Fixed: Bug #1208204 - "indicator-sound no longer functions with xfce4-indicator-plugin"

Fri Dec 6 23:52:34 UTC 2013

Alistair et al,

I can confirm that this indicator-sound-gtk2 package update SUCCEEDS on
2 different Xubuntu Saucy machines in my house: one with an Intel i915
kernel module and one with a gma500_gfx kernel module (Modesetting Xorg
video driver).

Folks - please try the following procedure or the equivalent out, okay?

1. Make sure that patches are *not* in effect.  E.g. With synaptic,
re-install indicator-sound and indicator-sound-gtk from the repositories.
2. Restart the desktop (E.g. sudo reboot).
3. Verify that the audio widget in the upper-right corner isn't
functioning as it ought to.
4. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:a-j-buxton/indicator-sound-gtk2
5. sudo apt-get -y update
6. sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade
7. Restart the desktop.

Thank you, Alistair.

Richard

On 12/06/2013 05:53 AM, Alistair Buxton wrote:
> PPA with fixed package:
>
> https://launchpad.net/~a-j-buxton/+archive/indicator-sound-gtk2
> ppa:a-j-buxton/indicator-sound-gtk2
>
> This doesn't use the workaround from the bug report. It fixes it in a
> way which is hopefully compatible with other desktops. It needs
> testing though, on systems with both Xubuntu and Unity installed.
>
> On 6 December 2013 09:55, P.K. <pliniusminor at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Too much unreasonable negativism, I think. Xubuntu 13.10 is generally a fine
>> operating system, of high quality. Stable as a rock and reliable.
>>
>> The very small group of Xubuntu developers have done a great job, for which
>> I'm very grateful to them.
>>
>> If you want an enterprise grade operating system, pick Xubuntu 12.04 LTS.
>> Period. No use spending too much dev time on an operating system that has a
>> lifespan of a mere nine months. That time is better spent on the next LTS
>> and on the point releases of the current LTS.
>>
>> That said: I think it would perhaps be a good idea to present the workaround
>> for the bug of volume control in the panel, *in full* on the Release Notes
>> page of 13.10. Instead of a mere link to the bug report on Launchpad. Easier
>> to find, easier to apply.... Maybe with a cautionary word about side effects
>> if you have installed other desktop environments as well.
>>
>> Regards, Pjotr.
>>
>>
>> 2013/12/6 legacy daily <legacydaily at gmail.com>
>>> I also felt this was a real issue. Between this and a number of other
>>> annoying bugs - like race condition booting from SSD, new users may end up
>>> quite disappointed. Hopefully the LTS will have a much higher quality.
>>>
>>> - George
>>>
>>> On Dec 5, 2013, at 10:19 AM, Richard Elkins <richard.elkins at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> The issues with bug #1208204 are these:
>>>
>>> (1) The complaints began in July.  As of 70 milliseconds ago, this bug is
>>> not assigned to anyone, with a status of "Undecided", and still marked as
>>> "New" to Ubuntu Studio.
>>> (2) See Peter Flynn's earlier mail.  Well-articulated IMO.
>>> (3) If the indicator-sound package is re-released without a fix to
>>> #1208204 (and this has happened at least once), then you have to apply the
>>> patch again.  Maybe again and again.  And so on.
>>>
>>> In message #69 of the bug report, there is an attachment is an automated
>>> patch for XFCE users which obviates the need to manually edit the file each
>>> time indicator-sound is rolled out without a fix to this issue.  It does
>>> take care that it is being used by an XFCE user.  However, it's still a
>>> work-around.   A lesser of evils.
>>>
>>> Some other solutions for non-tech users seeking a light-weight desktop:
>>> (1) Go back to Xubuntu 13.04.  Read reviews before attempting an upgrade.
>>> (2) Replace Xubuntu with Lubuntu/LXDE.
>>> (3) Replace Xubuntu with Mint/MATE.
>>>
>>> In any of them, users must take care to backup their data somewhere safe
>>> before doing a new ground-up installation.  All of them are disruptive and
>>> personal time-wasters.
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/05/2013 11:12 AM, Bruno Benitez wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi, Pjtor, I am not a programmer, but I see a huge problem with your "very
>>> easy" fix, you see, xubuntu shares most and almost all their setting from
>>> mainbuntu, so the file /usr/share/dbus-1/services/indicator-sound.service
>>> belongs to all the *buntu multiverse, changing its content would have
>>> affected all the flavours and then break the ubuntu's panels. Xubuntu would
>>> have needed an "special" indicator-sound.service and all the programs that
>>> call the service would have to be tuned to use this, as far as i understand.
>>>
>>>> Now I readily admit that I'm no developer and I can't fabricate an update
>>>> package that does this, but *it looks* dead simple to do, in my layman's
>>>> eyes. And it *would* be a big Public Relations bonus for Xubuntu 13.10.
>>>
>>> It is one of the recommended solutions, to be applied by xubuntu users
>>> manually, again we can not ship a modified file because it would break the
>>> rest of the flavours.
>>>
>>> I agree that this was not a nice thing to happen, and that maybe some
>>> silly workaround (like simply adding a panel launcher to pavucontrol as
>>> default, or adding a standalone sound applet) might have been preferrable,
>>> but at the moment no one of us though about this.
>>>
>>> I can not speak for the rest of xubuntu but I feel a bit ashamed that we
>>> let this go through so far as it did.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Br
>>> uno.-
>>>
>>>
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