I'm not sure what the bug is here. The setting controls whether the sound menu is shown or not. If it is set to false, it is not visible. It can be controlled from the sound panel in System Settings.
** Changed in: indicator-sound (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- 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/1358436 Title: Indicator sound missing from unity panel Status in “indicator-sound” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Indicator sound is missing from the panel. Restarting the panel service doesn't bring it up. Neither does a reboot. The menu reappeared only after toggling the dconf setting: gsettings set com.canonical.indicator.sound visible false gsettings set com.canonical.indicator.sound visible true ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: indicator-sound 12.10.2+14.10.20140611-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-9.14-generic 3.16.1 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-9-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.14.6-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Aug 18 14:31:05 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-19 (242 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20131218) SourcePackage: indicator-sound SystemImageInfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'system-image-cli' UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-05-09 (101 days ago) upstart.indicator-sound.log: (process:7458): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed ** (process:12518): CRITICAL **: volume_control_set_volume_internal: assertion '_tmp1_ == PA_CONTEXT_READY' failed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-sound/+bug/1358436/+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