Public bug reported:
When using indicator-sound under XFCE, there is no discernable way for a
user to change the device whose volume it represents/controls.
If you select 'Preferences', as you would to make this change when using
Unity, you are taken to pavucontrol - which has no way to select a
device for the control.
To manually work around this, you must issue 'sudo gnome-control-center
sound' (The sound, bluetooth, and other control center apps don't appear
to be visible/accessible without sudo) and change the device.
Either indicator-sound should dynamically iterate the devices and give
you a chance to select them from its context menu, or pavucontrol needs
a way to to change the device, or preferences should fire off the
equivalent of 'sudo gnome-control-center sound' (preferably in a way
that the user doesn't have to enter their password just to get to the
sound preferences).
I think the first of the three options is the best, because you wouldn't
even need to show the devices in the menu if there were only one - and
it would speed up access for people with multiple devices not only under
XFCE but under Unity as well.
** Affects: indicator-sound (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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indicator-sound under XFCE: No way to change device
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