Volume control in the bottom right corner does nothing when you click on it

[LEDparty]

Distribution

Mint 22

Package version

6.2.9

Graphics hardware in use

AMD 5600G processor

Frequency

Only occasionally

Bug description

Every once in a while, clicking the icon with either a speaker or music note fails to pull up the volume control. I can get around this by pinning "sound" to the bottom panel, which also gives me control over the volume, but I figured it was still a good idea to report this to the developers.

Steps to reproduce

You typically have to leave mint on for a while for the icon to stop working properly, and rebooting fixes it.

Expected behavior

Clicking the icon should pull up the volume control.

Additional information

No response

[fredcw]

Could you clarify?

clicking the icon with either a speaker or music note fails to pull up the volume control

You mean the Sound applet (sound@cinnamon.org)? Where is this?

I can get around this by pinning "sound" to the bottom panel

The same sound applet (sound@cinnamon.org)?

When this happens next, can you upload the last 2 pages of ~/.xsession-errors

[LEDparty]

When this happens next, can you upload the last 2 pages of ~/.xsession-errors

Could you clarify? The .xsession-errors is just one text file, and text files don't get automatically broken up in to pages.

I clarified about as much as I could for you: the thingy, in the right hand, bottom corner of the desktop, that looks like a speaker with sound coming out of (when there is no music playing), and looks like musical notes when there is music playing, to the right of the little wifi thingy in the right hand corner of the screen. Besides a picture, that's all I can say. I will try and upload a picture if you need it.

[fredcw]

Thanks. The thing that confuses me is

I can get around this by pinning "sound" to the bottom panel

What do you mean by "pin" and how can you pin it if it's already there?

The .xsession-errors is just one text file, and text files don't get automatically broken up in to pages.

About the last 40 lines should be enough, or the whole file if that's easier. Open the file .xsession-errors file, save it as a .txt file, and drag and drop it onto the github comment box.

[LEDparty]

What do you mean by "pin" and how can you pin it if it's already there?

What i mean is that i used the search in the left hand corner of the screen, search for "sound", brought up the window, and pinned it to the panel with the righ-click menu so that i'm not stuck at the same volume next time this happens.

I'll copy the bottom most 40 or 50 lines in the .xsession-errors file if it happens again. It works right now though, and I haven't been able to reproduce it. It could have to do with the wireless mouse, but I can click and get things to react in mint otherwise.