Restore the volume icon in System Tray?

[dotHack]

Ok here's the deal, i'm on a laptop and as usual I have problems with alsa drivers not being able to always play sound on my system (tried every possible solution i could find on the net like adding a line in alsa.conf and stuff, though i'm not experienced user so probably didn't try everything).. anyways..

The thing is when I start my laptop at the beggining theres a message that pops up and says "kde has detected that some bla bla have been removed, these are -lists all my outputs like hda analog hdmi out and stuff- do you want kde to forget about these?".. and you cant play any sound (ohh but on webpages like youtube you can! just no amarok, no banshee no juk...)

So i type in konsole: sudo alsa force-reload

And I get analog sound =D still no hdmi but i dont need it so i don't care.

The problem is that after that command, the volume control icon i system tray is gone! how can i restore it?

Thanks!!

[Rog131]

Re: Restore the volume icon in System Tray?

The problem is that after that command, the volume control icon i system tray is gone! how can i restore it?

Restart the KMix (1) again:

Press Alt+F2 and type: kmix




(1) more information:

Show the KMixer's id:

ps -e | grep kmix

2020 ? 00:00:00 kmix

Reset the alsa - this will kill the KMixer

sudo alsa force-reload

Terminating processes: 1953 2020.
Unloading ALSA sound driver modules:...

kmix --help tells:

Usage: kmix [Qt-options] [KDE-options] [options]

KMix - KDE's full featured mini mixer

Generic options:
--help Show help about options
--help-qt Show Qt specific options
--help-kde Show KDE specific options
--help-all Show all options
--author Show author information
-v, --version Show version information
--license Show license information
-- End of options

Options:
--keepvisibility Inhibits the unhiding of the KMix main window, if KMix is already running.

Links:
> HOWTO find Kubuntu's manual / reference / guide / documentation / help
> Commands at Konsole: Beginners

[dotHack]

Re: Restore the volume icon in System Tray?

Thank you very much as always!!! Problem solved =D

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[GreyGeek]

Re: Restore the volume icon in System Tray?

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