Hello. Haven't got access to the laptop any longer, but I asked its owner to execute the command, and this is what he came back with.
dimit...@lifebook:~$ /usr/lib/indicator-sound/indicator-sound-service ** (process:1918): DEBUG: Root ID: 1 ** (process:1918): DEBUG: update pa state with state 0, availability of 0, mute value of 0 and a volume percent is 0.000000 ** (process:1918): DEBUG: Building new Slider Menu Item ** (process:1918): DEBUG: !!!!!!**in the rebuild sound menu - slider active = 0 ** (process:1918): DEBUG: Emitting signal: SINK_AVAILABILITY_UPDATE, with value 0 ** (process:1918): DEBUG: Emitting signal: SINK_VOLUME_UPDATE, with sink_volme 0.000000 ** (process:1918): DEBUG: Emitting signal: SINK_MUTE_UPDATE, with sink mute 0 ** (process:1918): DEBUG: connecting - waiting for the server to become available ** (process:1918): DEBUG: authorizing (process:1918): libindicator-WARNING **: Name request failed. Status returned: 3 ** (process:1918): DEBUG: Service shutdown ! ** (process:1918): DEBUG: freeing the pulse context ** (process:1918): DEBUG: I just closed communication with Pulse Sorry I can't provide more detailed information, but the laptop has moved on. Cheers On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 7:00 PM, Dimitrios Symeonidis <azim...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Alexandre, do you still have this issue? > > Can you please try running the command /usr/lib/indicator-sound > /indicator-sound-service and give us the output here? > > Thank you > > PS Έλληνας; > > -- > indicator applet does not always display sound volume icon > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/597772 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “indicator-sound” package in Ubuntu: New > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: indicator-sound > > I have erratic behaviour on a freshly installed Ubuntu 10.04 i386 (installed > using alternate ISO, from CD). > > The indicator applet initially did not display a "sound" icon. It had the > following icons: > 1. The battery icon (as this is a Fujitsu/Siemens S7020 laptop) > 2. The envelope icon (gateway to chat/email/broadcast account) > > I installed the pulseaudio-volume-control package (pavucontrol 0.9.9-1). > Didn't seem to make any difference. Logged out of my session,logged back in. > Volume icon was not there. > > Then I fiddled with the indicator applet itself, removing it and re-adding it > to the panel, un-locking it and moving it around in the panel. At some point > the sound icon appeared. > > indicator-sound 0.2.3-0ubuntu1 > > Sorry I cannot be certain what exact action made the icon appear. I believe > it should have been there in the first place. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 > Package: indicator-sound 0.2.3-0ubuntu1 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.36-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 > Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686 > Architecture: i386 > Date: Wed Jun 23 17:30:22 2010 > EcryptfsInUse: Yes > ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/indicator-sound/indicator-sound-service > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100427.1) > ProcEnviron: > SHELL=/bin/bash > LANG=en_GB.utf8 > SourcePackage: indicator-sound > XsessionErrors: > (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:4375): GLib-CRITICAL **: > g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed > (gnome-terminal:4519): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_accel_map_unlock_path: assertion > `entry != NULL && entry->lock_count > 0' failed > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-sound/+bug/597772/+subscribe > -- indicator applet does not always display sound volume icon https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/597772 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs