All you need to do in dash
is start type priv it sholud show two green icons for Private Internet
Access. Select the bigger one of the two (it is slightly brighter than
the other). Once the app started, you should see the icon on the
launcher. Right click on it and select lock to launcher. This enables
you to run the app from the launcher from now on.
Hope fully you should the red icon on the app indicator.
Good luck
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1629251
Title:
Some app-indicators not showing menus
Status in appmenu-qt package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in gnome-session package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in unity package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Impact
==
In Ubuntu 16.10 the menus of the Dropbox and hplip app-indicators are not
working. I attach a video of the problem.
Test Case
=
sudo apt install hplip-gui
Log out
Log in (to Unity)
Click the hp indicator in the top left of the screen.
Does it show items or is it blank?
appmenu-qt 0.2.7+14.04.20140305-0ubuntu2 is installed
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: unity 7.5.0+16.10.20160906.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-17.19-generic 4.8.0-rc7
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-17-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity_support_test.0:
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for
`/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7
Date: Fri Sep 30 11:44:26 2016
DistUpgraded: 2016-09-01 11:00:51,009 ERROR got error from PostInstallScript
./xorg_fix_proprietary.py (g-exec-error-quark: Failed to execute child process
"./xorg_fix_proprietary.py" (No such file or directory) (8))
DistroCodename:
