Sound Settings menu item in indicator-sound-gtk2 does nothing in MATE

[Vlad Orlov]

Ubuntu version: Ubuntu MATE 14.10 beta1 and Xubuntu 14.10 64-bit Daily Build from 02 Jul 2014
indicator-sound version: 12.10.2+14.10.20140611-0ubuntu1
indicator-sound-gtk2 version: 12.10.0.1-0ubuntu3

Steps to reproduce:

Method A:

1. Install Ubuntu MATE 14.10.
2. Install mate-indicator-applet (a container for the indicators) and add it to MATE panel.
3. Install indicator-sound-gtk2.
4. Install MATE PulseAudio modules (sudo apt-get install mate-settings-daemon-pulse mate-media-pulse).
5. Remove Volume Control (mate-volume-control-applet) from the autostart apps.
6. Restart MATE session.
7. Click on the sound indicator icon for the menu to appear.
8. Click on the "Sound Settings" item in the menu.

Method B:

1. Install Xubuntu 14.10.
2. Install MATE 1.8 from Ubuntu repositories (sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment-extras).
3. Install mate-indicator-applet (a container for the indicators) and add it to MATE panel.
4. Install indicator-sound-gtk2.
5. Install MATE PulseAudio modules (sudo apt-get install mate-settings-daemon-pulse mate-media-pulse).
6. Remove Volume Control (mate-volume-control-applet) from the autostart apps.
7. Restart MATE session.
8. Click on the sound indicator icon for the menu to appear.
9. Click on the "Sound Settings" item in the menu.

What expected to happen:

The launch of MATE sound settings app (mate-volume-control).

What happened instead:

Nothing.

[Vlad Orlov (monsta)]

Installed Ubuntu MATE Remix 14.10 alpha 2, did the same steps.
The result is the same: Sound Settings menu item does nothing.

[Vlad Orlov (monsta)]

Wontfix without explanation? Nice treatment.

[Stephen Michael Kellat (skellat)]

From Xubuntu 14.04 and forward there are GTK3 indicators in use. LP Bug #1208204 deals with what it took to get this package to be usable in 13.10 & 14.04. This isn't MATE's problem. To have correctly tested MATE there should have been an installation made from mini.iso and built up from there. Installing the daily of Xubuntu and then bolting MATE on will not give optimal results.

[Vlad Orlov (monsta)]

MATE won't use GTK3 indicators. This is indicator-sound-gtk2 issue.
The situation is exactly the same in Ubuntu MATE 14.10, so I don't understand your excuses for closing the report.

[Vlad Orlov (monsta)]

Updated the description a bit. Also here's the proof that MATE still uses GTK+2 version of indicator-sound:

monsta@mate:~$ ps aux | grep indicator-sound
monsta 3020 0.0 0.4 552868 13156 ? Sl 14:23 0:00 /usr/lib/indicator-sound-gtk2/indicator-sound-service
monsta 3589 0.0 0.0 14772 2124 pts/4 S+ 14:28 0:00 grep --color=auto indicator-sound

[Martin Wimpress  (flexiondotorg)]

This won't make the 14.10 release of Ubuntu MATE but it is worthy of investigation for the 15.04 cycle.

[Martin Wimpress  (flexiondotorg)]

I've patched `indicator-sound-gtk2` so that `mate-volume-control` is launched when MATE is the desktop session. You can find packages for testing in the following PPA:

  * https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-mate-dev/+archive/ubuntu/crazy-mate

You can find my branch of `indicator-sound-gtk2` which includes the fixes here:

  * https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-mate-dev/ubuntu-mate/indicator-sound-gtk2

[Vlad Orlov (monsta)]

Martin, I see that indicator-sound-gtk2 version 12.10.0.1-0ubuntu4~utopic1 (in Ubuntu MATE 14.10) has working menu item, it calls mate-volume-control when pressed.
So it can be considered fixed I guess?

[Martin Wimpress  (flexiondotorg)]

This needs merging into the official package for the 15.04 archive before it can be considered fixed :-)

[Martin Wimpress  (flexiondotorg)]

Submitted merge proposal.

  * https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-mate-dev/indicators-gtk2/indicator-sound-gtk2/+merge/244120

[Martin Wimpress  (flexiondotorg)]

Indicator support is default in Ubuntu MATE 14.04 and available as a post-install option in 14.10 and 15.04. That is as afar as I am going to take Indicator support in Ubuntu MATE for now. I'll revisit Indicators at a later date.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package indicator-sound-gtk2 - 12.10.0.1-0ubuntu4

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indicator-sound-gtk2 (12.10.0.1-0ubuntu4) vivid; urgency=low

  * Added MATE compatibility. Sound Settings launch mate-volume-control
  under MATE. (lp: #1337241)
 -- Martin Wimpress <email address hidden> Tue, 09 Dec 2014 11:53:58 -0000