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.

Answer 1

Execute in terminal:

gsettings set com.canonical.indicator.sound visible true

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

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:

1. From Cacus' answer above,run:

   sudo apt-get install indicator-sound
   

2. From Tomvo's answer above do:

   gsettings set com.canonical.indicator.sound visible true
   

3. To make sure audio setting is available in control center do:

   sudo apt-get install unity-control-center
   

4. Logout and back in.

Answer 4

You can try do this command:

sudo apt-get install indicator-sound

if not show restart Ubuntu :)

Answer 5

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

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

Here you have two options

2. 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.

Answer 6

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

Answer 7

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

Answer 8

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