Can't add Volume Control in panel

[blippy]

I'm useing Slackware 13.37, LXDE. In the Panel Preferences window, I have added a Panel Applet called Volume Control. However, a Volume Control doesn't actually appear in the panel. How do I fix this?

[seppalta]

I think the LXDE volume applet doesn't function with some distributions. The easiest solution is to find and install an alternative, like, for example, volumeicon-alsa, if you use alsa, or pavumeter for pulse audio.

[blippy]

I have installed the volumeicon package for Slackware. How do I get it to show in the panel?
I've added the following line to my autostart:
volumeicon &
but it didn't do anything.

[seppalta]

I'm sorry but I have no direct experience with slackware. In general, applets are added to lxpanel by right clicking the panel and choosing add-remove. Anything recognized by LXDE should be in the list.

I notice volumeicon-alsa (version 0.4.4-1) in Synaptic. Is that what you installed? Try typing volumeicon into the run box to see the offerings. Sometimes launching the right choice causes an applet to appear in the taskbar.

[gymka]

I have installed the volumeicon package for Slackware. How do I get it to show in the panel?
I've added the following line to my autostart:
volumeicon &
but it didn't do anything.

in terminal run:

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volumeicon

and see what is says. with archlinux +LXDE volumeicon works as it should.

[blippy]

Run

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volumeicon

and see what is says.

It doesn't say or do anything. If I run it in a terminal, it just sits there running until I type Ctrl-C.

A new twist is that I fiddled with GTK recently, and now it prints out the warning

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(volumeicon:8185): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "thinice",

and sits there until I type Ctrl-C. The whole thing about "thinice" is likely to be a red herring, though, because volumeicon was still giving problems under the old GTK.