So I’ve come back around to messing with Ubuntu MATE after some time distro-hopping again. These days I’m trying to work without the indicator applet. The network applet automatically starts running in the notification area when the indicator applet is removed but now I have no sound/volume applet. I’m certain there’s something stupid I’m missing to getting something back, whether it resides in the notification area or separately like XFCE’s mixer applet. It’s not gonna kill me since there’s a audio/visual representation of the sound level when it gets adjusted with the volume keys, but I just kinda like having it sit there. Any pointers? I’ve already added the mate-media package but nothing’s changed, unless there’s something I need to edit in dconf.
Edit: I’ve decided to keep the indicator applet on the panel but only run the sound indicator in it. I’ve edited the startup for network manager to call “dbus-launch nm-applet” instead of just nm-applet.
Edit again: Or I could just use the MATE layout without indicators
Or you could simply add the sound applet from the menu by right clicking on it and select add to panel. they you can move it where ever you want it. and that would give you sound control from the panel. Just a thought - you should then be able to do away with the notification area if you like.
good luck
Without “Indicator Applet Complete” in use, you need to be using “Mate volume control” (which is like the old Gnome volume control). I like it because it allows sound level adjustment with the mouse wheel hovering over the panel icon, so you don’t need to open the sound menu just to change the volume.
I don’t know if the “Mate Layout without indicators” you refer to gives you that or not?
Thanks for the help guys. @Spyder, using the “without indicators” layout does in fact give me a speaker in the tray that I can mouse on to and adjust the volume with the mouse wheel. @kc1di, I don’t see a sound applet available to be added to the panel, but changing the layout got me set up with what I was looking for.
