Panel icon is a musical note all the time.

[ChooChooAl]

Applet version/Build date

Version 7.3.3 (2024-12-12 09:17:11)

Cinnamon version

Cinnamon 6.2.9

Distribution

Linux Mint 22 x86_64

Graphics hardware and driver used

Intel UHD Graphics 620

Applet name and maintainer

sound150@claudiux @claudiux

What happened?

Newest update: The panel icon is a musical note.
I have to click on the applet and select 'reload this applet' to make the sound icon reappear. This only last about 5 seconds and the musical note returns. No music is playing.

Other information

No response

[claudiux]

Your browser may be open on a paused video or sound.

[ChooChooAl]

I didn't think so but it's now showing now, even after a youtube video.

[ChooChooAl]

It's still there. I have nothing running.

Version 7.3.3 (2024-12-12 09:17:11)

[claudiux]

What does this command return when the bug appears?
playerctl -a metadata

[ChooChooAl]

I started Youtube and it turned off when I closed firefox.
Now when I started firefox again to post this message, it showed up again.
The playerctl command returns "No players found".
Closing firefox did not change the icon, the note stayed.

I opened audacious and played a song and tried the playerctl and got:
audacious xesam:title Formula 1 Theme
audacious xesam:url file:///home/alan/Music/Formula%201%20Theme.m4a
audacious mpris:length 194361000
audacious mpris:trackid '/org/mpris/MediaPlayer2/CurrentTrack'

Closing audacious and the musical note disappeared.

I've tried opening firefox and youtube 3-4 times after this. The icon works as expected note while playing, and speaker when I close FF.

Is there anything else I can do?

[claudiux]

Oh, a random bug! I love them! (No, it's a joke.)

Are you using an application like espeak or speech-dispatcher? Please also check the applications launched at startup, in the system settings.

[ChooChooAl]

Nothing like that.
https://postimg.cc/wtkLKjJH
I got it again and ran that playerctl command and got the same "no players" message.
I was playing many sound files with Audacious and playing with editing and playing a few in audacity. After 20 minutes doing that I noticed the note icon. IIRC an Alt-F2 R took care of it. I had to reboot not for this reason and all is fine now of course.

After I reset the icon I try playing sounds, etc, etc, and it just won't reproduce. I've got a full day of play time tomorrow so I'll try to keep and eagle eye out and see if I can see exactly when it sticks.

I do know unless there is more input from others this is next to impossible to fix if it can't be reproduced.
Chat later I'm sure.

[claudiux]

What is the command to set the volume in rc.local?

Can you run it when the icon is not a note? Does it then become a note?

[ChooChooAl]

These two lines, (I removed the lb symbol on the comment lines., it makes the font huge) make the rc.local file that used to be in /etc/rc.local but systemd no longer launches it like initd did, so I just launch it as a startup.

set volume about 60%
( sleep 10 ; amixer sset 'Master' 42500 ) &

turn off bluetooth
( sleep 13 ; rfkill block bluetooth ) &

[claudiux]

You can comment the command about bluetooth and use the bluetooth app: right-click on bluetooth icon on panel, then "Deactivate".

I will add an option in "Enhanced Sound Applet" to set the volume at startup. So, you'll can ignore this rc.local file.

[ChooChooAl]

That's fine but I use that in other Systems like Zorin that isn't cinnamon based.

[claudiux]

So, you'll can uncheck this line in the list of applications launched at startup. I'll do a PR soon.

[claudiux]

Done.