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Krynoid

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Registered: 2008-10-30

Posts: 3

Problems with XFCE4

Hi, I've recently installed Arch Linux with SLiM and XFCE4. However, I'm having problems with xfce4-mixer. It's installed, but the applet doesn't in the "Add Items to the Panel" list. Why would this be?

peart

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From: Kanuckistan

Registered: 2003-07-28

Posts: 510

Re: Problems with XFCE4

I just upgraded xfce to version 4.4.3 today, and the mixer dissapeared from my panel too.  I had completely forgotten about it.  I'll look into it a bit.

Samalama

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Registered: 2008-10-22

Posts: 6

Re: Problems with XFCE4

I believe you can add Xfce4-Mixer by first creating a Launcher on the panel, then adding "xfce4-mixer" as the command. From what I see the only difference is you can't adjust the volume directly on the icon, you have to open the Volume Control window.

peart

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From: Kanuckistan

Registered: 2003-07-28

Posts: 510

Re: Problems with XFCE4

Got it.  Change the last line of /usr/share/xfce4/panel-plugins/xfce4-mixer.desktop to :

X-XFCE-Exec=/usr/lib/xfce4/xfce4/panel-plugins/xfce4-mixer-plugin

I'll file a bug report.

indianahorst

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Registered: 2008-08-23

Posts: 128

Re: Problems with XFCE4

Thanks a lot!

I have searched the web for nearly 2 hours until I found this simple fix

Krynoid

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Registered: 2008-10-30

Posts: 3

Re: Problems with XFCE4

Didn't work for me... The mixer applet still doesn't show on the panel, not in the "Add Items to the Panel" list

peart

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From: Kanuckistan

Registered: 2003-07-28

Posts: 510

Re: Problems with XFCE4

Have you tried installing the fixed version (xfce4-mixer 4.4.3-2) ?