XFCE Sound Applet/Widget on menu bar randomly stops working

noahprince8 · 2014-02-10 05:18:30

Randomly, the xfce sound widget on the menu bar just freezes, I can no longer change volume by scrolling on it, or by clicking and interacting with it. The buttons still respond when I click them (the volume bar moves up and down), but they aren't attached to anything. The actual sound output doesn't change.

I think it may have to do with spotify, as spotify is always running when this happens.

The only way to fix it seems to be a full reboot.

Anyone know what's going on? I'm running xubuntu 13.10.

ToZ · 2014-02-10 11:36:27

Are you running the native linux spotify client, or through wine?

I believe that Xubuntu uses an indicator-sound applet to manage sound. Xfce has its own, xfce4-mixer. Which one are you using (probably the default one)? Have you tried the xfce4-mixer? Does the problem persist?

Also, have a look in your ~/.xsession-errors log file when this happens to see if anything interesting is being displayed that help might diagnose the problem.

You can also try restarting pulseaudio when this happens:

pulseaudio -k
pulseaudio --start

noahprince8 · 2014-02-10 18:59:11

I'm running the native linux spotify client and using the default xubuntu indicator-sound applet. I'll check out xfce4-mixer. Thanks!

michaelsf · 2014-02-11 17:44:01

Did the sound widget in the menu bar work probably when You did install xubuntu 13.10? Or did You fix it? Did You try this:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour … comments/5

? Or?

Good Luck!

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