Bug#443372: gnome-media: Gnome mixer not loading

[Sebastian Dröge]

Am Freitag, den 21.09.2007, 20:02 +1200 schrieb Ian McDonald:
> On 9/21/07, Sebastian Dröge <slomo at circular-chaos.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > it works fine for me with the versions in unstable. Also this is in
> > gnome-applets, no gnome-media and doesn't even depend on it :)
> >
> > Could you please
> > a) kill or remove the applet from the panel
> > b) call /usr/lib/gnome-applets/mixer_applet2 from a terminal
> > c) add the applet again to the panel
> >
> > What does this give you on the terminal? Something useful?
> >
> > Bye
> >
> >
> OK. Killed the applet. Started mixer_applet2 in terminal and it just
> runs but does not return. Add applet into panel and it runs fine
> without any errors. So that's good.
> 
> However, as soon as kill mixer_applet2 I get the same error back
> straight away and on next logon.
> 
> Is mixer_applet2 meant to be running as a daemon or started some other
> way?? I suspect that might be the issue and maybe the gnome panel
> applet can't talk to it??

No, it will simply be started by the panel.
Is there something about it in ~/.xsession-errors ?

Weird that it works after everything is started but breaks on panel
startup...