When I close Jami from the Task Bar thing where all the icons are like the volume on. I close it there and come to open it again. Doesn’t open. I have to do a computer restart EVERY time I close it. Any ideas on how to fix this? If you do thanks so much!
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Could you show a screenshot of how you’re closing it? It sounds like you’re right clicking on the system tray. Windows, Linux, or Mac?
Sorry @homebrewuser I just saw that you said you use Manjaro in the title. The tray with the icons is called the “system tray” in Linux.
As a temporary workaround to avoid rebooting, you should be able to kill the process using a process manager. For example, open a terminal, run htop, find jami or jami-gnome, and press F9 and then Enter to kill the task.
Kubuntu 24.04.3
Using Qt runtime version: 6.4.2
Jami 202402010204
It always absolutely closes when I try to minimize it to tray by clicking on tray icon.
For example I run `jami --minimized`. Then I see icon only in system tray. I can click on it one time to show main window. After second click app closes absolutely. Both jami and jamid terminated after second click. In console I can see
$ jami --minimized
Using Qt runtime version: 6.4.2
"notify server name: Plasma, vendor: KDE, version: 5.27.12, spec: 1.2"
"Using locale: en_US"
No migration required
Screen saver dbus interface: "org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver"
Main window loaded using OpenGLRhi
QDBusConnection: name 'cx.ring.Ring' had owner '' but we thought it was ':1.371'
Syncing lrc accounts list with the daemon
qml: Saving previous extras panel width: 300
NetworkManager client initialized, version: 1.46.0 , daemon running: yes , networking enabled: yes
primary network connection: ???PRIVATE??? default: yes
Destroying connectivity monitor
Last string `Destroying connectivity monitor` became after second click.
So there is no way to minimize app into system tray. Also I don’t see any settins like ‘minimize instead of close’ and ‘always minimize to system tray’
- Click the Open settings button.
- Click the General tab.
- Click the System tab.
- Toggle the Minimize on close switch.
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Thank you for your screenshot.
Your Jami version is outdated. Which Jami version is installed on your system? The following link has the instructions to show your Jami version.
Please read the following before you attempt to set up or update Jami.
- Setup Jami — Jami documentation
- What happens when I delete my account?
- How to back up and reimport conversations and accounts
It is recommended to install Jami with a DEB installation file or a Flatpak from Flathub, by the Jami team at Savoir-faire Linux.
When there are new Ubuntu versions:
- Installing Jami with a DEB installation file may require a new DEB installation.
- Installing Jami (Flatpak) from Flathub enables updates without the need for a new installation.
The following links provide the setup instructions for Ubuntu and Flathub, respectively, from the Jami documentation site.
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Used Ubuntu — Jami documentation to install a new version for Ubuntu 24.04
$ jami --version
Jami 202510031555
Now it works much better, option “Minimize on close” present and second click doesn’t hangs the app. Hope this version will be in standard Ubuntu LTS repo soon.
But second click in System Tray doesn’t minimize already opened app. According to the animation it always Show on click.
In the Linux Mint panel:
- Left zone: When Jami is open, consecutive clicks on the Jami icon minimize and restore (or minimize and maximize) the Jami window.
- Right zone (also known as System Tray): The contextual menu options are displayed when right-clicking on the Jami icon:
- Show Jami
- Quit
Does KDE show option 1? If not, use Linux Mint or the Cinnamon desktop environment.
Alternatively, please submit your enhancement request using the following instructions.
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@homebrewuser, can you please mark this issue as resolved with a solution to use the latest Jami version?
Click the following link for the setup Jami instructions on Jami documentation.
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