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Unfortunately in Ubuntu 13.10 there is no tray icon and whitelisting is removed.

The older solutions do not work for me, e.g. I get the message: No such schema 'com.canonical.Unity.Panel' when I try to use the command:

gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Panel systray-whitelist "['all']"

How can I get tray icons back (for applications that put an icon in the tray (like TrueCrypt, Pidgin, Aqualung, gnome-system-monitor and so many more) in Unity?

The most annoying thing is that the user loses control over applications which cannot themselves detect that they have no tray icon (e.g.: gnome-system-monitor, TrueCrypt...). At least Aqualung sends a message about being unable to put an icon in the system tray!

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I really don't recommend using my sacy-tests PPA 'blindly' (mentioned in the answers by @alwaysask and @tolima). Because it contains changes to many packages, some quite specific. One should take the time to read the descriptions to see if any or all these changes are wanted.

(When using add-apt-repository you are given the opportunity to review them ...)

So because some just want to re-enable the whitelist and may not appreciate or find the other changes I use suitable, I have set up a standalone PPA for just re-enabling the whitelist for unity in Ubuntu saucy, if still viable will add trusty down the road:

https://launchpad.net/~mc3man/+archive/systray-white

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doug
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installing libapindicator1 worked for me. Logout and login The original post is here

sudo apt-get install libappindicator1

Note: Works well with Dropbox and possibly some more apps i.e. Skype, but not with Pidgin and many others.

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/sacy-tests
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Panel systray-whitelist "['all']"

then restart

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Try this plugin http://www.webupd8.org/2014/01/pidgin-indicator-ubuntu-appindicator.html ... To install Pidgin Indicator plugin in Ubuntu, use the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install pidgin-indicator

If you don't want to add the main WebUpd8 PPA, you can download the Pidgin Indicator deb from http://ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin-indicator/ and install it manually.

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You can add this ppa: https://launchpad.net/~mc3man/+archive/sacy-tests which brings back the systray whitelisting. Then (update will complain about signature):

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Panel systray-whitelist "['all']"
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For recent Ubuntu versions under GNOME you can add this extension that brings back tray icon from old apps (Xpad, Artha...)

https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1031/topicons/

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Updated instructions using doug's standalone PPA:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:mc3man/systray-white
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Panel systray-whitelist "['all']"

then restart

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