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## Troubleshooting

### No tray icon on Linux

The old tray interface on Linux called `XEmbed` is no longer supported by Electron and Chromium code used in the IPFS Desktop app ([electron#21445](https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/21445)).

This means people running custom setups may not see the IPFS tray icon unless they:

- enable support for `StatusNotifier` ([details](https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-desktop/issues/1153#issuecomment-596780147))
- OR run `StatusNotifier`→`XEmbed` proxy called [snixembed](https://git.sr.ht/~steef/snixembed)

### Does not start on Linux (Debian 10)

Some Linux users may see an error like this:
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