Public bug reported:

I have created a simple python program that uses the appinidicator function of 
unity (attached).
When I run it as a regular user, it works perfectly. But when I use 'sudo 
./testindicator.py' instead of '/testindicator.py' it doesn't show up.
This only happens while running the latest version of unity in ubuntu 13.04.

This is what it looks like from command-line:

daboross@DaboUbuntu:~$ ./testindicator/testindicator.py 
^CTraceback (most recent call last):
  File "./testindicator/testindicator.py", line 20, in <module>
    gtk.main()
KeyboardInterrupt
daboross@DaboUbuntu:~$ sudo ./testindicator/testindicator.py 

^CTraceback (most recent call last):
  File "./testindicator/testindicator.py", line 20, in <module>
    gtk.main()
KeyboardInterrupt

(testindicator.py:16215): libappindicator-WARNING **: Unable to send signal for 
NewStatus: The connection is closed
daboross@DaboUbuntu:~$ 

I used ctrl-c to stop the program. From the time when I used the first
command to when I used ctrl-c, an indicator icon did appear. It didn't
when I used `sudo`.

There is another program that I am using (pyAlienFX), that needs to run
an appindicator as root. In 13.04, it seems that this does not work.

This bug does not occur when I used `sudo` and am on Ubuntu 12.04.

This is the output of unity --version:
daboross@DaboUbuntu:~$ unity --version
unity 7.0.0

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: unity 7.0.0daily13.04.18~13.04-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for 
`/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
Date: Thu Apr 25 11:19:15 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-20 (5 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130419)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: unity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 appindicator apport-bug python raring

** Attachment added: "This is the python indicator I tested with."
   
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1172837/+attachment/3653557/+files/testindicator.py

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  Python appindicator doesn't work in 13.04 when run as root

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