Missing sound volume icon on screen top (14.04)

Question

I have recently installed a fresh ubuntu 14.04. But the volume icon is missing.

I can hear all kinds of sounds (rythmbox, youtube videos,...) ...
I have already tried to install the package indicator-sound and is already installed and updated.
I can change the volume using the alsamixer command, but is not practical...

Any idea would be of great help. Thanks in advance.

Hey Joan, did any of the answers work? – Tim May 04 '15 at 13:39 — Tim, May 04 '15 at 13:39
Does this answer your question? – Mehdi Charife Jun 18 '23 at 19:12 — Mehdi Charife, Jun 18 '23 at 19:12

score 55 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 03 '15 at 19:43

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Execute in terminal:

gsettings set com.canonical.indicator.sound visible true

answered Mar 03 '15 at 19:43

Tomvo

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No such schema 'com.canonical.indicator.sound' – Aryeh Armon May 08 '16 at 05:25
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I got the same warning first, and after run cmd as below first then the cmd above can be executed : sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop – zhihong Sep 09 '16 at 08:04
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Do you have an idea why the icon can sometimes disappear? – Jérémy Pouyet Oct 10 '16 at 06:46
Also works on 16.04. – Luís de Sousa Oct 04 '17 at 07:05

score 37 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 14 '15 at 15:18

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Go to System Settings->Sound. Then disable and re-enable the checkbox "Show sound volume in the menu bar" in the bottom left corner.

edited Sep 14 '15 at 15:18

jgomo3

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answered May 04 '15 at 13:38

tones

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I can't see that button... I also doubt this will solve their problem, they have tried reinstalling etc... – Tim May 04 '15 at 13:39
In my case, this checkbox had been disabled after the upgrade from 15.04 to 15.10. So this helped me. Thank you the answer ! – jplandrain Mar 14 '16 at 07:34

score 18 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 10 '15 at 02:55

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In my case I removed and reinstalled pulseaudio because I was having issues with sound in Chrome. The solution to bring back the sound icon was the following:

From Cacus' answer above,run:
```
sudo apt-get install indicator-sound
```

From Tomvo's answer above do:

gsettings set com.canonical.indicator.sound visible true

To make sure audio setting is available in control center do:
```
sudo apt-get install unity-control-center
```
Logout and back in.

edited Apr 10 '15 at 02:55

Eliah Kagan

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answered Apr 10 '15 at 02:46

Vaughn Muirhead

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...And the las line too! It solved my "empty" Settings problem. So two problems are solved. Now I still have to solve the soundcard-related problem - Dummy Output. I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 – Cristiana Nicolae Feb 16 '19 at 06:08

score 4 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 03 '15 at 21:29

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You can try do this command:

sudo apt-get install indicator-sound

if not show restart Ubuntu :)

edited Mar 03 '15 at 21:29

David Foerster

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answered Jun 14 '14 at 22:49

Cacus

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Thanks ! It worked ! I guess the sound icon disappeared when I uninstalled evolution from my Ubuntu... – Joan Jun 15 '14 at 16:15
That answer, worked but the problem rised again after computer restart.
Chceking my /var/log/syslog file... I found that error:

Aug 3 00:39:06 joan-desktop pulseaudio[4077]: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: Home directory not accessible: S’ha denegat el permís

And finally I found the solution in this link link
– Joan Aug 02 '14 at 22:48

Mauricio Gracia Gutierrez · Answer 5 · 2016-02-13T17:29:33.010

If your sound, wifi and bluetooth sensor are missing and you have Linux Studio or any other Linux that has the Xfwm4 window manager follow this instructions

Right-click on the top bar in any empty space and select Panel --> Add New Items

Here you have two options

Select Indicator Plugin or Audio Mixer or drag and place it in the top bar and now you can see it in the top right corner

After you have added the panels that you need you can relocate them by location right-clicking on it an select Move to relocate it.

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 31 '18 at 11:35

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For me, as a matter of record for others,

right-click on the top menu bar select "Add to Panel" select "Indicator Applet Complete" from the list click "Add", the close

Now the Volume Control is up there.

JohnJoe

answered Aug 31 '18 at 11:35

user7726695

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score 0 · Answer 7 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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sudo apt-get install alsa-base* indicator-sound* libcanberra-pulse* osspd* osspd-pulseaudio* pulseaudio* pulseaudio-module-bluetooth* pulseaudio-module-x11* unity-control-center* unity-control-center-signon* webaccounts-extension-common* xul-ext-webaccounts*

see this link by Mythux See how to bring back

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

Community

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answered Aug 27 '15 at 10:09

vimal krishna

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score 0 · Answer 8 · edited Jan 18 '16 at 16:58

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Changing the icon theme often makes icons visible. But this may change your system appearance drastically.

edited Jan 18 '16 at 16:58

Eduardo Cola

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answered Jan 12 '16 at 07:39

rob grune

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in 15.10, different themes hide the icon on my desktop. I installed "unity-tweak-tool". Used the tool to select the Radiance theme with gnome-colours-common icons. voila. sound icon reappeared. – rob grune Jan 13 '16 at 12:55
I understand that the themes may hide icons and text (I have a problem with Ubuntu Software Center but...) the question was answered correctly in June 2014 - the OP never marked this post as having been correctly answered. – Charles Green Jan 16 '16 at 16:23

Missing sound volume icon on screen top (14.04)

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