I've lost the Sound icon - SOLVED

[Basil Chupin]

On 03/05/10 21:50, Frans Ketelaars wrote:
> On Mon, 03 May 2010 16:29:59 +1000, Basil Chupin wrote:
>
>    
>> The sound icon is gone from the upper taskbar  :-( .
>>
>> Very recently this was brought up by someone and an answer was given to
>> how to get it back (but it also brought something else with it). I
>> cannot find that post even though I don't think I've deleted any
>> messages.
>>
>> Can anyone remember what has to be done to get the sound icon back,
>> please?
>>      
> See this thread: No volume control in 10.04? :
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2010-May/217131.html
>
> Good luck!
>
>      -Frans
>    


Thanks :-) .

I don't know the full story as I haven't gone thru the process of 
reproducing the process of how I lost the sound/volume icon and how I 
got it back but for now I will only give a generalised picture of what 
happened.

I deleted pulseaudio using Synaptic Package Manager - and I believer 
that this is when I lost the volume icon.

Following the suggestions given in those archived posts and those in the 
Ubuntu forum, I deleted, using Synaptic Manager-

indicator-messages
indicator-applet

This did not bring back the volume icon.

What I then did was to *re-install *both of these indicator-*, again 
using Sypatic.

During the re-installation I noted that pulseaudio was also 
re-installed. (So, there is a connection between the indicator-* and 
pulseaudio.)

After the indicator-* were re-intalled I ADDed to the top Panel the 
"Indicator Applet" - and the volume icon re-appeared (together with the 
empathy icon (these 2 are inseperable :-( ).

Do, I now have the volume icon back.

(But as a side-effect which came about with me fooling around with the 
top panel is that I accidentally deleted the normal SHUTDOWN icon which 
is installed by default. I replaced the icon using the ADD to Panel 
option but the contents of the icon are NOT the same as in the original 
:-( . Damn annoying when the goal posts keep shifting while the game is 
being played :-( .)

BC


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