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

Sat Dec 7 16:33:09 UTC 2013

I also I can confirm this is working great on my system.

Intel core 2 Quad core Q6600, with At I radeon 5770
And Xonar DX sound card.

Cheers

Dave
Sent from my Nexus 7...

On 6 Dec 2013 23:52, Richard Elkins <richard.elkins at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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. 
> >>> 
> >>> 
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