Xubuntu - Fix empty sound indicator in 13.10
This morning, I installed Xubuntu 13.10 with the daily build image:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/daily-live/current/
When everything finished, the sound indicator in the XFCE panel is empty, I mean...nothing there. No sound settings, no volumn bar.
I searched on the launchpad and found that It is a bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-sound/+bug/1208204
So, here how to fix this:
1. Open the /usr/share/dbus-1/services/indicator-sound.service file:
$ sudo nano /usr/share/dbus-1/services/indicator-sound.service
2. Change the exec line to the following:
Exec=/usr/lib/indicator-sound-gtk2/indicator-sound-service
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/daily-live/current/
When everything finished, the sound indicator in the XFCE panel is empty, I mean...nothing there. No sound settings, no volumn bar.
I searched on the launchpad and found that It is a bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-sound/+bug/1208204
So, here how to fix this:
1. Open the /usr/share/dbus-1/services/indicator-sound.service file:
$ sudo nano /usr/share/dbus-1/services/indicator-sound.service
2. Change the exec line to the following:
Exec=/usr/lib/indicator-sound-gtk2/indicator-sound-service
how do i exit after i am finished?
ReplyDeleteYou meant exiting the nano editor? Press CTRL+O to save and than CTRL+X to exit.
DeleteThank you for this solution.
ReplyDeleteBTW, instead of "nano" we can use "mousepad" (pre-installed in Xubuntu) or any other text editor, if we have some.
There is no indicator-sound.service file in my services folder. And whenever I start a video (even in a browser) my audio stops, I have run 'sudo alsa force-reload' and restart my computer every time this happens.
ReplyDeleteCould you please tell me what might be the problem here.
Try this:
Delete$ sudo apt-get install indicator-sound-gtk2
Then, log-out, log-in again.