Mate-volume-control-applet does not appear

[edgreenberg]

I have a Mate 24.04 installation, and I’ve lost the volume control applet.

I’ve tried to follow the suggestions in a 2018 thread on the topic, but I don’t have matching software. For instance, the suggestion is to make sure that mate-volume-control-applet is installed. I have the file /usr/libexec/mate-volume-control-applet. When I launch it, my terminal window waits without response but not applet appears. I have both ‘notification area’ and also ‘Indicator Applet Complete’ on different panels.

If anyone can see what I’m doing wrong, please explain how to make the applet appear.

Thanks

[pavlos_kairis]

my um24 shows the ayatana-indicator-sound (top right) Do you have that?

[ericmarceau]

Sometimes, to get around a glitch, just remove the current App**

• Indicator Applet

then go back and add the Applet again. If you still have a problem after trying that, then you will need to dig into the system log files to look for a error/failure/crash of the "ayatana" or "sound related" applet, and try to understand those for pointers to cause (to avoid a possible repeat).

[jymm]

Add to panel also gives you a stand alone volume control if you prefer that.