# Wifi icon gone rogue: 18.04

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/wifi-icon-gone-rogue-18-04/59>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [March 15, 2018, 4:10am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/wifi-icon-gone-rogue-18-04/59 "2018-03-15T04:10:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Iiari](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/iiari/32/11_2.png) [@Iiari](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Iiari)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 4:10am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/wifi-icon-gone-rogue-18-04/59/1 "2018-03-15T04:10:00Z")

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Hi folks. Booting twice on my test 18.04 install my wifi icon has a black background and behaves separately from the rest of the bar. If the top panel auto-hides, the wifi icon will still be there. Too tired to screencap and upload it now, just FYI. If it persists, I’ll take a shot or video. Thanks.

Overall, though, VERY impressed so far. TLP installed by default? That’s why my laptop battery performance has been so much better than 17.10 so far. Liking it…

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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:** [March 15, 2018, 8:00am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/wifi-icon-gone-rogue-18-04/59/2 "2018-03-15T08:00:30Z")

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The black background is kind of random - several people have commented on this upstream

- [https://github.com/budgie-desktop/budgie-desktop/issues/1249](https://github.com/budgie-desktop/budgie-desktop/issues/1249)

Needs someone to investigate - didnt see this before the 10.4 release so need to check what changes was done to the system tray between v10.3 and 10.4 of budgie-desktop

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**Author:** ![Iiari](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/iiari/32/11_2.png) [@Iiari](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Iiari)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/wifi-icon-gone-rogue-18-04/59/3 "2018-03-15T14:04:07Z")

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Interesting background. Indeed, on reboot, it wasn’t there and all was fine. Of note, I was using Citrix on that prior boot and it too added some icons to the system tray that were similarly black backgrounded and floating. Again, all fine on reboot. I’ll continue to watch…

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**Author:** ![driedspuds](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/driedspuds/32/46_2.png) [@driedspuds](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/driedspuds)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/wifi-icon-gone-rogue-18-04/59/4 "2018-03-15T14:20:17Z")

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I noticed TLP installed by default as well! Bravo! I was utilizing 18.04 but just recently installed the 17.10 release for schoolwork. Can’t beta test right now, a lot going on.

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**Author:** ![Iiari](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/iiari/32/11_2.png) [@Iiari](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Iiari)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 2:13pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/wifi-icon-gone-rogue-18-04/59/5 "2018-03-21T14:13:45Z")

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I still have some floating icons on the system tray (mostly Citrix). Just FYI this is ongoing in 18.04. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Iiari](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/iiari/32/11_2.png) [@Iiari](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Iiari)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/wifi-icon-gone-rogue-18-04/59/6 "2018-03-22T01:45:24Z")

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Ack, wifi floating again tonight…

![Screenshot%20from%202018-03-21%2021-44-16](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/ubuntubudgie/original/1X/aa565ba73a13127d252eee960c63ef15b20aab60.png)

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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:** [March 22, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/wifi-icon-gone-rogue-18-04/59/7 "2018-03-22T20:58:48Z")

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Please can you test a tentative fix - because this is so hard to reproduce its difficult to say if the change I’ve made helps or makes no difference.

```
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntubudgie-dev/unstable-test
sudo apt dist-upgrade

```

Reboot

thanks

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**Author:** ![Iiari](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/iiari/32/11_2.png) [@Iiari](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Iiari)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 12:42am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/wifi-icon-gone-rogue-18-04/59/8 "2018-03-23T00:42:52Z")

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Sorry, no 🤷‍♂️

![Screenshot%20from%202018-03-22%2020-40-03](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/ubuntubudgie/original/1X/a911a7dafcb30ca2b3b9aa3f786e3a34255cbf2a.png)

Let me know if you want me to test, because unlike the Wifi icon which is hard to reproduce, launching Citrix generates a system tray icon which floats _every single time_.

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**Author:** ![Iiari](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/iiari/32/11_2.png) [@Iiari](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Iiari)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 4:16am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/wifi-icon-gone-rogue-18-04/59/9 "2018-03-23T04:16:43Z")

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On the other hand, Snaps are back with the unstable test update!

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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:** [March 23, 2018, 5:51am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/wifi-icon-gone-rogue-18-04/59/10 "2018-03-23T05:51:46Z")

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I am more interested in the Wi-Fi icon going black and trying to determine when it happens. The floating icon thing is perhaps unique to Citrix and is probably a bug that needs to be reported upstream

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**Author:** ![Iiari](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/iiari/32/11_2.png) [@Iiari](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Iiari)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 12:16pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/wifi-icon-gone-rogue-18-04/59/11 "2018-03-23T12:16:08Z")

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Noted, but just interesting to note Citrix doesn’t do that in 17.10. The black background and foreground floating process is the same for both…

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**Author:** ![Jason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dc4da7/32.png) [@Jason](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Jason)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2018, 1:33am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/wifi-icon-gone-rogue-18-04/59/12 "2018-03-31T01:33:15Z")

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Hello, first time here! I’ve downloaded today’s daily of UbuBudgie 18.04, and tried it without installing from my live USB made on Etcher. There’s no wifi on my 2008 iMac at all, even having dug into the system preferences.

Nice selection of Backgrounds though. I’ll be back in a day or two to try again.

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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 5, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/wifi-icon-gone-rogue-18-04/59/13 "2018-04-05T14:21:45Z")

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@liari just realised - your issue is this upstream report:

> <https://github.com/solus-project/budgie-desktop/issues/1271>

Sorry about that - should have remembered that one and dug it out for you.

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**Author:** ![Iiari](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/iiari/32/11_2.png) [@Iiari](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Iiari)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/wifi-icon-gone-rogue-18-04/59/14 "2018-04-05T14:46:48Z")

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No worries. So it’s a Budgie issue then… Thanks!

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**Author:** ![lungten](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/lungten/32/124_2.png) [@lungten](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/lungten)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 10:02am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/wifi-icon-gone-rogue-18-04/59/15 "2018-04-11T10:02:05Z")

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![notification_tray](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/ubuntubudgie/original/1X/25a84b5bc7f8a95d5d522f683caef56219cdc3b0.png)  
Probably the same upstream issue but posting here anyways. I am on mobile data and the WiFi icon doesn’t go away. UB 18.04 daily build 20180410.

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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 11, 2018, 10:28am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/wifi-icon-gone-rogue-18-04/59/16 "2018-04-11T10:28:08Z")

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@lungten I think this is a different issue - possibly specific to how network icon displays stuff on mobile data. If you move the panel from bottom to top and back to the bottom again via budgie settings does the network applet icon correct itself ?

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**Author:** ![lungten](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/lungten/32/124_2.png) [@lungten](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/lungten)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 6:57am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/wifi-icon-gone-rogue-18-04/59/17 "2018-04-12T06:57:48Z")

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@fossfreedom Tried again today with 20180411 build. Moving the panel around and back/forth does not help.

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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 12, 2018, 7:54am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/wifi-icon-gone-rogue-18-04/59/18 "2018-04-12T07:54:41Z")

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@lungten this means this is a new issue specifically about mobile data and how the icon is displayed on the panel.

I don’t have any experience in this area - it you be good to confirm how the icon is displayed on mobile data for xubuntu / regular ubuntu.

The issue needs to be reported upstream [https://github.com/budgie-desktop/budgie-desktop](https://github.com/budgie-desktop/budgie-desktop)

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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 12, 2018, 7:56am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/wifi-icon-gone-rogue-18-04/59/19 "2018-04-12T07:56:31Z")

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note also @lungten - it is also worth checking another iconset such as humantity - does the icon displayed change? If so what does it look like?

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**Author:** ![lungten](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/lungten/32/124_2.png) [@lungten](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/lungten)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 9:05am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/wifi-icon-gone-rogue-18-04/59/20 "2018-04-12T09:05:32Z")

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@fossfreedom Let me check with a different icon set and get back. On regular Ubuntu with GNOME (18.04) it is alright. The icon displays correctly both with the default icon pack and Papirus.

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