there is nothing about the issue in the log, that's not weird since the issue seems to be that the notification area is not working correctly but applets are, is the notification area correctly set on the gnome- panel when you get the bug?
-- notification area won't hold applets https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252722 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs