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Volume Control

Asked by Nicolas Panozzo

I have Ubuntu 9.1 and I set up the sound and everything was working fine but all of sudden the Volume Control icon has disappeared from the panel and every time I login the volume is muted so I have to unmute it manually all the time.

Do you know how to reset it?

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GREG T. (ubuntuer) said : 		#1

try going to system-preference-startup application scroll down to sound make sure it is checked if not check it then restart .. you could also go to system-preference-sound right click add launcher to panel ,,, this will put the speaker icon back .. one other thing in system-preference -sound if one of the slider bars is too close to 100% it will cause it to mute . i use mine around 80%.. hope this helps

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Nicolas Panozzo (nicolapanozzo) said : 		#2

Volume control is correctly checked in Start up Applications but the icon is not showing on the panel.

I am not looking for the Sound Preference icon but only the Volume control icon.

The volume is always muted when I log in although I keep unmuting it.

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#3

Seems to be still an issue with pulseaudio.
#87
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-utils/+bug/352732

Is 'notification area' on your panel?
Right click empty space on panel -> add to panel - find in the listing 'notification area'.

Also you could check settings via gconf-editor, such as:
/apps/gnome-power-manager/ui/enable_sound
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/sound
/desktop/gnome/sound/enable_esd

http://library.gnome.org/users/gconf-editor/2.22/getting-started.html.en

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#4

#40
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-utils/+bug/449783

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Nicolas Panozzo (nicolapanozzo) said : 		#5

I checked gconfig-editor and it looks fine

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GREG T. (ubuntuer) said : 		#6

 try this system-admin - package manager and do a SEARCH for asla sound all that have the ubuntu emblem reinstall .. then restart .. this is what i did when i had sound problem it work for me ..
  the volume control knob has been a problem for a while .. i did find that if your keyboard has a volume knob then it shows up .... it did on my system ..

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GREG T. (ubuntuer) said : 		#7

try this open terminal copy and paste gconftool --recursive-unset /apps/panel && killall gnome-panel this will clear the desk top after running then restart...

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Nicolas Panozzo (nicolapanozzo) said : 		#8

Should I install also linux-backports-modules-alsa?

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GREG T. (ubuntuer) said : 		#9

first try this gconftool --recursive-unset /apps/panel && killall gnome-panel .. if it don`t work then try backports ..

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GREG T. (ubuntuer) said : 		#10

waiting to here back ,did it work or not ? ? it so please mark as solved .....

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