<div dir="ltr"><div>Don't know if that would cover all cases. It is specific to when XFCE is used</div><div>with pulseaudio, and when pulseaudio stops working (no sound coming <br></div><div>out).</div><div><br></div><div>I now have this simple script to get around the problem:</div><div><br></div><div>$ cat ~/bin/pulse-reset.sh <br>#!/bin/sh<br><br>pulseaudio -k<br>pkill xfce4-volumed<br>xfce4-volumed > /dev/null 2>&1</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks to Paul for sleuthing this ... <br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 5:22 PM Ron Singh <<a href="mailto:ronsingh149@gmail.com">ronsingh149@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">
I wonder if it would be a good idea to send this tread off to Sean M. Davis of Xfce?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_-7316519166081922475gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks,<br><br>Ron Singh<br><br></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Aug 25, 2019 at 12:05 AM Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org" target="_blank">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
Using xprop on the window that pops up confirms that it is<br>
xfce4-notifyd. (run xprop in one window, volup/voldown when displays<br>
are working, and click on the popup): <br>
<br>
linuxuser@ubuntu:~$ xprop<br>
_NET_WM_DESKTOP(CARDINAL) = 4294967295<br>
_NET_WM_STATE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE, _NET_WM_STATE_STICKY, _NET_WM_STATE_SKIP_TASKBAR, _NET_WM_STATE_SKIP_PAGER<br>
<br>
[... stuff skipped ...]<br>
<br>
WM_CLASS(STRING) = "xfce4-notifyd", "Xfce4-notifyd"<br>
WM_ICON_NAME(STRING) = "xfce4-notifyd"<br>
_NET_WM_ICON_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "xfce4-notifyd"<br>
WM_NAME(STRING) = "xfce4-notifyd"<br>
_NET_WM_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "xfce4-notifyd"<br>
<br>
<br>
However, on my testing system killing this process did nothing. There<br>
is another daemon (which the internet says is obsolete?) called<br>
xfce4-volumed which appears to be the culprit: <br>
<br>
<a href="https://launchpad.net/xfce4-volumed" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://launchpad.net/xfce4-volumed</a><br>
<br>
When I ran the following:<br>
<br>
$ pkill xfce4-volumed<br>
$ xfce4-volumed <br>
<br>
the notifications started working for me again. (I was able to<br>
reproduce Khalid's problemĀ after killing pulseaudio.)<br>
<br>
- Paul<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 05:23:05PM -0400, Ron Singh wrote:<br>
> Mebbe this might help?<br>
> <br>
> Xfce4-notifyd<br>
> <br>
> from this google result --<br>
> <a href="https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-desktop-74/xfce-volume-indicator-when-button-is-pressed-4175514142/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-desktop-74/xfce-volume-indicator-when-button-is-pressed-4175514142/</a><br>
> <br>
> Thanks,<br>
> <br>
> Ron Singh<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> On Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 2:31 PM Khalid Baheyeldin <<a href="mailto:kb@2bits.com" target="_blank">kb@2bits.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> > Sometimes, audio stops working on my laptop.<br>
> > Which is Xubuntu 18.04.<br>
> ><br>
> > The solution is to do:<br>
> > $ pulseaudio -k<br>
> ><br>
> > Sound is back.<br>
> ><br>
> > But what is not back is that popup slider that tells me what the sound<br>
> > level is when I press the volume up/down keys.<br>
> ><br>
> > I imagine it dies when pulseaudio is killed.<br>
> ><br>
> > The thing is, I don't know what this executable's name is, so I can re-run<br>
> > it.<br>
> ><br>
> > Anyone has an idea what this popup is called?<br>
> ><br>
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