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Martin Rys edited this page Oct 6, 2024 · 1 revision

GNOME does not support tray indicators by default. If you wish to enable the status icon, minimizing to the status icon or starting with SC Controller hidden, you will have to install additional packages and extensions:

  • libayatana-appindicator package, or if that is not available, the deprecated libappindicator-gtk3 package
  • gnome-shell-extension-appindicator to add support for the AppIndicator protocol in GNOME

Then add the following line at end of your ~/.profile file and log out or restart your computer to apply the change:

export STATUS_BACKEND=AppIndicator
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