Old codger needs help. Upgraded to ubuntu 12.04 and lost my speaker icon. Can someone explain in basic english how to get it back please.
Pretty easy to follow walk through Volume and other indicators disappeared in the classic desktop - Ask Ubuntu
The missing icon is called the Volume Indicator or Volume Notification - do you know if you are using the Unity Desktop or the Classic Desktop? If Unity, it should look -something- like this and the 'fixes' are different depending on your Desktop Here's another tutorial: Restore Missing Volume Button to System Tray After Upgrade to Ubuntu 12.04 (Gnome 3 Classic/Fallback) « Ubuntu Genius's Blog I've never used Unity but am kinda liking how it looks...
Thanks for the help. Got my sound back and now I can listen to my favorite Georgia Satellites/Bob Wills playlist again!