Corrected subject: Looking for update notifier for system tray (when not using gnome)

[Peter N. Spotts]

On Sun, 2006-06-11 at 09:53 -0400, Todd Slater wrote:
> On 6/11/06, Peter N. Spotts <pspotts at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> > Folks,
> >
> > I'm using Openbox as my window manager, but I do miss the
> > software-update indicator in the system tray when using gnome. Is that
> > colorful ball a gnome applet only? Or is there something I can add to
> > a .xinitrc file to have it activate with Openbox (with pypanel as the
> > icon bar)?
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Pete
> 
> The app is update-notifier. In XFCE it shows up in the panel, so I
> assume as long as you have a notification area in pypanel it will
> work.
> 
> Todd


Many thanks!

Pete
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