[kde-linux] Korganizer no longer opens from system tray

[Anne Wilson]

On Wednesday 09 September 2009 22:43:01 AG wrote:
> Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Wednesday 09 September 2009 18:26:15 AG wrote:
> > > Hello
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Some help please: I am running KDE4.3.1 on an up-to-date GNU/Linux
> > >
> > > Debian Testing (codename Squeeze) box. In GNOME however, I have
> > >
> > > Korganizer minimised to my system tray/ panel and although reminders
> > > pop
> > >
> > > up and can be edited, I cannot open Korganizer from the panel itself to
> > >
> > > add/ edit reminders. In other words, I can launch the app from the menu
> > >
> > > and CLI, but cannot access it once it has launched and is minimised to
> > >
> > > the panel/ system tray.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > There are no obvious settings involved and, as noted, it works fine in
> > >
> > > terms of reminder pop ups, which once the reminder window is there, I
> > >
> > > can then access the Calendar and edit entries.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Is this a bug or is it unique to my set up?
> >
> > It's not altogether clear, but what you are describing sounds like
> > korgac, not korganizer. From the man page:
> >
> > korgac runs in the background and handles displaying alarms from the
> > KOrganizer calendar.
> >
> > Have you tried launching korganizer?
> >
> > Anne
>
> Thanks for pointing that out to me, Anne.  I wasn't aware of the
> distinction.  You were right: ps aux | grep korganizer and korgac showed
> me that only the latter was running.  However, even once the latter was
> killed and the former launched, the minimised system tray icon on the
> Gnome panel wasn't opened (activated?) by my mouse.  I have to either
> kill that process and relaunch or wait until a reminder pops up.
>
> In short, whatever the actual difference between korgac and korganizer
> (which I wasn't aware of), there doesn't appear to be a difference in
> terms of the specifics of the problem.
>
> Anything else I can consider?
>
The system tray icon is korgac only.  If you want korganizer to be instantly 
available you have to minimise it to the Task Manager.
 
Anne
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