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jarpublic at gmail

Nov 24, 2009, 3:10 PM

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Disable XFCE Volume Daemon and Volume Control in Mythbuntu 9.10 to fix some audio problems

I had a group of problems that I think others may be having, and I
figured out a solution so I thought I would share. This started when I
updated to Mythbuntu 9.10. I am just using analog stereo output
controlled with the volume controlled by mythtv. These are the
symptoms I was seeing: a black non-mythtv volume OSD would
occasionally popup when I started watching a recording (especially
right after reboot), volume muted on some of my channels (front,
master, or both) that can only be fixed by manually changing the xfce
volume controller, and mythfrontend wouldn't start automatically at
boot (I think it was crashing). I fixed all of these by doing the
following:

going to Xfce 4 Settings Manger -> Session and Startup -> Application
Autostart and then unchecking XFCE Volume Daemon and Volume Control
then restarting GDM

Volume Control adds the little volume applet in the notification area.
I don't know what XFCE Volume Daemon is but it was apparently a recent
addition and I think it is responsible for the extra OSD popups.

I hope this helps somebody else. It has been driving me crazy for a
few weeks now.
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yan at seiner

Nov 24, 2009, 3:13 PM

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Re: Disable XFCE Volume Daemon and Volume Control in Mythbuntu 9.10 to fix some audio problems [In reply to]

On Tue, November 24, 2009 3:10 pm, Johnny wrote:
> Volume Control adds the little volume applet in the notification area.
> I don't know what XFCE Volume Daemon is but it was apparently a recent
> addition and I think it is responsible for the extra OSD popups.
>
> I hope this helps somebody else. It has been driving me crazy for a
> few weeks now.

Whiule XFCE is my desktop of choice, for Myth I use openbox. About as
minimalist as you can get.

No daemons, no applets, no popups. Heck, no toolbar, no status bar.

--Yan

--
If you have eight hours to chop down a tree
spend six sharpening your axe.
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markhsa at gmail

Nov 24, 2009, 3:19 PM

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Re: Disable XFCE Volume Daemon and Volume Control in Mythbuntu 9.10 to fix some audio problems [In reply to]

Yan Seiner wrote:

On Tue, November 24, 2009 3:10 pm, Johnny wrote:
Volume Control adds the little volume applet in the notification area. I don't know what XFCE Volume Daemon is but it was apparently a recent addition and I think it is responsible for the extra OSD popups. I hope this helps somebody else. It has been driving me crazy for a few weeks now.
Whiule XFCE is my desktop of choice, for Myth I use openbox. About as minimalist as you can get. No daemons, no applets, no popups. Heck, no toolbar, no status bar. --Yan

How do you get rid of that little slider in the upper right hand side in XFCE?
Mine is there all the time. Very annoying.

johnnyjboss at gmail

Nov 24, 2009, 8:29 PM

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Re: Disable XFCE Volume Daemon and Volume Control in Mythbuntu 9.10 to fix some audio problems [In reply to]

On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 5:19 PM, mark <markhsa [at] gmail> wrote:
> Yan Seiner wrote:
>
> On Tue, November 24, 2009 3:10 pm, Johnny wrote:
>
>
> Volume Control adds the little volume applet in the notification area.
> I don't know what XFCE Volume Daemon is but it was apparently a recent
> addition and I think it is responsible for the extra OSD popups.
>
> I hope this helps somebody else. It has been driving me crazy for a
> few weeks now.
>
>
> Whiule XFCE is my desktop of choice, for Myth I use openbox. About as
> minimalist as you can get.
>
> No daemons, no applets, no popups. Heck, no toolbar, no status bar.
>
> --Yan
>
>
>
> How do you get rid of that little slider in the upper right hand side in
> XFCE?
> Mine is there all the time.� Very annoying.

That's the XFCE volume daemon - it's at XFCE control panel - session -
auto start programs - and uncheck it. it was at the bottom of my list.

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hobbes1069 at gmail

Nov 25, 2009, 7:04 AM

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Re: Disable XFCE Volume Daemon and Volume Control in Mythbuntu 9.10 to fix some audio problems [In reply to]

On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 5:13 PM, Yan Seiner <yan [at] seiner> wrote:
>
> On Tue, November 24, 2009 3:10 pm, Johnny wrote:
>> Volume Control adds the little volume applet in the notification area.
>> I don't know what XFCE Volume Daemon is but it was apparently a recent
>> addition and I think it is responsible for the extra OSD popups.
>>
>> I hope this helps somebody else. It has been driving me crazy for a
>> few weeks now.
>
> Whiule XFCE is my desktop of choice, for Myth I use openbox. �About as
> minimalist as you can get.
>
> No daemons, no applets, no popups. �Heck, no toolbar, no status bar.
>
> --Yan

Yup, same for me. I stumbled across Openbox in the GDM sessions list
after installing LXDE and have been using it ever since. If I do want
to pull up an application (gnome-terminal or firefox) they are only a
right click away.

Richard
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