# DropBy applet : broken?

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/dropby-applet-broken/1831>\
**Category:** Budgie Applets\
**Created:** [April 24, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/dropby-applet-broken/1831 "2019-04-24T15:35:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![Coeur-Noir](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/coeur-noir/32/4515_2.png) [@Coeur-Noir](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Coeur-Noir)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/dropby-applet-broken/1831/1 "2019-04-24T15:35:55Z")

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Hello,

I guess it’s not broken, but something on my side with wrong settings ???

For some weeks now, no devices ever appeared through DropBy applet ( usb devices, or cd/dvd ).

They correctly appear in Places applet though.

UBudgie 18.04 w/ [ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntubudgie/backports/ubuntu](http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntubudgie/backports/ubuntu) enabled.

Where to look at ?

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/dropby-applet-broken/1831/2 "2019-04-24T15:38:25Z")

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from a command line can you run

```
budgie-panel --replace &

```

Then insert a USB device.

Any errors or warnings displayed in the terminal ?

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**Author:** ![Coeur-Noir](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/coeur-noir/32/4515_2.png) [@Coeur-Noir](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Coeur-Noir)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/dropby-applet-broken/1831/3 "2019-04-24T15:44:16Z")

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Here you are :

```
coeur-noir@asgard:~$ budgie-panel --replace &
[1] 2832
coeur-noir@asgard:~$ 
(budgie-panel:2832): dbind-WARNING **: 17:41:04.855: Couldn't register with accessibility bus: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.

(budgie-panel:2832): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 17:41:05.128: gtk_widget_destroy: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
** Message: 17:41:05.326: libsession.vala:50: DESKTOP_AUTOSTART_ID not set, session registration may be broken (not running budgie-desktop?)

**(budgie-panel:2832): WARNING**: 17:41:05.411: BudgieMenuWindow.vala:190: Logiciel has no parent directory, not adding to menu

(budgie-panel:2832): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 17:41:31.931: gtk_render_frame_gap: assertion 'xy0_gap >= 0' failed
```

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/dropby-applet-broken/1831/4 "2019-04-24T15:46:15Z")

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hmm - nothing there. To ask the obvious - dropby is really on the panel?

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**Author:** ![Coeur-Noir](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/coeur-noir/32/4515_2.png) [@Coeur-Noir](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Coeur-Noir)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/dropby-applet-broken/1831/5 "2019-04-24T15:53:13Z")

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Yes 😉  
 ![Capture%20du%202019-04-24%2017-48-01](https://cdck-file-uploads-canada1.s3.dualstack.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/flex035/uploads/ubuntubudgie/original/2X/e/e60dff78c63a8e3c0f26458e0d0aadf0e64046a0.jpeg)  
Should be visible a little above the trash.

Sometimes when I insert a usb stick it happens to pop a dark grey arrow near the panel where DropBy icon should appear as if its window could not be drawn.

I can’t manage to take a screenshot of this because as soon as I click anywhere on the screen, the little arrow disappears.

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**Author:** ![vlijm](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/vlijm/32/34_2.png) [@vlijm](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/vlijm)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/dropby-applet-broken/1831/6 "2019-04-24T16:28:30Z")

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Seems like an icon issue? Dropby should not be visible _unless_ a usb device is inserted, then the icon should appear. Did you add remove anything manually that might have removed the icon? Maybe an issue with the icon and css? what are your theme settings?

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**Author:** ![Coeur-Noir](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/coeur-noir/32/4515_2.png) [@Coeur-Noir](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Coeur-Noir)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/dropby-applet-broken/1831/7 "2019-04-24T18:11:41Z")

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Icon issue, I don’t think so, or not only since it’s the whole applet dialog that is not drawn.

Or maybe the first blocks the second.

Theme is Adapta, icons are Papirus. _Edit_ : and DropBy applet used to show with these.

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**Author:** ![vlijm](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/vlijm/32/34_2.png) [@vlijm](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/vlijm)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/dropby-applet-broken/1831/8 "2019-04-24T19:25:42Z")

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If you run `budgie-panel --replace&`, keep it running, does it show anything interesting if you connect a usb device?

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**Author:** ![Coeur-Noir](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/coeur-noir/32/4515_2.png) [@Coeur-Noir](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Coeur-Noir)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/dropby-applet-broken/1831/9 "2019-04-24T19:36:03Z")

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> [@vlijm](#):
>
> `budgie-panel --replace&`

see [DropBy applet : broken? - #3 by Coeur-Noir](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/dropby-applet-broken/1831/3)

Once again, when I plug the usb stick something happens - little grey arrow, but I can’t screenshot that, seems at that particular moment the printscreen key no longer works, and desktop is kind of frozen. I have to click once anywhere on the screen to get rid of the grey arrow, then everything works again.

End of dmesg looks normal :

```
[4514.674353] usb 1-1.4: New USB device found, idVendor=058f, idProduct=6387, bcdDevice= 1.05
[4514.674356] usb 1-1.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[4514.674359] usb 1-1.4: Product: Mass Storage
[4514.674361] usb 1-1.4: Manufacturer: Generic
[4514.674363] usb 1-1.4: SerialNumber: FC85E632
[4514.674767] usb-storage 1-1.4:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[4514.675058] scsi host7: usb-storage 1-1.4:1.0
[4515.680136] scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access Generic Flash Disk 8.07 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
[4515.680702] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0
[4515.681761] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] 7864320 512-byte logical blocks: (4.03 GB/3.75 GiB)
[4515.682884] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] Write Protect is off
[4515.682888] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
[4515.683983] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[4515.689617] sde: sde1
[4515.692980] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] Attached SCSI removable disk
[4620.377030] usb 1-1.2: reset high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci
[4655.684756] usb 1-1.2: reset high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci

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**Author:** ![vlijm](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/vlijm/32/34_2.png) [@vlijm](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/vlijm)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 7:42pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/dropby-applet-broken/1831/10 "2019-04-24T19:42:15Z")

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Ah, wait, didn’t read upwards. Unfortunately, cannot reproduce.

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**Author:** ![Coeur-Noir](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/coeur-noir/32/4515_2.png) [@Coeur-Noir](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Coeur-Noir)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 7:43pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/dropby-applet-broken/1831/11 "2019-04-24T19:43:36Z")

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Are there any cache or config files one might clean or purge regarding DropBy Applet ?

_Edit :_  
⋅ I’ve set back Pocillo for theme and icons,  
⋅ I’ve deleted my left panel to rebuild one with only DropBy and Icon Task Lists  
→ no success, no working DropBy ever.