Sound icon flat - no volume in Xubuntu 13.10

[geovino]

The sound icon is flat showing no volume, a thread mentioned downgrading the indicator-sound. But how do you downgrade indicator-sound_12.10.2daily13.04.12-0ubuntu1_amd64 in Xubuntu 13.10 ?

[Toz]

See here for temporary workaround.

[geovino]

I followed the instructions and rebooted, but still no sound icon showing any volume. But the sound does work, just not the icon.

[Toz]

Can you post back the contents of the /usr/share/dbus-1/services/indicator-sound.service file?

[geovino]

here it is:

[D-BUS Service]
Name=com.canonical.indicator.sound
#Exec=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/indicator-sound/indicator-sound-service
Exec=/bin/sh -c 'if [ -n "$(ps -U $USER | grep xfce4-panel)" ]; then /usr/lib/i$

[Toz]

here it is:

[D-BUS Service]
Name=com.canonical.indicator.sound
#Exec=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/indicator-sound/indicator-sound-service
Exec=/bin/sh -c 'if [ -n "$(ps -U $USER | grep xfce4-panel)" ]; then /usr/lib/i$

That file should read:

[D-BUS Service]
Name=com.canonical.indicator.sound
#Exec=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/indicator-sound/indicator-sound-service
Exec=/bin/sh -c 'if [ -n "$(ps -U $USER | grep xfce4-panel)" ]; then /usr/lib/indicator-sound-gtk2/indicator-sound-service;else /usr/lib/$(arch)-linux-gnu/indicator-sound/indicator-sound-service;fi'

...you're missing a large part of it.

[geovino]

I'll try again. Seems like its not pasting in all of it.

[geovino]

Now it's working... Thanks

[infamous.9]

Hi, I am extremely new to Xubuntu and am having this problem as well. I found the file to change, but it says i do have the permissions to save the file. Any help on editing this file and being able to apply it?
Thanks
-Matt

[Toz]

Hi, I am extremely new to Xubuntu and am having this problem as well. I found the file to change, but it says i do have the permissions to save the file. Any help on editing this file and being able to apply it?
Thanks
-Matt

Hello Matt and welcome to the forums.

This file is protected and requires root access to edit. The good news is that your account, if it was the first one created, should have the ability to edit this file using the sudo command. To do so, first open a terminal window then run the command:

sudo -i mousepad /usr/share/dbus-1/services/indicator-sound.service

...and it will prompt you for a password. Enter your login password. When the file opens, make the necessary changes and save the file. You'll need to log out and back in again to see the change.