The volume control icon is missing from the panel. The n/w and battery icons are shown. When I try to edit the Notification Area from the Panel preferences I see the volume is not available as a known app. I need help. Am a newbie 🙂
Ubuntu – Missing volume app from notification area in Xubuntu panel!
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Related Solutions
Just reinstall the Xubuntu icons from the repositories and that will get your icons back.
sudo apt-get install --reinstall xubuntu-icon-theme
I found this out by querying each of the icon folders with dpkg -S; for example:
dpkg -S /usr/share/icons/elementary-xfce
which returned the name of the package they came from:
xubuntu-icon-theme: /usr/share/icons/elementary-xfce
If you have any other problems regarding settings you can purge the xfce4-indicator-plugin and then reinstall it with
sudo apt-get install --reinstall xfce4-indicator-plugin
If you have also removed the indicator from the Xfce panel, add it back again by right clicking the panel and clicking panel > add new items (see screenshot). Importantly, you will probably have to logout and login for the changes to take effect after reinstalling the icons.
You can install latest development packages for the elementary icons theme from the elementary Xfce PPA (daily) . If you still encounter issues, feel free to report them on the project's GitHub tracker.
To install the icons, as root:
add-apt-repository ppa:landronimirc/elementary-xfce
apt-get update
apt-get install xubuntu-icon-theme
Best Answer
The volume control icon is part of the
xfce4-indicator-plugin, which can contain various icons. You can accidentally remove the volume control icon, which will close the plugin; when it is running it is listed in system monitor asxfce4-indicator-plugin.To return to your old panel setup as displayed here:
, please follow these instructions.
(Only the volume and mail icons are actually part of the indicator plugin; the networking and power-management icons are separate plugins).
1) Just right-click the panel and go to panel preferences, as in the screenshot below:
2) Then, just make sure the appropriate panel is selected, move to the items tab and click the green
+in the items tab (not the one at the top of the screen) to add an item.3) Now, scroll down the list and select the
indicator-plugin, click add, and close the menus. Your volume control icon and mail icons will be restored.This should sort out your problem unless you have uninstalled some xfce4 items or icons.