[kwlug-disc] Pulseaudio question

[Ron Singh]

 I wonder if it would be a good idea to send this tread off to Sean M.
Davis of Xfce?

Thanks,

Ron Singh



On Sun, Aug 25, 2019 at 12:05 AM Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <
kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:

>
> Using xprop on the window that pops up confirms that it is
> xfce4-notifyd. (run xprop in one window, volup/voldown when displays
> are working, and click on the popup):
>
> linuxuser at ubuntu:~$ xprop
> _NET_WM_DESKTOP(CARDINAL) = 4294967295
> _NET_WM_STATE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE, _NET_WM_STATE_STICKY,
> _NET_WM_STATE_SKIP_TASKBAR, _NET_WM_STATE_SKIP_PAGER
>
> [... stuff skipped ...]
>
> WM_CLASS(STRING) = "xfce4-notifyd", "Xfce4-notifyd"
> WM_ICON_NAME(STRING) = "xfce4-notifyd"
> _NET_WM_ICON_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "xfce4-notifyd"
> WM_NAME(STRING) = "xfce4-notifyd"
> _NET_WM_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "xfce4-notifyd"
>
>
> However, on my testing system killing this process did nothing. There
> is another daemon (which the internet says is obsolete?) called
> xfce4-volumed which appears to be the culprit:
>
> https://launchpad.net/xfce4-volumed
>
> When I ran the following:
>
> $ pkill xfce4-volumed
> $ xfce4-volumed
>
> the notifications started working for me again. (I was able to
> reproduce Khalid's problem  after killing pulseaudio.)
>
> - Paul
>
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 05:23:05PM -0400, Ron Singh wrote:
> > Mebbe this might help?
> >
> > Xfce4-notifyd
> >
> > from this google result --
> >
> https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-desktop-74/xfce-volume-indicator-when-button-is-pressed-4175514142/
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ron Singh
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 2:31 PM Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Sometimes, audio stops working on my laptop.
> > > Which is Xubuntu 18.04.
> > >
> > > The solution is to do:
> > > $ pulseaudio -k
> > >
> > > Sound is back.
> > >
> > > But what is not back is that popup slider that tells me what the sound
> > > level is when I press the volume up/down keys.
> > >
> > > I imagine it dies when pulseaudio is killed.
> > >
> > > The thing is, I don't know what this executable's name is, so I can
> re-run
> > > it.
> > >
> > > Anyone has an idea what this popup is called?
> > >
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