pq, In 1969, it was understandable that we fixed our Unix bugs ourselves using punched cards or an actual "tty". The user was either a Mathematician or a Scientist. In 2013, we have quite a few purely end- users that have never opened a terminal window (and have no wish to). They have been led to believe that the various *buntus can operate as simply as a Mac which has been generally true lately.
We need to cater to both audiences (computer-tech and GUI-only users) and the gray area of users in-between. So, we can probably expect some confusion in not being able to control audio via the desktop for XFCE users. That's life. I'm sure the permanent fix wasn't simple or there would have been a solution already. My day job is like that too. Richard -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to indicator-sound in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1208204 Title: indicator-sound no longer functions with xfce4-indicator-plugin Status in Sound Menu: New Status in “indicator-sound” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: downgrading to the previous version, indicator- sound_12.10.2daily13.04.12-0ubuntu1_amd64 from Raring allows the sound indicator to function in Saucy. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: indicator-sound 12.10.2+13.10.20130731-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.10.0-6.17-generic 3.10.3 Uname: Linux 3.10.0-6-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Aug 4 12:20:02 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-08-01 (367 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120801) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: indicator-sound UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/indicator-sound/+bug/1208204/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp