Sys-net and sys-whonix trays disappear after panel restart

[duberstein29868059]

Run xfce4-panel -q && xfce4-panel (restart XFCE panel), sys-net and sys-whonix trays do not appear again, while other trays (and all other objects in panel) appear normally.

I have searched much for this, what I found is only killing ayatana or uninstall it, but it is not present in Qubes.

https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=16436
https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=17218

Note: restarting panel is non-trivial for me, it is something I do everyday many times for my own reasons.

[barto]

@duberstein29868059

sys-net and sys-whonix trays do not appear again,

Seconded.
I noticed this panel behaviour and can add another observation, all on R4.2 up-to-date:
If I log out, then log in again, the sys-whonix tray (the padlock) does not appear. In this case, sys-net’s tray does reappear, though.
Minor annoyance but still… restarting sys-whonix just to get the padlock seems unnecessary.

And welcome to the forum, @duberstein29868059 !

[FinBob]

Here’s a fix for sys-net network manager panel disappearing. Solution is to restart the nm-applet app within sys-net:

Fix: Network Manager applet missing after suspend & resume (needed for wifi etc)

Problem: Every time I resume the laptop from sleep the network manager applet is missing from the system tray. Need to connect to a new wifi? Have to start nmtui-connect from within sys-net Solution: Make dom0 restart nm-applet within sys-net via qvm-run on every resume. Works like a charm and should survive Qubes and sys-net updates. Code for dom0: mkdir /etc/systemd/system-sleep 2>/dev/null sudo tee /etc/systemd/system-sleep/qubes-nmapplet-revive >/dev/null << 'EOF' #!/bin/sh # Re…

The relevant commands if you want to make the applet reappear manually:

qvm-run sys-net 'pkill -x nm-applet'
qvm-run --service sys-net qubes.StartApp+nm-applet

For sys-whonix you can do the same if you know which command needs to be restarted.