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Recently I upgraded the Mythbuntu 10.10 to 12.04 which uses Xfce, and realised there is no one click volume adjusting sound applet with a slider, like in 10.10.

Is there something else to do this? Or is Xfce becoming even more minimalist?

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What version of Xfce do you have? – Mitch Jun 4 '12 at 8:36
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I am using Xubuntu (12.04), which provides the sound applet as a part of the Indicator Plugin. Click on the panel --> Panel --> Add New Items and look if its there. – pschwarte Jun 13 '12 at 18:49

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It's possible to use the standard GNOME volume control.

If you add gnome-sound-applet to your application startup list (it's in the Sessions and Startup settings dialogue in standard Xfce) then it will appear in the notifications area along with network-manager, dropbox and other applets.

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I believe the standard xfce sound control app on the task bar now works by way of the mouse wheel (or on my laptop the scrolling bit at the side of the finger mouse pad thing or whatever it's called), while the mouse pointer is over it? also I think I read that you can add a slider that appears when you click on it somehow. Sorry I don't have the details.

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also if you use pulseaudio you must have pavucontrol installed and change the setting 'left-click command' to 'pavucontrol' in the preferences. hope this helps – user63872 Jun 21 '12 at 23:14

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