Ubuntu – Wicd tray icon fails to appear in system notification area even though in dconf>desktop>unity>panel/whitelist

11.10system-trayunitywicd

I'm trying to get the Wicd (replacement for non-functional Network Manager) icon to show up in my laptop's systray/notification area. The solution that worked for 11.04 Ubuntu/Unity does not work for 11.10 Ubuntu/Unity.

Apparently the whitelist is ignored, as Skype shows up in the systray but is not in the whitelist.

This is a showstopper for Ubuntu on this laptop.

Update: I am running 3d and the whitelist is ignored.

Best Answer

Not fixable and no workaround.

Only way out is to dump unity and go to Gnome classic.

See the bug report.

Update: Now marked "Fix released" but still doesn't work.