No indicator in system tray? about redshift

[maandree]

Run redshift-gtk.

[jonls]

As @maandree suggests you need to install the GUI package that is called redshift-gtk. Then you can run redshift-gtk from the command line. After you set up a configuration file you'll also be able to run Redshift from the menu or having it autostart when you log in.

[ikt]

Hey,

Thanks for the suggestions, though I'm still not seeing the icon:

https://ikt.id.au/uploads/redshift.png

If no app indicator being visible is the norm, should I manually kill redshift through htop/system monitor when I want to disable it?

• David

[maandree]

To stop it you can run pkill redshift and to temporarily disable/enable it you can run pkill -USR1 redshift.

But this looks like a bug, an appindicator icon should be visible if you run redshift-gtk if you have appindicator (which the output suggests that you haev). If you do not have appindicator it should use a system tray icon instead.

[ikt]

Heya,

Just tested it on my second ubuntu 14.04 computer and it's working fine, so it looks like just a bug with my first computer.

Thank you for your help :)