xfce4-indicator-plugin audio widget hides drop-down panel

[Richard Elkins]

The xfce4-indicator-plugin audio item (speaker icon) consistently
hides the drop down panel containing the volume control when I click on this item.
In effect, the xfce4-indicator-plugin audio item is unusable.

Work-around: Copy the Pulse Audio Volume Control
to Panel 0 (slower but functional).

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Xubuntu x64 13.10 (Saucy) up-to-date
Acer S11HL monitor (22") setting: 1920x1080x60
Xorg driver: modesetting
xfce4-indicator-plugin version: 0.5.0-2ubuntu1
Kernel module: gma500
Mobo: Intel D2550MUD2 "CedarView" (GMA 3650)
uname -a = Linux muddy 3.11.0-3-generic #7-Ubuntu SMP
Tue Aug 20 15:21:58 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Richard Elkins (texadactyl)]

Please see ZIP file attachment. I used my camera to take 2 photos of the same action, namely, clicking on the audio item on Panel 0:
1 - 13.04 (normal case)
2 - 13.10 (anomaly case)

Please note that I have not customized Panel 0 in either case except for adding application launchers (E.g. Firefox, Gedit, etc.).

[Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131)]

Probably a duplicate of: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-sound/+bug/1208204

[Richard Elkins (texadactyl)]

Thanks. I just tried the work-around in report #1208204 and it worked for me too:

1. sudo <editor> /usr/share/dbus-1/services/indicator-sound.service
2. Changed the Exec line to be as follows
          Exec=/usr/lib/indicator-sound-gtk2/indicator-sound-service
3. Restarted the desktop.

Back to normal.