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Luke
Asked: 2010-10-03 12:54:49 +0800 CST

Add volume control to desktop panel indicator?

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I recently upgrade to Ubuntu 10.04 and I noticed that I'm no longer able to add a volume control to my desktop panels. When I right click the panel and choose "Add to panel" there is no longer a volume control in the list.

How do I add a volume control to my desktop panel?

10.04 gnome indicator

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  1. Best Answer

    You want the the option from the list to add an "Indicator Applet".

    This is because from Ubuntu 10.04 there has been a push for panel items to use a new system for panel items.

    If adding the "Indicator Applet" appears to make no difference, you should try to install the package indicator-sound which contains the sound indicator.

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  2. If you want the volume control like in previous version (9.10 and earlier) of Ubuntu you'll need to edit a file.

    Open the terminal and type:

    gksu gedit /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-volume-control-applet.desktop

    In the file that opens, look for this line:

    OnlyShowIn=XFCE;

    That line prevents the older volume control from showing on the panel. Change it by putting a # in front of it so it looks like:

    #OnlyShowIn=XFCE;

    Save the file then log out and back in and the volume control should be back. If you find that you have 2 volume controls and you want to keep the older control, remove the app called "indicator-sound" via synaptic.

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