Actually, in Ubuntu, you need to add the notification applet to the panel (not the notification area). It provides the messaging and the volume icon, that's why gnome-volume-control-applet is disabled (not sure how, though). The bug is in the fact that upgraders are not suggested to add it, but that may be a planned feature.
-- volume icon is missing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/552221 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-media in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs