[xubuntu-users] Sound indicator greyed out in Xubuntu 13.10

[Bill]

> On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 7:33 PM, Bill <hb.cog.jil at gmail.com
> <mailto:hb.cog.jil at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 10/26/2013 10:05 PM, Benjamin Shadwick wrote:
>
>         I just completed an upgrade from Xubuntu x64 13.04 to 13.10 using
>         do-release-upgrade.
>
>         Everything seems fine, except that the sound/audio/volume indicator
>         (looks like a speaker) on the indicator panel is greyed out. If
>         I click
>         it, a tiny popup appears that is about 3 pixels tall and is
>         empty (as
>         far as I can tell), when I used to get a volume slider in 13.04.
>
>         Note that audio itself is working fine; I can control the volume
>         using
>         the PulseAudio Volume Control application and hear sounds in various
>         desktop applications and in command-line tests.
>
>         Any idea what's going on? Thanks!
>
>
>     Check
>     https://bugs.launchpad.net/__ubuntu/+source/indicator-__sound/+bug/1208204
>     <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-sound/+bug/1208204>:
>
>     "For those looking for a temporary workaround, look at
>     /usr/share/dbus-1/services/__indicator-sound.service and change the
>     Exec line
>
>     Exec=/usr/lib/indicator-sound-__gtk2/indicator-sound-service".
>
>     Also check in Settings Manager > Session and Startup > Application
>     Autostart, Volume Control (Show desktop volume control).
>
>     HTH.
>
>     --
>     Regards,
>     Bill

On 10/27/2013 12:02 AM, Benjamin Shadwick wrote:
> Thanks, that first solution works.
>
> What does the autostart entry do? It's disabled for me, but things seem
> to be working fine...

I suppose, as the entry suggests, that it is intended display or hide 
the desktop volume control. If not, I have no clue. Glad you got it working.

-- 
Regards,
Bill