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Problem: Skype icon not showing on panel tray (top bar) and launcher (left bar)
Affected: Ubuntu 12.04
Cause: installation from .deb
.deb
Solution:
sudo apt-get install sni-qt sni-qt:i386 gsettings get com.canonical.Unity.Panel systray-whitelist gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Panel systray-whitelist "['JavaEmbeddedFrame', 'Wine', 'Update-notifier', 'Skype']"
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