tint2 systraybar icons color: they keep going black

devnull · 2017-07-24 15:44:43

Hello everyone,

I have a problem with tint2: the icons in the sysbar turn black and I don't know why.

This is with this conf, which is just a few tweaks away from the default BL one.

Any idea?

screenshot:

#---------------------------------------------
# TINT2 CONFIG FILE
#---------------------------------------------
# For more information about tint2, see:
# http://code.google.com/p/tint2/wiki/Welcome
#
# For more config file examples, see:
# http://bunsenlabs.org/topic/3232/my-tint2-config/

# Background definitions
# ID 1
rounded = 0
border_width = 0
background_color = #000000 80
border_color = #828282 0

# ID 2 - task active
rounded = 1
border_width = 0
background_color = #d8d8d8 30
border_color = #d8d8d8 30

# ID 3 - task
rounded = 1
border_width = 0
background_color = #000000 0
border_color = #000000 0

# ID 4
rounded = 1
border_width = 1
background_color = #888888 20
border_color = #ED2323 60

# ID 5 - taskbar
rounded = 0
border_width = 1
background_color = #000000 0
border_color = #000000 0

# ID 6 - active taskbar
rounded = 0
border_width = 1
background_color = #d8d8d8 8
border_color = #ffffff 100

# ID 7 - tooltip
rounded = 3
border_width = 0
background_color = #222222 90
border_color = #222222 90

# ID 8
rounded = 1
border_width = 1
background_color = #888888 20
border_color = #888888 20

# Panel
panel_monitor = all
panel_position = bottom center horizontal
panel_items = TSC
panel_size = 100% 30
panel_margin = 0 -1
panel_padding = 0 0
panel_dock = 0
wm_menu = 1
panel_layer = top
panel_background_id = 1

# Panel Autohide
autohide = 1
autohide_show_timeout = 0.3
autohide_hide_timeout = 1.5
autohide_height = 6
strut_policy = follow_size

# Taskbar
taskbar_mode = multi_desktop
taskbar_padding = 6 0 6
taskbar_background_id = 5
taskbar_active_background_id = 6
taskbar_name = 0
taskbar_name_background_id = 0
taskbar_name_active_background_id = 0
taskbar_name_font = Sans 9
taskbar_name_font_color = #828282 100
taskbar_name_active_font_color = #828282 100

# Tasks
urgent_nb_of_blink = 20
task_icon = 1
task_text = 0
task_centered = 1
task_maximum_size = 40 40
task_padding = 2 2
task_background_id = 3
task_active_background_id = 2
task_urgent_background_id = 4
task_iconified_background_id = 3

# Task Icons
task_icon_asb = 80 0 0
task_active_icon_asb = 100 0 0
task_urgent_icon_asb = 100 0 0
task_iconified_icon_asb = 80 0 0

# Fonts
task_font = Sans 06_55 6
task_font_color = #828282 60
task_active_font_color = #828282 100
task_urgent_font_color = #FFFFFF 100
task_iconified_font_color = #d8d8d8 60
font_shadow = 0

# Launcher
launcher_padding = 8 4 4
launcher_background_id = 0
launcher_icon_size = 0
# decolorize launcher icons
#launcher_icon_asb = 100 -100 -5
launcher_tooltip = 1
# Specify icon theme names with launcher_icon_theme.
# if you have an XSETTINGS manager running (like xfsettingsd), tint2 will follow your current theme.
launcher_icon_theme = Faenza-Dark-Bunsen

# Each launcher_item_app must be a full path to a .desktop file
# this will have to be made:
launcher_item_app = /usr/share/applications/bl-www-browser.desktop
launcher_item_app = /usr/share/applications/bl-file-manager.desktop
launcher_item_app = /usr/share/applications/bl-text-editor.desktop
launcher_item_app = /usr/share/applications/bl-terminal-emulator.desktop

# System Tray
systray = 1
systray_padding = 4 2 3
systray_sort = right2left
systray_background_id = 0
systray_icon_size = 24
systray_icon_asb = 100 0 0

# Clock
time1_format = %H:%M
time1_font = Sans bold 11
#time2_format = %A %d %B
#time2_font = Sans 6
clock_font_color = #b5b5b5 100
clock_padding = 12 4
clock_background_id = 0
clock_lclick_command = gsimplecal
clock_rclick_command = gsimplecal

# Tooltips
tooltip = 1
tooltip_padding = 2 2
tooltip_show_timeout = 0.0
tooltip_hide_timeout = 0.0
tooltip_background_id = 7
tooltip_font_color = #d8d8d8 100
tooltip_font = Sans normal 9.0

# Mouse
mouse_middle = none
mouse_right = close
mouse_scroll_up = toggle
mouse_scroll_down = iconify

# Battery
battery = 1
battery_low_status = 20
battery_low_cmd = notify-send "battery low"
battery_hide = 96
bat1_font = Monospace 8
bat2_font = Monospace 8
battery_font_color = #b5b5b5 100
battery_padding = 2 0
battery_background_id = 0

# End of config

Thanks!

damo · 2017-07-24 19:51:27

Please post the output from

tint2 -v

Which gtk and icon themes are you using? And can we see their package versions?

apt-cache policy <theme package>

devnull · 2017-07-24 20:54:07

tint2 -v: tint2 version 0.11+svn20121014

I'm using faenza radiance. I tried switching back to faenza-bunsen but the icons are still black

$ apt-cache policy faenza-icon-theme
faenza-icon-theme:
  Installed: 1.3.1-1
  Candidate: 1.3.1-1
  Version table:
 *** 1.3.1-1 0
        500 http://deb.debian.org/debian/ jessie/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Thanks for your help!

damo · 2017-07-24 21:47:24

I have noticed this with the Faenza icons with a Bunsen GTK theme, but I'm using tint2 version 0.14.6, on a Helium-dev (stretch) install. The default BL themes are broken in stretch anyway (bl**dy gtk updates again!).

Try installing our backported tint2, and see if that helps: enable the BL backports in your sources, and do

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports install tint2

I'd like to get to the bottom of this if there is something buggy going on. I thought it was just me and my system

devnull · 2017-07-25 07:51:26

Hi,
I installed tint2 from jessie-backports. Still the same problem.
Now the version is 0.14.6.

I tried using systray_icon_asb = 100 100 100 , but what happens is that in icons like guake or mumble, that have an image, it just becomes full white and I don't understand what they are when they add up.

Still better than before, but would be nice to know how to achieve the white icons with asb = 100 0 0 !

EDIT: this is how it loogs with asb 100 100 100

Last edited by devnull (2017-07-25 07:56:16)

o9000 · 2017-07-25 08:32:12

It has very likely nothing to do with tint2, but with the icon themes and how those applications select their tray icons.

damo · 2017-07-25 18:59:03

o9000 wrote:

It has very likely nothing to do with tint2, but with the icon themes and how those applications select their tray icons.

Agreed. They display fine with the BL Beam theme (helium-dev) and Paper icon theme.

#1 2017-07-24 15:44:43

tint2 systraybar icons color: they keep going black

#2 2017-07-24 19:51:27

Re: tint2 systraybar icons color: they keep going black

#3 2017-07-24 20:54:07

Re: tint2 systraybar icons color: they keep going black

#4 2017-07-24 21:47:24

Re: tint2 systraybar icons color: they keep going black

#5 2017-07-25 07:51:26

Re: tint2 systraybar icons color: they keep going black

#6 2017-07-25 08:32:12

Re: tint2 systraybar icons color: they keep going black

#7 2017-07-25 18:59:03

Re: tint2 systraybar icons color: they keep going black

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