Sound level icon is inconsistent with gnome-settings-daemon notifications
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
indicator-sound (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: indicator-sound
This is easy to reproduce and tough to describe, so I'll just let you do that.
Adjust the volume using hardware controls. Note the difference between indicator-sound's menu icon and gnome-settings-
This bug has been around for a while (I could have sworn it was reported, but I can't find it), but it's especially prominent in Natty because the notification bubble appears to be triggered when one adjusts the volume with the mouse wheel over the menu, too. This puts the two conflicting icons exactly where the user is looking.
The set of available icons is consistent, so it looks like either gnome-settings-
Related branches
- Chris Coulson (community): Needs Information
- Ubuntu branches: Pending requested
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Diff: 204 lines (+41/-28)2 files modifieddebian/changelog (+8/-0)
debian/patches/16_use_synchronous_notifications.patch (+33/-28)
Okay, I am attaching a branch that fixes this. It's my first time patching a patch (or using quilt), but hopefully I did it right :) daemon, since the existing stuff was a little complex and it wouldn't look pretty inside indicator-sound. (I assume the settings daemon patch inherits that complexity from the original overlay, which had a fancy fading effect). With that said, the current gnome-settings- daemon patch is probably more consistent with upstream Gnome, so if there is a valid reason to do that here we should patch indicator-sound instead.
I decided to change our patch for gnome-settings-
I discovered that the issue with indicator-sound's notification is unrelated: it generates a notification based on the previous state, instead of the new state. Filing a new bug report for it…