At no point did I _try_ to start a new instance of the applet. The three things I tried were:-
1. System -> Preferences -> Sounds 2. Single click the volume panel applet and choose "volume control" 3. In a terminal try to run "gnome-volume-control" a...@hactar:~$ gnome-volume-control ** (gnome-volume-control:12841): WARNING **: Failed to acquire org.gnome.VolumeControl ** (gnome-volume-control:12841): WARNING **: Could not acquire name on session bus -- [jaunty] gnome-volume-control wont start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/322734 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs