Sound control is gone, menus weird in 18.04.1

[Liam Proven]

On Mon, 3 Sep 2018 at 01:16, MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Second update:
>
> I found /usr/bin/xfdesktop-settings, and those work.  I even get a
> menu when I right-click the desktop.
>
> Looks like I mainly need to know how to reset the mouse button
> settings to point at the right apps.
>
> And I still have no volume or sound control in the panel - pavucontrol
> with a keyboard short-cut is handy, but it doesn't replace key-stroke
> actions (volume up, down, pause, play, stop, etc.) or something that
> shows me the volume in the panel (the old notificaiton icon that
> worked in 16.04).

What desktop were you using before?

Sounds like you need to explore Xfce and find your way around, I'm
afraid. It's quite different from Unity or GNOME.

I have found that there are at least 2 different volume controls, and
when the right one is added to the panel, you still might have to tell
it what sound device it is to control.

There should be a sound setting somewhere to let you choose which
sound output you wish to use. Then, you can check that the volume
control you're using is pointing at the right sound device.

Once it is, you should be able to choose outputs etc. from it.

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